in-class Workshop on Oct 21: ‘fun with moving colors’ w

in-class workshop during Oct 21 class, 8:30-11:20

by Morgan Rauscher

When we think about learning computer programming it can be really scary at first. Computers are these very complex and intimidating things that can do so much. How is it possible for ‘non-engineers’ to learn about programming when it is so very complex. The answer is simple, don’t try to build a computer for your first project! If you think of it in terms of painting, you would not think about painting a mater piece until you have first learned about what a paint brush is or what a specific type of paint can do.

The basics of computer programming and electronics hardware are actually really easy to learn and can be very useful tools for artists interested in exploring interactive work.

So what we will do together in the class is first talk about the simple idea of a program (with some fun examples). Then we will use the popular “Processing” (http://processing.org) program to build a small interactive visual program together. Finally, we will be making the program ‘work’ in real life by using an Arduino (http://www.arduino.cc/) microcontroller. If we have time we will combined the interactive “Processing” program with the Arduino hardware.

So we will go from simple idea, to a computer program and then to a working physical thing all together as a class. Students will have a chance to ask questions and get involved throughout the whole class. The underlining theme or title of the class is ‘fun with moving colors’.

DIgital Situationism and Urban Intervention

“The Interactive Spectacle.pdf -    http://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&q=cache:XUjvnSC8SH0J:www.idl.dundee.ac.uk/~shaleph/pdfs/The%2520Interactive%2520Spectacle.pdf+digital+Situationists&hl=en&gl=ca&sig=AFQjCNH12Z3_O3×40yKpOwUiEv0cZl20mw

“Department of Ongoing Digital Situations.”  http://www.toysatellite.org/doods

Paul, Christianne. “interventions in Virtual Public Spaces.” http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/viewArticle/1616/1531

Patricia Piccinini

fascinating work: i love some of her essays

Daniel Canogar

Read/see more

Alice – Patricia Piccinini

According to feminist theorist Donna Haraway in an exhibition catalogue essay , “When I first saw Patricia Piccinini’s work a few years ago, I recognized a sister in technoculture, a co-worker committed to taking “naturecultures” seriously without the soporific seductions of a return to Eden or the palpitating frisson of a jeremiad warning of the coming technological Apocalypse. …”

Grand Theft Bicycle

In Grand Theft Bicycle the user sits on his or her heavily-armed Borgcycle™, faces a large projection screen, and rides his or her way to victory!

The player is given total control of his or her direction through the revolutionary Borgcycle™ interface: pedaling increases the player’s speed through the 3D environment; turning the steering wheel turns the player to the left or the right in the environment; squeezing the front brake shoots weapons; squeezing the back brake stops the bike and holding it down reverses the bike…..more here

Interactivity presentation

“live people as part of the collage“

Exponential Future

Exponential Future
Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, Vancouver

Artworks by Tim Lee, Alex Morrison, Isabelle Pauwels, Kevin Schmidt, Mark Soo, Corin Sworn, Althea Thauberger, Elizabeth Zvonar

Curated by Juan Gaitan and Scott Watson

18 January – 27 April, 2008

Reviewed by Christopher Brayshaw
Exponential Future, the Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery’s new survey of emerging Vancouver art, is a failure of artistic and institutional nerve. “Curators Juan Gaitan and Scott Watson chose artists working in different media whose work involved a wide range of issues to give an overview of the new artistic thinking of our time and place,” claims an unsigned gallery press release. “The curators were interested in works that engaged the complex reality of urban life at the beginning of the twenty-first century.” This thesis would make a first-rate show, but bears only passing resemblance to the exhibition Gaitan and Watson have assembled….more

up to date syllabus DIVA200-002

revised-syllabusfeb7.pdf

with reworked dates for field trips.

Urban Intervention presentation

lecture   Here are the links to the projects on pages 16-19 of the lecture: 

• Laser Tag (by Graffiti Research Lab); how to page; 
• LED Throwies (by Graffiti Research Lab); how to page;
• TXTual Healing (by Paul Notzold); 
• Light Criticism (by AntiAdvertising Agency).