{"id":258,"date":"2022-01-26T07:49:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T12:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/?page_id=258"},"modified":"2022-01-26T09:03:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T14:03:10","slug":"01-26-beginnings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/daily-notes\/01-26-beginnings\/","title":{"rendered":"01-26 Beginnings"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Agenda:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Responses to Exit Ticket of 1-24 (in Discord)<\/li>\n<li>Review of Some Exercises\n<ul>\n<li>Splat: <a href=\"https:\/\/openprocessing.org\/sketch\/1454028\">A Detail<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/openprocessing.org\/sketch\/1454006\">Lovely<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/openprocessing.org\/sketch\/1452908\">Instructive<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fuse\/Timer: <a href=\"https:\/\/openprocessing.org\/sketch\/1455995\">Funny<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li>Eyes: <a href=\"https:\/\/openprocessing.org\/sketch\/1455744\">Nice<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/openprocessing.org\/sketch\/1452231\">Strong<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ripples: <a href=\"https:\/\/openprocessing.org\/sketch\/1453724\">Good experiment<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1D Noise: <a href=\"https:\/\/openprocessing.org\/sketch\/1456027\">Mission accomplished<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/openprocessing.org\/sketch\/1453766\">Nice<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Review of (Some) <em>Looking Outwards 01<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/spingbing\/01\/19\/spingbing-lookingoutwards01\/\">Spingbing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/koke_cacao\/01\/22\/cyberfish-lookingoutwards01\/\">Koke_Cacao<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/crispysalmon\/01\/24\/crispysalmon-lookingoutwards01\/\">Crispy Salmon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/kong\/01\/24\/kong-lookingoutwards01\/\">Kong<\/a>, see also <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/obliteration-room-hz.jpg\">Obliteration Room<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/daily-notes\/01-26-beginnings\/roots\/\">Roots of Computer Art<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Deep Dive: Vera Molnar (below)<\/li>\n<li>Exit Ticket (Office Hours Questionnaire)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Vera Moln\u00e1r<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Vera+Molnar&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch\">Vera Molnar<\/a>, born 1924, is a living (!) Hungarian-French artist who was\u00a0<em>one of the first ten people to make art with a computer<\/em>. In 1968, Vera Molnar started working with a computer at the experimental psychology lab in Sorbonne, where she created her first plotter drawings, applying what she had been exploring in earlier years without using a machine.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-263\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/04_2470-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"764\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/04_2470-1.jpg 764w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/04_2470-1-611x480.jpg 611w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 764px) 85vw, 764px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-238\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/molnar-works-from-the-1960s-70s-interruptions-2-dam-11051-SAu67-de-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"841\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/molnar-works-from-the-1960s-70s-interruptions-2-dam-11051-SAu67-de-2.jpg 841w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/molnar-works-from-the-1960s-70s-interruptions-2-dam-11051-SAu67-de-2-505x480.jpg 505w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/molnar-works-from-the-1960s-70s-interruptions-2-dam-11051-SAu67-de-2-768x731.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>She wrote: \u201cThanks to its many possibilities of combination the computer helps to systematically research the visual realm, helps the painter to free herself from cultural \u2032readymades\u2032 and find combinations in forms never seen before, neither in nature nor at a museum: It helps to create inconceivable images. The computer helps, but it does not \u2032do\u2032, does not \u2032design\u2032 or \u2032invent\u2032 anything. To avoid another misunderstanding I wish to underline something else: The fact that something is new and has not been seen before is no guarantee in any manner for its aesthetic quality. Was the portrayal of a young man with curly hair \u2212 D\u00fcrer\u2032s self-portrait from around 1500 \u2212 new?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vera Molnar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6UUB2kplKOU?feature=oembed\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vera Moln&amp;aacute;r, interview | Paris | 11 July 2017\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/273642211?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>(<em>Watch from 15:10<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s Vera Molnar in the mid-1960s, and [below] last year:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-262\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/107139822_4201544863251149_2676015849878047020_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"981\" height=\"1076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/107139822_4201544863251149_2676015849878047020_o.jpg 981w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/107139822_4201544863251149_2676015849878047020_o-438x480.jpg 438w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/107139822_4201544863251149_2676015849878047020_o-934x1024.jpg 934w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/107139822_4201544863251149_2676015849878047020_o-768x842.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-264\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Vera_Photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Vera_Photo.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Vera_Photo-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Vera_Photo-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Vera_Photo-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Vera_Photo-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Exit Ticket Questionnaire<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSduw_h88DPucflrsK9IE0MNDEaEwg-hHa8RZl_aZKJ2pHhagw\/viewform?embedded=true\" width=\"640\" height=\"1307\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\">Loading\u2026<\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agenda: Responses to Exit Ticket of 1-24 (in Discord) Review of Some Exercises Splat: A Detail, Lovely, Instructive Fuse\/Timer: Funny, Eyes: Nice, Strong Ripples: Good experiment 1D Noise: Mission accomplished, Nice Review of (Some) Looking Outwards 01 Spingbing Koke_Cacao Crispy Salmon Kong, see also Obliteration Room Roots of Computer Art Deep Dive: Vera Molnar (below) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/daily-notes\/01-26-beginnings\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;01-26 Beginnings&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/258"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":303,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/258\/revisions\/303"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-212\/s2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}