Course Number: ARTD 466
Course Name: Intermedia Art
Professor: Mr. Bart Woodstrup

Spring 2011

Weekly Tentative Course Schedule - subject to change.

Readings will be added to this timeline, they will be supplied through the Blackboard interface. You will be expected to supply responses to the readings through the “Discussion Board” interface.


Week One
January 18/20

    Lecture: Course Introduction and Intro to Software (Flash, Processing, Max/MSP/Jitter)
    Assignment: Research/purchase books, electronics, and other resources
    Research: Select one artist and one arts organization that is linked from the course website and write a brief report/critique of your findings.
Week Two
January 25/27

    Guest Lecture: Ethan Jackson http://www.ethanjackson.net/ (Jan 25th)
    Lecture: Introduction to Processing
    Assignment: Commenting a Processing Sketch
    Reading: Creative Code: Reas, Levin, Simon Jr.
Week Three
Feb 1/3

    Lecture: Cancelled due to snow
    Assignment: Data Visualization Poster of Rooftop Garden
    Assignment: Acquire dataset
    Reading: Visualizing Data - Ben Fry
Week Four
February 8/10
    Lecture: XML, Arrays, and Classes
    Assignment: Data Visualization (Due March 22)
    Assignment: Acquire dataset
    Reading: Towards a Model of Information Aesthetics in Information Visualization, Lau/Moere
Week Five
February 15/17
    Lecture: XML continued, Intro to electronics
    Assignment: Data Visualization (Due March 22)
    Assignment: Plot your dataset
    Reading: Realm of the Circuit, How to solder, Which Way Does Current Flow?, Rules of Hacking
    Due: Datasets

Week Six
February 22/24
    Lecture: Introduction to the electronics (General safety tips and identification of electrical components, how to solder and how to use a multimeter).
    Assignment: Data Visualization (Due March 22)
    Due: Plotted Datasets
Week Seven
March 1/3
    Lecture: Introduction to the Arduino
    Assignment: Data Visualization (Due March 22)
    Reading: Really Getting Started With the Arduino
Week Eight
March 8/10
    Lecture: Work in class
    Assignment: Data Visualization (Due March 22)
March 15/17 - Spring Break

Week Nine
March 22/24
    Assignment: Physical Computing
    Due: Data Visualization
Week Ten
March 29/31
    Lecture: Arduino Continued
    Assignment: Physical Computing
Week Eleven
April 5/7

    Assignment: Physical Computing
Week Twelve
April 12/14

    Assignment: Physical Computing
Week Thirteen
April 19/21

    Assignment: Physical Computing
Week Fourteen
April 26/28

    Assignment: Physical Computing
Week Fifteen
May 3/5

    Assignment: Physical Computing
Week Sixteen - Finals




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