Recombinant Media SP06

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

Faculty

Michael Shiloh: Electronics and Sensors

Barney Haynes: Media and Programming

Todd Blair: Fabrication and Kinetics

  • todd@hybridarts.org
  • Current projects
    • Series of Artworks for the Lake Merritt 12th St. Reconstruction and Channel Restoration project
    • Just finished curating the artwork for the Phaeno Science Center - Wolfsburg Germany

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 2/6 Presentation Artist Report 10%
  • Assignment 2: due 2/15 Preliminary Proposal & Individual Meetings 10%
  • Assignment 3: due 3/15 Generative Media Driver 10%
  • Assignment 4: due 4/5 Final Proposal and Critique 10%
  • Assignment 5: due 4/24-4/26 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

Field Trip

Sources Field Trip: Saturday 2/18 Just like a class - absence condemned

Sources for Materials and Field Trip Locations

Assignments Explanations

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Assignment 1: Artist Report -Due 2/6

Pick an artist or group working in the field of media 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 -Due 2/15

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: Generative Media Driver -Due 3/15

Construct a sound or video patch that has unpredictable playback patterns that change over time. Media can be downloaded off the net or personally acquired. Advanced folks need to incorporate or eradicate the desk top and use both Jitter and MSP.

Assignment 4: Final Proposal -Due 4/5

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

Assignment 5: FINAL CRITIQUE Week of 4/24 4/26
7:00 PM Saturday May 6th FINAL SHOW!!!
Presentation of completed project in a gallery setting

Week 1

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1/18

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) 

Michael: Power & Control and Electro Safety 

  • Voltage and Current
  • Heat
  • Toxic chemicals

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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1/23
Michael:
Components, Connections, Measurement and Power

Reading:
Introduction to Electronics in the Teleo Manual

Specifically:
Voltage Dividers

 1/25
Barney:
Programing: Introduction to Max/MSP/Jitter

Max Tutorials 1-5
Jitter Tutorial 1

Week 3

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1/30
Video Night		 2/1
Michael: Sensors, amplifiers and control elements  

Week 4
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2/6
Artist Presentation		 2/8
Barney:
Programing:

Techniques for programing random media generaters.

Manipulating live input

Max Tutorials 6-9
Jitter Tutorial 21

Week 5
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2/13 Todd:
Mechanical Solutions
2/15
Barney:

Preliminary Proposal Due
Please make 3 copies, one for each of us

MakingThings Design Guide

Programing: Teleo Modules

Map to Triangle

Week 6
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2/20
Monday
7:15 Chorus
7:35 Alex
7:55 Daniela
8:15 Hanif
8:35 Jacob
8:55 Break
9:15 Lucas
9:35 Kate
9:55 		2/22
Wednesday
7:00 Heath
7:15 Paul
7:35 Ben
7:55 Jason
8:15 Cecilia
8:35 Andrew
8:55 Break
9:15 Eric
9:35 Carla
9:55

Week 7

10:00AM Saturday 2/25 -Field Trip-
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2/27
Barney:Programing: Digitizing and sensing		 3/1
Barney:
Programing:Audio Scrambling

Week 8
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3/6
Todd: Materials and Fabrication		 3/8
Class Visit: Gordon Monahan

Week 9
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3/13
Michael: Debugging Electrical Systems 		 3/15
Generative Media Driver
Spring Break 3/20 3/24

Week 10
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3/27

Barney:
Programing: Media tracking and analysis

 3/29
Addressing Critical Needs

Week 11
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4/3
Barney:
Programing: Lab		 4/5
Class Presentations of Final Project

Week 12
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4/10
LAB

Barney

Todd

 4/12
LAB

Barney

Week 13
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4/17
Michael

Barney

 4/19
LAB

Barney

Week 14
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4/24

Michael is Sick, stay tuned or check Emphasis Fabrication's Syllabus to see if he will be able to make it tomorrow.

Barney

Todd

 4/26
FINAL CRIT

Barney

Todd

Week 15
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5/1
Panic Lab!!!

Barney

 5/3
Panic Lab!!!

Barney
7:00 PM Saturday 5/6 FINAL SHOW!!!