NOTES:
Changes in the order of topics are possible.
The parts which are blank
will be filled before the lectures.
FOR THE MIDTERM:
YOU SHOULD BE READY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE KEY IDEAS IN READINGS MARKED IN BOLD.
The readings which are not in bold will not be used in the midterm - however you should still go through them so you can use them as a source of examples.
Review the links in "projects discussed in class" since the midterm will include the questions about these projects.
UPDATE: new summary of class's goals has been posted here - please read
| date | topic | primary readings - chapters from Lev Manovich, Info-aesthetics (book in progress). The texts below are from 2005-2007. | additional required readings | projects discussed in class | recommened web resources |
| January 9 | Class introduction |
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| January 16 | modernist strategies | Manovich: Introduction to Info-aesthetics |
wikipedia: |
Man Ray: Emak-Bakia (1926) |
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| January 23 | software and forms: design workflow | Manovich: Design workflow and contemporary aesthetics |
Google's new headquarters (2006). (Also look at corresponding slide shows). |
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| January 30 | software and forms: deep remixability | Manovich: After Effects, or Velvet Revolution- part1 After Effects, or Velvet Revolution- part 2 |
definitions and history: After Effects Tutorials: watch the following videos: |
ITSU by Plaid Graphic Design For The 21st Century: 100 Of The Worlds Best Graphic Designers (Paperback) by Charlotte Fiell (Editor), Peter Fiell (Editor) |
http://www.justincone.com/tween/ http://xplsv.tv/movies.php http://www.motionographer.com/ |
| February 6 | Meta-media 1 midterm review |
Manovich: Alan Kay's Universal Media Machine | Alan Kay and Adele Goldberg, |
Business Week - Innovation: slide show of High-Fashion Mobile Phones slide show - The Work of Cecil Balmond |
Engelbart 1968 Demo (video) Towards a Machine with Interactive Skills (an article on Sketchpad) |
| February 13 | in-class midterm | ||||
| February 20 | Meta-media 2 | Manovich: Alan Kay's Universal Media Machine | Matthew Barney Common Go! music video (note: this version does not have the original soundtrack, but video is the same) Invisible Shape of Things Past Google Earth |
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| February 27 | From screen to space: digital architecture | Frank Gehry for the Rest of Us Buildings in Abu Dhabi by Gehry, Nouvel, Ando, Hadid Blobitecture Emotive House Trans-ports Muscle |
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| March 6 | work into art: aesthetization of information | Manovich: Interaction as an Aesthetic Event |
Jonathan Ive on Apple (please read short texts which are linked on the left of this page) Motorola Experience Design - diffirent design specialties |
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| March 13 | abstract forms: reduction versus complexity | Manovich: Abstraction and Complexity | check the web projects @ Abstraction Now exhibition examples of modern abstract art |
processing.org generative.net |