DXARTS 470 A/B: Sensing and Control Systems for Digital Art

SCHEDULE

Term A

Week One: Introductions

[6/25]
Lecture 1
Introduction to the course, class structure and resources
History of Mechatronic Art & its cultural implication

Reading
Beyond Modern Sculpture, Jack Burnham

[6/27]
Lecture 2/ Lab
Introduction to Pure Data & Gem

BasicPD.zip
AudioPD.zip
BasicGem.zip

Homework:
1. Complete PD Documentation Section 2 Chap. 1-4 [here]
2. Create an autonomous sound record/ playback patch which record 10 soundfiles (in appropriate filenames, each 10sec) and play them back after all recordings are done

Week Two: Video

[7/2]
Lecture 3/ Lab
Introduction to PDP, More PD & Gem

pdp.zip
moreGem.zip
moreAudio.zip

Reading
Complete Gem Documentation [download here] & PDP examples

[7/4]
Holiday

Homework
Discuss a motion-tracking based artwork, look for artists page (incl. facts of the artwork, conceptual ideas, execution, presentation, why u likes/ dislikes it)

Week Three: Arduino & Digital I/O

[7/9]
Lecture 4/ Lab
Introduction to Arduino & Basic Electronics

Reading:
Chapters from Practical Electronics for Inventors, Paul Scherz (2006)

[7/11]
Lecture 5/ Lab
Digital Input/ Output

Homework
Project idea
Rule-based algorithm

Week Four: Analog

[7/16]
Lecture 6/ Lab
Analog Input

Reading
Chapters from Practical Electronics for Inventors, Paul Scherz (2006)

[7/18]
Lecture 7/ Lab
Analog Output

Homework
PWM exercise

Week Five: Prototype Presentation (End of Term A)

[7/23]
Protoype Discussion/ Lab

[7/25]
Prototype Presentation & Proposal DUE

Term B

Week Five: Audio Visual Sculpture

[7/30]
Lecture 8
Audio Visual Sculpture
Mike McCrea's Presentation

Reading
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, Walter Benjamin (1936)
Synesthesia and Intersenses: Intermedia by Dick Higgins (1965)

[8/1]
Lecture 9/ Lab
Op amp & Multiplexing in Arduino

Homework
Rule-based multiple LEDs/ motors algorithm

Week Six: Telematics & Radio Art

[8/6]
Lecture 10
Telematics & Radio Art
Networking & Database in PD/ Arduino

Reading
Art and Telematics: towards a network consciousness, Roy Ascott (1984)

[8/8]
Project Discussion & Fremont Warehouse Visit

Homework
Amendments of final project if applicable

Week Seven: Final Project

[8/13]
Final Project Lab I

[8/15]
Final Project Lab II

Week Eight: Exhibition

[8/20]
Final Project Presentation DUE

[8/22]
Final Project Documentation DUE