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ARTS344 :: interactivity 1

schedule

This schedule is a basic outline of what we will be covering when - it is subject to change at anytime and you are not recommended to miss any classes. The class blog will be used for regular updates.

Week 1
+ Introduction (syllabus, expectations, methodology)
+ Overview of mediated interactivity (screen, physical, social)
+ Setting up individual blogs on Blogger (for reading responses)
+ Begin Screen-based interactivity
+ Hypertext
+ view: LA Freewaves (Eric Loyer), A is for Apple, Chromosome 22, Qrime, Samorost, Film/Text, worldofawe.net, yugop.com, Sonic Memorial
+ Begin Project 1
+ XHTML & CSS (reference guide) (simple CSS/xhtml example)
+ file management + using Dreamweaver and netfiles' wedDAV functionality
+ 3 systems database + concept mapping

Week 2
+ Discuss reading: Vannevar Bush "As We May Think"
+ Norman Yonemoto & "the internet" (LA Freewaves)
+ Present concept maps of systems (Jan 23)

Week 3
+ More complex CSS/XHTML - some examples to work from:
nesting styles, overflow in divs
+ A CSS test - make this layout
+ some simple javascript - opening/closing windows, show/hide divs.
+ Site mapping your hypertext
+ A brief history of the web
+ More examples of hypertext: Love or Lust, The Phone, Jody Zellen, Gregory Ulmer's Class (Ugly+Bad+Good, Shipwreck with a Spectator), My Boyfriend Came Back from the War
+ Basic image manipulation for the web (Photoshop/Imageready OR Fireworks) and file format optimization techniques
+ Including Quicktime/audio content

Week 4
+ critique - Project 1 hypertext
+ Project 2: Interacting with space, translating space
+ Flash Basics: animation and simple actionscript (to download .fla files, control-click and "save link")
+ Reading (For Feb 6): Steven Johnson's "The Dektop" (From the book, Interface Culture)
+ Interpreting space/place
(re)thinking about space: CLUI, ReBar's park(ing), Invisible Trajectories, Fallen Fruit, iSee, videos by Natalie Zimmerman, Bill Brown, Christian Nold's Emotion Mapping, the Eames' "Power of 10", Wegzeit, Legible City, Annette Weintraub's Life Support, Brooklyn.01, Walczak/Wattenberg's Apartment, Unsettled Dialogue, Folk Songs For the Five Points, Personal World Map, GlowLab/oneblockradius, images by Sarah Ross

Week 5
+ Analyzing space/place paper prototypes/maps
+ Basic Flash toolkit 1 files (animation and simple interaction): A [ fla ] B [ fla ]
+ Flash Mini assignment (Due Mon 2/18)

Week 6
+ Feb 18, 5:30: screening of Lynn Hershman's Leeson's Strange Culture (KAM 62)
+ More Lynn Hershman Leeson - check out her interactivity work
+ Project/Flash lab work
+ More Flash tool kits
Basic interactive sound ( swf / fla ), interacting with objects1 ( swf / fla ), interacting with objects2 ( swf / fla ), scrolling/panoramic movement ( swf / fla ), tracking colliding objects1 ( swf / fla), tracking colliding objects2 (swf / fla ), modifying sounds ( swf / fla ), compiled actions ( swf / fla )

Week 7
+ Project/Flash lab work

Week 8
+ Artist Presentations (5 minute presentations with 5-10 images that address the following questions: 1) What are the dominant themes addressed in the artist(s)' work 2) What would you consider the artist(s)' primary media (think beyond simple definitions of materials) 3) Who is the primary audience for the work.
Some of the artists will be easier to find documentation on, others will be more difficult. Do not use Wikipedia as a source, although it can be a starting point to find other source material. Where to look then? Of course a web search is a good place to start, but also check for information that will not show up on line, like the Art Journal Search via our library

Week 9
+ Project 2 due (March 10)
+ Reading/Discussion for crit: Denis Cosgrove's Carto City
+ Start physical computing series of workshops

Week 10
+ Processing and physical computing (with Damon Baker and Kevin Hamilton)
+ processing workshop files (zip file)

Week 11
+ Arduino/Processing lab work with Kevin

Week 12
+ finishing up Arduino/Processing projects
+ Guest Lecture - Lisa Nakamura

Week 13
+ Subject-object & social interaction
+ Reading: Craig Saper, "Networked Economies"

Week 14
+ Social interaction work

Week 15
+ Social interaction works due.