Day 3: (Tue Sep 3) Machine Choreography

Notes for 2019-09-03. See also the Fall 2019 Calendar.

Notes from Day 2

Please remember the objectives for this first ‘gesture’ exercise: choreography ⇒ trajectory ⇒ coding. Anyone who jumped straight to coding is missing the point.

Agenda

1. Administrative

   • Quick poll: who could help run a show at 6PM on Friday, Oct 11?

   • Quick poll: would you rather have a final performance before or after Thanksgiving?

   • Laser cutter safety training courses: see IDeATe Laser Cutter Policy

2. Assignments

   • Due Thursday: Exercise: Dynamic Gesture on a Simulated Double Pendulum

   • periodically: generate a question

3. In-class

   1. Discussion of machine choreography.

   2. Brief in-class conference with each pairing.

Videos

• Arthur Ganson

• The New Artist (not online)

• HERB: Sure Thing (not online)

• Theo Jansen, Strandbeest

• What do you think of me? (2017 RCP project)

• Gate and Cone (2016 RCP performance)