DXARTS 490: Week by Week Schedule

Topics by week.
This is a living document, subject to change as the quarter progresses.
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Material Poetics in Experimental Media II

1 :

T 3.31

• Course introduction, objectives, Fremont Studio usage policies, etc.
• Assignment 1: "The Demonstrative Linkage"
  
• 1st Readings:
  
• Greg Goebel, "Introduction to Plastics"
• Daina Taimina, "How to Draw a Straight Line"
  
• Wikipedia entry on mechanical linkages
  

TH 4.2

• Casting with Rubber & Plastics, lecture & demo

2 :

T 4.7

• In class work day & problem solving

TH 4.9

• In class work day & problem solving

3 :

T 4.14

• In class work day & problem solving

TH 4.16

• In class work day & problem solving
• Shop clean up

4:

T 4.21

• Assignment 1 due
• Assignment 2: "The Circumstance of Balance"
• 2nd Readings:
• George Rickey, "A Technology of Kinetic Art"
• Daina Taimina, "Historical Notes on Universal Joints"

TH 4.23

• Design workshop: drawing & model making
• Shop Clean Up

5 :

T 4.28

• WOOD/METAL SHOP TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
• Turning

TH 4.30

• Work day with insructor
• Shop Clean Up

6 :

T 5.5

• ADVANCED METAL SHOP TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
• Milling

TH 5.7

• Assignment 2 due
• Assignment 3: "The Aerial Moment"
• Shop Clean Up

7 :

T 5.12

• Work day with insructor

TH 5.14

• Video: Powers of Ten
• Shop Clean Up

8 :

T 5.19

• Work day with insructor

TH 5.21

• Work day with insructor

9 :

T 5.26

• Work day with insructor

TH 5.28

• Work day with insructor

10 :

T 6.2

• Work day with insructor

TH 6.4

• FINAL CRIT

11 :

T 6.9

• FINAL CRIT- Lab Project Presentation
• FINAL CLEANUP
• Attendance mandatory, comprehensive cleanup of shop/studio