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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 |
Sources Field Trip 1: Saturday 1/31 Optional but strongly encouraged and fun
Sources Field Trip 2: Saturday 4/3 Optional but strongly encouraged and fun
Assignment 1: Random media driver
Construct a sound or video patch that has unpredictable playback patterns and is activated by a sensor. 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. Due 2/9
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 2/9
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 3/1
Some Starting Points for the Report:
Steve Wilson's Massive Artist List and Book
From Wagner to Virtual Reality
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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, followed up by a presentation of the proposal to the class and critique. Due 3/15
Assignment 5: Transformation Project-Sense to Media.
Connect Sensors to your media patch transforming physical phenomena into media control. Due 3/29
Assignment 6: Beta 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 4/12
Presentation of completed project in a gallery setting. Saturday 5/1
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Sources for Materials and Field Trip Locations |
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
Reading: pages 9-27 in the "Getting Started.pdf" located in the Documents folder in the Max/MSP Application folder |
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Monday 1/19 |
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Back to top Barney: Max/MSP/jitter Session 1
Assignments: Max Tutorials 1-10 |
Second Half Don: Electronic components, subassemblies and systems; their physical corporeal nature
Reading: Introduction to Electronics in the Teleo Manual 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
Objects and programming techniques Assignment: Max Tutorials 14,15,17,18,19,20 and Jitter Tutorials 1-5 |
Visiting Artists: MakingThings
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Back to top Assignment 1 Due - Random Media Driver Barney: Max/MSP/jitter Session 3
More References: Specifically: For Max Help in regards to the Teleo Modules: |
Assignment 2 Due: Hand in Informal Project Proposal Don: Sensors, amplifiers and control elements
References: Teleo Manual Cookbook Written / Illustrated description of final project References: MakingThings Project Guide |
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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 Individual Meetings 5:00 David |
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Back to top Barney: Max/MSP/jitter Session 4
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CHANGE!!! INFO:The Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium Directions: http://ieor.berkeley.edu/~goldberg/lecs/contact.html |
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Back to top Barney: Max/MSP/jitter Session 5 MSP: Sound generation and convulsive sampling techniques |
Assignment 3 Due - Report on Artist |
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Back to top MSP and Jitter: Synaesthesia / Sonification |
Assignment 4 Due: Hand in Formal Proposal |
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Back to top Class presentation of formal proposal and critique |
Barney: Max/MSP/jitter Session 6 Audio input and analysis |
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Back to top Barney: Max/MSP/jitter Session 7 Video Tracking and analysis (cont)
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Transformation Project-Sense to Media.
NOTE: Meet Friday 11/14 - Bonus Surplus Field Trip Meet at the Hybrid Lab (classroom) Friday morning at 10am |
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Back to top Panic Lab |
Don: Debugging Physical Systems
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Back to top Assignment 5 Due: Fully Functioning Presentation
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Back to top Debugging and perfecting projects
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Lab |
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Back to top Final Critique |
Final Show |