Schedule
Course Overview:Readings are due on the day that they are listed, & weeks Run from Monday - Sunday.
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WEEK 1 /hello world!
Monday Jan 22
In Class:
Hello World!
Wednesday Jan 24
Before Class:
- Read the syllabus
In Class:
- deeper introductions: tools, techniques, vision
- history of computation
- early 20th-c artworks, instructionals, and recipes
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WEEK 2 /family recipes, step-by-step processes
Monday Jan 29
Before Class:
Read:
- Sadie Plant, preamble, ada, matrices, tensions pages 3-10
Do:
- register for and download Slack digitalstudio2018 team
- install Self Control: on your laptop
- download and install Processing on your laptop
- download and install the Arduino IDE on your laptop
- sign up for Tumblr, and make a practice post to the course site by posting a photo of your favorite recipe: https://digitalstudiospring18.tumblr.com/
In Class:
- A1 handout
- Dada, the cut-up, William Burroughs + Byron Gysin
Wednesday Jan 31
Before Class:
Read:
- Tristan Tzara, "Dada Manifesto" (and Recipe for a Cut-up) page 55
- Lindsay Kelley, "Plumpiñon" pages 11-18
Watch:
- Martha Rosler's Semiotics of the Kitchen
Do:
- Work on A1
In Class:
- Review and discuss Fluxus artists
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WEEK 3 /domestic computing
Monday Feb 05
Before Class:
Read:
- Jennifer S. Light, "When Computers Were Women" from Technology and Culture p. 62-90
Watch:
- Martha Rosler's Semiotics of the Kitchen
- a few of the hello processing videos
Do:
- work on A1
In Class:
- intro to processing, discuss rosler, executability
- class example
- slides
Wednesday Feb 07
Before Class:
Read:
- Lindsay Kelley, BioArt Kitchen p. 319-334
Do:
- work on A1 (due Monday Feb 12)
In Class:
- Processing continued
- example code
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WEEK 4 /chance operations and bad results
Monday Feb 12
Before Class:
Read:
- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, from "Frankenstein" p.19-53
Do:
- A1 due
In Class:
- A2 handed out
Wednesday Feb 14
Before Class:
Read:
- Fluxus manifesto p. 159
- John Cage, from Silence p. 162-202 (choose one section, either 'Changes', 'Indeterminacy', or 'Communication' to read closely; skim the other two sections.
In Class:
- Processing, work on A2
- check out basic_inputs_keyboard+mouse.zip
::Wednesday Feb 14:: Paolo Pedercini (4:30) + Closing celebration of Senior Show (5:30)::
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WEEK 5 /contagion: repeating and transforming
Monday Feb 19
Before Class:
Read:
- Casey Reas, Form + Code p. 112-132
- check out these examples: basic_inputs_keyboard+mouse.zip
- if hungry for more check out these: image and text
In Class:
- for loops - download examples here
- Work on A2
Wednesday Feb 21
Before Class:
Read:
- Oulipo p. 231-241
Do:
- work on A2
In Class:
- for loops
- text and Strings - download advanced text examples
- Work on A2
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WEEK 6 /lists and multiples
Monday Feb 26
Before Class:
Read:
- Nick Montfort et al., 'Randomnes' from 10 PRINT CHR(205.5+RND(1)) : GOTO 10 p. 357-385
Do:
- work on A2
In Class:
- Arrays (ed. 2/21)
- look at these examples of arrays
Wednesday Feb 28
Before Class:
Read:
- Christiane Paul, "Introduction" from Digital Art p. 133-143
::: A2 due date extended to Friday Mar 02:::
In Class:
- Review A2
- Perform control structures, meet outside of class (ed. 2/21)
- Introduce A3
::: A2 due March 02 by 11:59pm :::
Sunday Mar 04
:: Field trip to Dia: Beacon. Meet at 8am ::
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WEEK 7 /repeating history
Monday Mar 05
Before Class:
Read:
- no reading
In Class:
- Reviw A2, intro A3
Wednesday Mar 07
Before Class:
Read:
- Walter Benjamin, The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (first 5 sections most important) p. 144-158
Do:
- Work on A3
In Class:
- Work on A3
- functions examples
Friday Mar 09
- email prof name of art and artist you will be reverse engineering for A3
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/midterm break mar 10-18
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WEEK 8 /information
Monday Mar 19
Before Class:
Read:
- MOMA press release on Information (you don't need to read whole thing, but read about some of the pieces that grab you) p. 279-313
In Class:
- Work on A3, review Benjamin
- Work with functions
Wednesday Mar 21
Before Class:
Read:
- Ben Fry on Mark Lombardi p. 335-347
In Class:
:: Wednesday Apr 21:: Dawn Wileski (4:30) ::
Friday Mar 23
A3 due
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Monday Mar 26
Before Class:
Read:
- Sol LeWitt Sentences on Conceptual Art p. 242
- Yoko Ono, Grapefruit p. 219-229
In Class:
- RIP: Remix Manifesto
Wednesday Mar 28
Before Class:
Read:
- Adrian Piper, Notes on Funk p. 259-261
In Class:
- code continues
- object oriented programming - Review A3
- intro to A4/ generate dynamic painting instructionals
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WEEK 10 /unfamiliar recipes
Monday Apr 02
Before Class:
Read:
- Reas, {Software Structures} A Text About Software + Art p. 243-249
- Look at Software Structures at the Whitney Artport
Do:
- Work on A4a
In Class:
- code continue, OOP
Wednesday Apr 04
Before Class:
Read:
- Daniel Schiffman, Algorithms p. 354-356
In Class:
- OOP
- exchange A4a instructionals
- Object Oriented Programming (OOP) examples
- review A4a, discuss A4b
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WEEK 11 /authorship
Monday Apr 09
Before Class:
Read:
- Roland Barthes, The Death of the Author p. 250-255
In Class:
- NO CLASS - Work on A4 :::
Wednesday Apr 11
Before Class:
Read:
- Michael Foucault, from The Author Function p. 256-258
In Class:
- NO CLASS - Work on A4 :::
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WEEK 12 /process
Monday Apr 16
Before Class:
Read:
- Martha Rosler, statement p. 314-318
In Class:
- A4 and other fun stuff
Wednesday Apr 18
Before Class:
Read:
- no reading
In Class:
- A4 and other fun stuff
::Wednesday Apr 18:: Walid Raad and the Atlas Group (4:30) ::
Sunday Apr 22
A4 due
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WEEK 13 /materializations+dematerializations
Monday Apr 23
Before Class:
Read:
- Lucy Lippard, from Six Years p. 264-275
In Class:
- Intro to A5, review A4 over food
Wednesday Apr 25
Before Class:
Read:
- no reading
In Class:
- In class exercise with A4.
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WEEK 14 /remix
Monday Apr 30
Before Class:
- Helen Molesworth with Mierle Laderman Ukeles p. 348-353
In Class:
- work in Digital Lab 208 or outside
- blink exercise
- simple button exercise
- Analog Read Serial
- Serial Communications
Wednesday May 02
Before Class:
- no reading
- A5 due
In Class:
- final review!
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ARTS 202 events outside of class time:
talks are @ 4:30pm in Golden Auditorium
Lectures last an hour (more or less)
Feb 14 Paolo Pedercini
Feb 14 Closing Senior Art Show celebration (make note of the digital works) 5:30 following Pedercini talk
March 04 Class field trip to the Dia: Beacon (this is a Sunday, we will leave at 8:00am)
March 21 Dawn Weleski, Conflict Kitchen
April 18 Walid Raad and the Atlas Group