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Assignment 19 – Mask Off, Elise and Anishwar

Drawings We wanted to embody the mask work done by John Galliano. Concept The idea is to make a ‘proxy face’. Wearing a headpiece that embodies the presence…

Project 2: Active Proxy Body

Due: Thursday, May 6 at 10:30am Overview For this project, we ask you to create an active proxy body. We will continue with our investigation of creating a…

Project 1: Ambient Proxy Body

Due: Thursday, April 8 at 10:30am Overview We have begun this semester with the premise that evoking the feeling of presence using remote digital connections is possible. We…

Assignment 11: Responsive Small Beings

Due: Tues., Mar. 16, 10:30AM This week we will continue to explore experiences of presence through responsiveness. Eliciting a response is one way we recognize that another being…

Assignment 9: Hobby Servo & Hand Sewing Samples

Due: Tues., Mar. 9, 10:30AM Hobby Servo Samples List Actuate a piece of fabric with a pair of tendon lines using your servo and Circuit Playground. You may…

Assignment 7: Emotive Pneumatics

Due: Tues., Mar. 2, 10:30AM This week we will explore creating pneumatic animation. For this assignment you are to create three pneumatic-and-fabric test pieces that you animate to…

Assignment 6: Embodied Telematics

Due: Thu., Feb 25, 10:30AM (week-long exercise) Heart of the Assignment You and a partner will create a telematic experience using your Circuit Playground Bluefruit microcontroller and the…

Assignment 4: Telematic Score

Due: Tues., Feb 16, 10:30AM Next week we will begin working with microcontrollers that we will program with lines of instruction (code). This next assignment will offer some…

Assignment 3: Telephone Telematics

Due: Thu, Feb 11, 10:30AM We are still exploring the essence of remote presence and action. For this exercise, we would like you to experiment with a partner…

Assignment 2: Research and Reflection

Due: Tue, Feb 9, 10:30AM In the first phase of the course we will be reviewing readings and video related to the major course themes: telepresence, presence, absence,…