Oct 19::
Before the end of Oct 25:
- Write out a conceptual painting. Following in the tradition of conceptual artists like Sol Lewitt write a recipe or instruction based artwork in natural language, develop a set of instructions for a dynamic abstract painting. Review Sol LeWitt's retrospective at MASSMoca (you can click on the thumbnails to see the instructionals), as well as Casey Reas' exploration of his work in Software Structures. Keep in mind that you will be passing this recipe on to a fellow classmate who will turn the instructions into Processing code.... The assignment will be graded based on its formulaic presentation in relationship to the code environment and algorithmic structures. Label file A1a_lastname_firstname.filetype; due before midnight on Oct 25.
Before Class:
Read:
- Series and Parallel
- Functions
Do:
- Exercise 1 from "functions" by Reas and Fry above: "1. Write a function to draw a shape to the screen multiple times, each at a different position."
- Using a flex sensor
- Reading a soft potentiometer
label Hw6_lastname_firstname and post to Hw6 repository on GitHub. Make video and photos of your electronics, and be prepared to recreate circuits at the beginning of class.
In class:
Discuss:
- functions
- Ohm's Law
Studio time:
- review homework
- Arduino to Processing. Download graph.pde, pwm
- Object Oriented Programming -- sample code
- Review assignment
- button -- link to simple button tutorial
- piezos -- fade tone, pitches, three tones, also possible tone pitch follower
- soldering, multimeters