Schedule

This schedule is subject to change.

Week 1

Wednesday - 8/28/13

Syllabus
Class blog practices: zipping, posting
Introductions
Lecture: Intro to Intro to Digital Art
Research presentations assigned
Reading 1 assigned: Neal Stephenson- In the Beginning Was the Command Line

Read up to at least end of part 7, bottom of page 25.

Week 2

Monday - 9/2/13

Reading 1 due, discussion
Workshop: von Doesburg Cow, Processing IDE, Syntax, and Graphical Primitives
Exercise 1 assigned: The Forms

Wednesday - 9/4/13

Lab: Exercise 1
Video: Casey Reas, Eyeo 2012

Week 3

Monday - 9/9/13

Exercise 1 due, critique

Wednesday - 9/11/13

Exercise 1 revisions due
Research presentation: Michael - Molleindustria
Workshop: Continuous Programming Mode
Exercise 2 assigned: Drawing Machine
Reading 2 assigned: Brenda Laurel - Computers as Theatre (Chapter 1)

Week 4

Monday - 9/16/13

Reading 2 due, discussion
Workshop: Transformations
(radian chart)
Lab

Wednesday - 9/18/13

Research presentation: Pan Pan - glitch
Workshop: Exporting images, Operators
Group Lab: Exercise 2

Week 5

Monday - 9/23/13

Exercise 2 due, critique

Wednesday - 9/25/13

Exercise 2 revisions due
Research presentation: Taoxi - Cao Fei
Lecture: Game Artists
Workshop: Images, Text
Exercise 3 assigned: 20-second Game
(20-second game template)
Reading 3 assigned:

Alexander Galloway - "Gamic Action, Four Moments" from Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture

Week 6

Monday - 9/20/13

Reading 3 due, discussion
Workshop: Boundary Collision
Lab: Exercise 3

Wednesday - 10/2/13

Workshop: Arrays
Group Lab: Exercise 3

Week 7

Monday - 10/7/13

Group Feedback: Exercise 3
Lab: Exercise 3

Wednesday - 10/9/13

Research presentation: Sarah - JODI
Exercise 3 due, critique
Reading/Activity 4 assigned: Library Round-up

Read this tutorial: How to Install a Contributed Library in Processing
Install a Processing library
Research that library's examples and documentation
Be prepared to demonstrate the features/explain what is useful about that library by Monday 10/14.

Week 8

Monday - 10/14/13

Exercise 3 revisions due
Reading/Activity 4 due, discussion
Workshop: OpenKinect
Workshop: Editing Documentation Footage

Wednesday - 10/16/13

Research presentation: Xavier - Pippin Barr
Workshop: OpenKinect
Exercise 4 assigned: The Space Around the Computer
Lab: Exercise 4

Week 9

Monday - 10/21/13

Fall Break - No class

Wednesday - 10/23/13

Fall Break - No class

Week 10

Monday - 10/28/13

Group Lab: Exercise 4

Wednesday - 10/30/13

Exercise 4 due, critique
Research presentation: Katherine - Brenda Laurel
Reading 5 assigned:

Cory Arcangel - On Compression

(Exercise 4 revisions due Friday 11/1 12:30pm)

Week 11

Monday - 11/4/13

Reading 5 due, discussion
Workshop: Android Mode/Ketai
Exercise 5 assigned: The Experiential App
Lab: Exercise 5

Wednesday - 11/6/13

Group Lab: Exercise 5

Week 12

Monday - 11/11/13

Exercise 5 due, critique

Wednesday - 11/13/13

Research presentation: Truc - Scott Snibbe
Lecture: Final Project Preparation
Final Project proposals Assigned

Week 13

Monday - 11/18/13

Research presentation: Jon - Diller Scofidio Renfro
Final Project proposals due, discussion
Lab: Final Project

Wednesday - 11/20/13

Lab: Final Project

Week 14

Monday - 11/25/13

Group Lab: Final Project

Wednesday - 11/27/13

No Class - Thanksgiving recess

Week 15

Monday - 12/2/13

Group lab: Final Project
Individual meetings: Final Project

Wednesday - 12/4/13

Research presentation: Kristin - Rafael Lozano Hemmer
Final Project progress presentations
Lab: Final Project

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