Tue Feb 2, 2021, 10:30AM to 12:20PM (Zoom)

We will post a daily agenda page for each class; these will be your essential guide to the progress of the class.

While we’re waiting to begin, you might answer the brief course survey to help us understand your skills and needs.

Introductions

  1. Your instructors, Olivia and Garth.
  2. Brief synopsis of the course objectives, topical themes for Spring 2021.
  3. Mutual introductions.
  4. Syllabus.
  5. Slideshow
  6. Any questions?

Administrative

  1. Course kits. We have prepared a kit of materials for pickup or shipping. If you’ll need shipping, please let us know today via the survey.
  2. Laser cutter access for Spring 2021. Summary: IDeATe laser cutting is still closed, but if you are in Pittsburgh you can sign up now for access via Tech Spark.
  3. Updates on course modality and lab access.
  4. Computing needs.
  5. Please answer the brief course survey if you haven’t already.
  6. Please take a few moments to fill out the Office Hours Poll.

Assignment

  1. The first assignment is due before class on Thursday.
  2. The list of selected readings follows.
  3. Before closing, we will quickly assign a few readers to each selection.

Reading Selection

  1. Lauren McCarthy. Feeling at Home: Between Human and AI, Want a Smart Home Assistant? Invite This Artist to Watch You for Three Days Instead
  2. Marisa Gomez. Reconceptualizing Body, Space and Place: Telepresence in Art*
  3. Eduardo Kac. TELEPRESENCE ART
  4. Affective Haptics: Current Research and Future Directions, IEEE Access, 2016, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2015.2497316