General Information

UDIST-300-02
Monday & Wednesday 7:15 PM to 10:15 PM Hybrid Lab, Founders Hall Rm. 304

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Faculty

Todd Blair: Fabrication and Kinetics

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Sue Costabile : Media and Programming

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Don Day: Electronics and Sensors

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Grading

Attendance: Miss 3 classes lose 1 grade point, miss 4 you will not pass

Active participation in class labs, mini assignments, field trips (see below) and punctuality 10%

Timely Completion of Assignments: 65%:

FINAL: Timely Completion of Final Project for Presentation in an Exhibition 25%

NOTE: Missed or late assignments will result in the loss of associated percentage

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Assignments

Assignment 1: September 26th Artist Report

Pick an artist or group working in the field of kinetic and electronic art and prepare an audio-visual presentation for the class. Web sites, videos, and power point presentations are appropriate mediums for the presentation. They should be 5 to 10 minutes in length.

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Assignment 2: October 3rd Preliminary Proposal

Written preliminary scope of work explaining and illustrating your proposed project for the final show. Please provide us with enough visual information and details explaing your intentions to evaluate the project. We will analyze the proposed projects for feasibility and set up individual meetings to discuss the proposals during Week 6.

Assignment 3: October 15th Chaotic Motion

Identify and bring in for a class presentation something that moves unpredictably - it can be mechanical, a household object, fabricated or found. Don't forget heat rises, light is very fast and gravity tends to make things fall. One caveat however, this project should be a combination, collage or construction of multiple components. For instance, a toy or a balloon in and of itself would not suffice, but an interaction between the two would.

Field Trip - November 10th

Sources Field Trip: Just like a class - absence condemned Sources for Materials and Field Trip Location

Assignment 4: November 12th Final Proposal

Present materials (drawings, written descriptions, working components) detailing your final project proposal to the class.

Assignment 5: December 5th FINAL CRITIQUE

Present your finished project for Class Critique.

7:00 PM FRIDAY 12/14 FINAL SHOW!!!
Presentation of completed project in a gallery setting





Class Schedule

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Weekly Schedule: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
Week 1
9/3

LABOR DAY

9/5

Class Introduction

Max/MSP/Jitter Readings

NOTE: located in the Documents folder in the Max/MSP Application folder on any computer in school.

Suggested order:

1. Max Fundamentals (pdf) Pages 1 to 17
2. Max Tutorials (pdf) and associated patches
Tutorials 1 - 10
3. MSP Tutorials and Topics (pdf) and associated patches. Intro through Tutorial 5 or so...
4. Jitter Tutorial (pdf) and associated patches
Read pages 1 - 21, do Tutorials 1, 4, 8, 9, 21, 27 and 28

Also Study the Max programming page on the MakingThings site.

Week 2
9/10

Video Night - a collection of artist's work realting to the convergence of art and technology

Reading for Next Time: From Wagner to Virtual Reality		 9/12

 Todd: Actuation and Mechanical Components - Time, technology and control based media in contemporary practice
Week 3
9/17

Sue: Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming & the Max Software Environment
  • Syntax, Structure and Proceedure
  • Data Generation and Flow
  • Audio and Video Manipulation
 9/19

TDon: Components, Connections, Measurement and Power
Week 4
9/24

Introduction to the Make Module - representatives from MakingThings will be on hand to introduce their Make Controller Kit 		9/26

Artist Report Presentations

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Week 5
10/1

Visiting Artist Workshop


 10/3

Turn in Preliminary Proposal - 3 copies Please!!!

Todd: Power Transmission - adding time and motion to objects
Week 6
10/8

Individual Meetings

7:15
7:35
7:55
8:15
8:35
8:55
9:15
9:35
9:55 		10/10

Individual Meetings

7:15
7:35
7:55
8:15
8:35
8:55
9:15
9:35
9:55
Week 7
10/15

Chaotic Motion Presentations 		10/17

Don: Relay H-Bridge Lab - and a Circuits Lecture demystifying what you just did.
Week 8
10/22

Sue: Audio and Video as Control Streams
  • Volume, Brightness, Color and Motion as control Information
  • Relationships between Sound and Image
  • Techniques for Controlling Video with Data Streams
  • Sensor Integration Assignment - Behavioral Max (a simple, logical Max Patch that exhibits some interactive beahvior)
10/24

Don: Sensors, Amplifiers and Control Elements
Week 9
10/29

Sue: Data Manipulation and Mapping
  • Fundamentals of Data Flow in Max
  • Logic and Understanding How Computers Think
  • Mapping Math
  • Effecient Programming Techniques - In class excercise: Making enhancements to your existing patch
10/31

Todd: Materials and Fabrication 1

Safety Handout

Machining Handout


jak

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Week 10
11/5

Don: Black boxes containing complex crap - Sources lab for Field Trip

11/7

Todd: Materials and Fabrication 2

Field Trip Saturday 11/10
Week 11
11/12

Class Presentations of Final Project 		11/14

LAB
Week 12
11/19

LAB		 11/21

LAB
Week 13
11/26

LAB		 11/28

LAB
Week 14
12/3

LAB		 12/5

FINAL CRIT

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Week 15
12/10

Panic Lab!!!		 12/12

Panic Lab!!!
Friday December 14th 7-10 PM Interface Exhibition

Weekly Schedule: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15

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Events - Upcoming Events Relating to this course