Sep-01

Agenda

  • Please sit in a different seat, and next to people that you do not know.
  • Responses to the 8/30 Exit Ticket (see below)
  • Collection of SEM Items, and Schedule review
  • Review of X-Ray Items, and Vote
  • Reminder about Assignment(s) for 9/6 (Reading-01 etc.)
  • Lectures: Typologies
  • Introduction to the Typology Machine Project
  • Time Permitting Items
  • Exit Ticket for 9/1

Typology Lectures

Typology Machine Project Introduction

Time Permitting

“HOT LINKS”

Assignment(s) for Tuesday 9/6 (REMINDER)

Review Typology Lectures on your own (not all material was presented in class)
Reading-1, Photography and Observation
  • Read “Photography and Observation“, which is Chapter 1 of Photography and Science by Kelley Wilder. This is a 14MB, 34-page PDF of approximately 6500 words (~20-25 minutes of reading).
  • Create a new blog Post on this WordPress site. In this post, please:
  • Write 100 words (about a paragraph) about something interesting or new-to-you that you encountered in this article.
  • Write a 100-word response to the prompt: In your opinion, What is an artistic opportunity, made possible by methodological/scientific/scientistic approaches to imaging, that is interesting to you?
  • Categorize your WordPress post with the Category, Reading-1.
Look at Your Colleagues’ ProjectsToShare

Please spend 10 minutes scanning through the ProjectToShare posts your colleagues made. In the #tiny-deliverables channel of our Discord, write a single sentence acknowledging the one you found most interesting.

Responses to 8/30 Exit Ticket

  • What’s the best Android phone photogrammetry tool? As of September 2022, Golan likes Polycam. There are many other options that change often. We will be introducing photogrammetry soon.
  • There seems to be so much cool stuff and projects, how am I going to decide what to pursue? You will have opportunities to refine your ideas in one-on-one advising sessions with the Professors, as well as in small-group discussions with your peers. That said, keep in mind that this is an advanced research studio. We will not tell you what to do; you are expected to be able to respond to open-ended assignments.
  • Will there be group work during this class? That depends on what “group work” means to you. There will be times when we have a “workday”, and the entire class group is working. There will also be times when we divide the students into groups of 4-5 persons for in-class discussions, and you will “work” by offering feedback to your peers. But there are no “team projects”. If you and a friend would like to collaborate on a project, that’s great! Please be sure to have read the section in the Syllabus that discusses our policies for collaborations. 
  • What are the specific materials/skills that we’re going to learn? I just wanted to think of the possible project ideas in advance. We will have a variety of brief technical workshops and demonstrations to inspire you, such as practical exposure to things like scanning electron microscopy, photogrammetry, and motion capture. However, this is an advanced studio course — each student will be using (and even developing) very different and highly individualized methodologies and workflows. Considered collectively, the total number of specific materials and skills that students will use in this course far exceeds the time that we could possibly allocate to explaining them all. In other words, each student will (typically) develop expertise in a skill or material that’s very different from everyone else’s.
  • Will there be any instructions or guidance towards all the capture tools here? We will inform the entire class about which tools are available, and we will discuss some of the artistic opportunities they offer. On an individual basis, we may provide one-on-one instruction to students for specific pieces of equipment. In some cases, you may be expected to figure out how to use a tool yourself (i.e. “here ya go; read the manual”). Yesterday evening, about 8 students showed up to learn about the capture tools on display here, and eat pizza—were you one of them?
  • How long can we borrow each equipment item (like max duration)? This will depend somewhat on supply and demand. If other students want to use the item, timesharing will be necessary. Unless there is competing interest, loans will generally be limited to one week, with the possibility of extension. Equipment cannot be borrowed for the entire semester. 
  • Should our final projects always be oriented for a virtual/blog format? Meaning, do our projects have to translate well to WordPress? Or can artwork be in-person focused? We warmly welcome the creation of ephemeral and experiential artworks. However, we feel very strongly that you should learn how to document and explain your work, even (or especially) if it’s ephemeral or experiential. Part of the purpose of this class is to give you opportunities to get better at documenting your work. Keep in mind that your Typology Machine project will be graded by renowned but remote critics whose only knowledge about your project will come exclusively from your WordPress post. The statement “you had to be there” is true for nearly anything good, and, on its own, will not be considered an acceptable way to document your work.