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Faculty |
Todd Blair: Fabrication and Kinetics
Don Day: Electronics and Sensors
Barney Haynes: Media and Programming
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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%:
FINAL: Timely Completion of Final Project for Presentation in an Exhibition Week 15 25%
NOTE: Missed or late assignments will result in the loss of associated percentage
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Field Trips |
Saturday 1/31 Sources Field Trip 1: Just like a class - absence
condemned
Monday 2/23 Lecture: Peter Selz at The Art, Technology and Culture Colloquium, 160 Kroeber Hall UC Berkeley Campus
Saturday 4/3 Sources Field Trip 2: Optional but strongly encouraged and fun
Assignment 1: Unpredictable
Motion
Identify and bring in for a class presentation something that moves chaotically - 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. Due February 4th
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. Due February 11th
Assignment 3: Book Report
Pick an artist working in the field of kinetic and electronic art, write a 1 to 2 page report to turn in (3 copies) and prepare an audio-visual presentation for the class. Due March 3rd
Some Starting Points:
Steve Wilson's Massive Artist List and Book
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Classical Kinetic Artists
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Classic Groups and Organizations |
Assignment 4: Final Proposal
Hand in completed proposal of your final project using the guidelines handout on March 17th, followed up by a presentation and critique of the proposal to the class on March 24th.
Assignment 5: Project Presentation
Be prepared to present a beta or better version of your final project for presentation and critique by the class and a possible visiting art professional. Due April 14th
FINAL: Saturday May 1st
Presentation of completed project in a gallery setting.
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Sources |
Software
Hardware
Retail
Pseudo-surplus, Local and Mail Order
Pseudo-surplus, Purely Mail Order
Retail, Purely Mail Order
Heavy Stuff
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Back to top Introduction to the class
Barney: Computers and the Hybrid Lab (RM. 304)
Don: Power & Control and Electro Safety
Todd: Introduction to Fabricating Electromechanical devices
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Homework: pages 9-27 in the "Getting Started.pdf" located in the Documents folder in the Max/MSP Application folder |
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Back to top Barney: Max Session 1
Assignments: Max Tutorials 1-10 |
Second Half Todd: Actuation Review of actuators and major mechanical components
Don: Electrical Components |
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Back to top VIDEO Afternoon |
Second Half Todd: Power Transmission
NOTE: Meet Saturday 1/31 for a field trip to surplus stores Meet at the Hybrid Lab (classroom) Saturday morning at 10:00 |
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Back to top Barney: Max/MSP/jitter Session 2 5:30 |
Don: Electronic components, subassemblies and systems;their physical corporeal nature Exercise: Connect a circuit and make it go or glow or growl or grow.
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Back to top Assignment 2 Due: Hand in
Informal Project Proposal Relay H-Bridge Lab and Switches And a Circuits Lecture demystifying what you just did. |
Don: Motion Options
References: Teleo Manual Cookbook |
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Important information you will need to know in order to use or check out the modules!!! |
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(From the MakingThings User Guides) Never connect the V+ connector to the 5V connector - this would put the whole power supply at V+ onto the board's electronics which are designed to run at 5V. Although this situation is guarded against - this may still destroy components on the board. Never connect the V+ or the 5V supplies directly to the ground (GND) this would cause a short circuit either of the whole power supply or the board's local power supply. While you're working with the board, it pays to monitor the temperature of the 5V regulator, the FET switches and the fuse. If any of them are too hot to touch - disconnect the Teleo Multi IO from the network and see what the fault might be. Under extreme conditions, components can be so taxed that they can give off smoke with a very distinct "frying electronics" smell. Once a component does this, it is often destroyed, so this should be avoided if at all possible. If it does happen, unplug the Teleo Multi IO board and check your circuit. The location of the smoking component will give a clue about what's going wrong. |
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Back to top 5:00 Mariela |
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Monday 2/23 7:30PM INFO:The Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium Directions: http://ieor.berkeley.edu/~goldberg/lecs/contact.html Wednesday 2/25 Barney: Pneumatic Lab Switch and Teleo Control |
Todd: Motion Lab
Bring cardboard foam core, different size wire, sticks/popsicle sticks, push pins, utility knives, found objects, nails, string, duct tape, wood bits, etc. |
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Back to top Barney: Max/MSP/jitter Session 4 Objects and programming techniques
Assignment: Max Tutorials 14,15,17,18,19,20 |
Assignment 3 Due - Report on Artist |
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Spring Break |
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Week 9 |
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Back to top Assignment 4 Due: Hand in Formal Proposal Barney: Motor and Pneumatic Control with feedback |
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Todd: Materials and Fabrication
NOTE: Meet Saturday 4/3 - Bonus Surplus Field Trip Meet at the Hybrid Lab (classroom) Friday morning at 10am
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Back to top Lab / Troubleshooting |
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Back to top Assignment 5 Due: |
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Back to top Panic Lab |
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Back to top Final Critique |
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Final Show |