Day 4: (Thu Jan 25, Week 2) Light and Air Motion

Notes for 2024-01-25.

New Assignments

New assignment, due Tuesday: Exercise: Light and Air Prototype. Please post the documentation to Exercise 2 Shared Folder.

Administrative

Reminder: IDeATe has arranged an in-person Fire Extinguisher Training session today Thursday Jan 25 at 4PM in Studio A (ground floor). You do not need to register, you may simply show up. This is an excellent step toward IDeATe laser cutter qualification (IDeATe Laser Cutter Policies).

Agenda

  1. We’ll begin with two final results from Exercise: Precedent Research. (See Exercise 1 Shared Folder.)

  2. Discussion of the short-term agenda: assembling a prototype light and air fabric show in A11 within the next week.

    • introduce the space

    • discuss the constraints

    • discuss the resources

  3. Brief discussion of strategies for kinetic composition.

  4. Review of selected video from in-class workshop.

  5. Division into new groupings for the next exercise.

  6. Breakout/brainstorming/work time to organize each group to formulate a plan and run any possible quick tests.

  7. Please collect any needed fabric or other resources before the end of class.