Interface/UDIS - Fall 2006

Monday/Wednesday
7:15 PM to 10:15 PM Hybrid Lab, Founders Hall Rm. 304

Assignments

Resources and Links

Weekly Schedule: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
Events: Measure of Time exhibit at the Berkeley Art Musuem

Faculty

Todd Blair: Fabrication and Kinetics

  • todd@hybridarts.org
  • Current projects
    • Public Art Comission at Lake Merritt, Oakland
    • Public Art Comission on Pierson Street, Oakland
  • Recent Projects
    • Produced 70 New Media Projects for the 13th ISEA Conference and the 1st ZeroOne Festival of Global Art on the Edge
    • Curated 40 Artworks for the Phaeno Science Center - Wolfsburg Germany

Don Day: Electronics and Sensors

Barney Haynes: Media and Programming

Grade Breakdown

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%:

  • Assignment 1: due 9/27 Presentation Artist Report 10%
  • Assignment 2: due 10/4 Preliminary Proposal & Individual Meetings 10%
  • Assignment 3: due 10/16 Chaotic Motion Assignment 10%
  • Assignment 4: due 11/15 Final Proposal and Critique 10%
  • Assignment 5: due 12/4-12/6 Final Critique 25%

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

Assignments Explanations

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Assignment 1: 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.

Some Starting Points

Assignment 2: Preliminary Proposal

Written preliminary scope of work explaining and illustrating your proposed project for the final show following guidelines provided. We will analyze the proposed projects for feasibility and set up individual meetings to discuss the proposals during Week 6.

References: MakingThings Project Guide

Assignment 3: 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.

Assignment 4: Final Proposal

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

Assignment 5: FINAL CRITIQUE

7:00 PM FRIDAY 12/15 FINAL SHOW!!!
Presentation of completed project in a gallery setting

Week 1

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9/6

Introduction to the class

  • Delineation of the 3 areas of concentration / departure
  • Expectations: Assignments and show
  • Possible strategies and models
  • Collect contact information for students

Barney: Computers and the Hybrid Lab (RM. 304) 

Don: Power & Control and Electro Safety 

  • Hazards of the disposable flash camera powered by an innocent AA battery 
  • Sources of power - Sun, nuclear power plants (PG&E), chemicals, lemons and potatoes 
  • Too much energy getting loose Circuit Breakers, Fuses (flash bulb in socket) 
  • Toxics - Soldering, lead with the Romans, smoking the flux 
  • Heat a LITTLE too much energy getting loose liquid metal on the flesh makes for a nasty burn 
  • Tiny objects close to your eyes
  • Shock causes you to lose motor control
  • Current through your heart can kill you

Todd: Introduction to Fabricating Electromechanical devices 

  • Planing your design - design, prototype
  • Sourcing your materials - surplus, dumpster diving
  • Fabricating - tools, the lab and the metal shop

Reading: Study the Max programming page on the MakingThings site:

An in depth description of the Max programming environment can be found on pages 9-27 in the "Getting Started.pdf" located in the Documents folder in the Max/MSP Application folder

Week 2

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9/11
Barney:
Programing: Introduction to Max/MSP/Jitter

Max Tutorials 1-5
Jitter Tutorial 1-3

 9/13
Todd:
Actuators and major mechanical components

Week 3

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9/18
Video Night		 9/20
Don:
Components, Connections, Measurement and Power

Week 4
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9/25
Barney:
Programing: Teleo Modules

References:
Introduction to Electronics in the Teleo Manual

Specifically:
Voltage Dividers

 9/27
Artist Presentation

Week 5
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10/2
Barney:
Programing: Teleo Modules 2

Max Tutorials 6-10 & 15

 10/4
Preliminary Proposal Due
3 Copies Please!!!

Todd: Power Transmission and Motion Lab

Week 6
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10/9
Monday

7:15 Josh Hershman
7:35 Kjell
7:55 Morgan
8:15 Eva
8:35 Rebecca
8:55 Chris
9:15 Nikko
9:35 David
9:55

 10/11
Wednesday

7:15 Nicole
7:35 Tim
7:55 Owen
8:15 Erica
8:35 Jack
8:55 Josh Hubert
9:15 Meredith
9:35 Jafe
9:55 S. Maxwell

Week 7

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10/16
Chaotic/Random/Unpredictable Motion		 10/18
Don:
Relay H-Bridge Lab
And a Circuits Lecture demystifying what you just did.
H Bridge Diagram

Week 8
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10/23
Barney:

Programing: Media tracking and analysis
Jitter Tutorials 2&3

 10/25
Don: Sensors, amplifiers and control elements  

Week 9
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10/30
Barney:
Programing: Transmutation		 11/1
Todd: Materials and Fabrication 1

Week 10
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11/6
Todd: Materials and Fabrication 2
11/8
Don: Black boxes containing complex crap

10:00AM Saturday 11/11 -Field Trip-

Map to Triangle

Week 11
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11/13
Barney:
Programing: Lab		 11/15
Class Presentations of Final Project

Week 12
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11/20
LAB		 11/22
LAB

Week 13
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11/27
LAB		 11/29
LAB

Week 14
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12/4
FINAL CRIT		 12/6
FINAL CRIT

Week 15
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12/11
Panic Lab!!!		 12/13
Panic Lab!!!
7:00 PM FRIDAY 12/15 FINAL SHOW!!!