Lecture Topic:
Introduction to the course
What the course is about
The syllabus, important information, due dates, criteria for projects
Who we are
Where we can be located and when we can be reached
Design and the Elastic Mind MOMA
http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2008/elasticmind/
http://www.ted.com/talks/paola_antonelli_previews_design_and_the_elastic_mind.html
Show varied ideas of digital imaging
from pixel art http://pixel.nascimpact.com/pix_tank.php
to high
resolution digital photography, http://www.tawbaware.com/maxlyons/gigapixel.htm
to HDR (High Dynamic Range) digital photography
to amazing interactive 3d photography
to interactive
installation Interactive installation
David Rokeby-Very
Nervous system
to interactive multimedia vr and caves such as Workspace Unlimited
Cyber Bodies Stahl Stenslie- Skin Suit
constructs soda play http://www.sodaplay.com/
to net art
or
Rhizome http://rhizome.org/art/
New Media Art by Mark Tribe
https://wiki.brown.edu/confluence/display/MarkTribe/New+Media+Art
Artists are using digital
technologies as a tool, or as a medium
To Hacker Art
to public art http://graffitiresearchlab.com/?page_id=6#video
to animation
to
visualization http://www.mundi.net/maps/maps_020/walrus.html
W. Bradford Paely
TextArc http://textarc.org/Alice.html
Josh On They Rule
To John Maeda, a world renowned digital graphic designer, artist and a computer scientist
at MIT. He has pioneered the use of the computer to make
art. Maeda wants to redesign technology so that it is fun and keeps us coming
back for more. Maeda’s early work redefined the use of electronic media as a
tool for expression by combining skilled computer programming with sensitivity
to traditional artistic concerns. For more information about
to game
simulation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVxX8aaHgdE&fmt=35&annotation_id=annotation_117219&feature=iv
http://www.ryzom.com/en/screenshots_1.html
to games with insects: http://www.livescience.com/scienceoffiction/060707_pacman_insects.html
to ….. Pigeon blog http://www.beatrizdacosta.net/
to bioart and beyond….
The “History” of New Media Art is
unfolding and then becomes ubiquitous
u⋅biq⋅ui⋅tous –adjective
existing or being everywhere, esp. at the same time; |
The power of images:
James Nachtwey
911, http://radified.com/911/911_index.htm
Danish artist
cartoon of the holiest Islamic man, Mohamed, who is not to be made into an
image.
Similar to Jewish tradition where God is not to be represented by a direct image. http://thedefeatists.typepad.com/apoplectic/images/mo.JPG
The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten created the furor over depictions of
Mohammed by publishing a series of 12 drawings after a local author said he was
unable to find any artist willing to depict Mohammed for his upcoming illustrated book. The publication
of the images in Jyllands-Posten has been condemned
around the Islamic world, and has led to the burning of embassies and a boycott
of Denmark by Muslim nations.
From BBC
News, the tearing down of Saddam Hussein's statue.
To the horrors of torture Abu Ghraib prison http://www.sikhtimes.com/torture_in_iraq.jpg
To Tiananmen Square, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tianasquare.jpg
the beautiful, the horrific, the sublime, the mundane, images are a reflection of life on this planet earth as well as being used weapons
Living in a Visual Culture:
Photography, Painting, Sculpture, Fashion, Advertising, TV, Cinema, Ubiquitous Digital Culture
Within Digital Culture:
digital sketching, scanning traditional sketches, paintings, objects, etc., pixel art, raster imaging, digital photography, vector imaging, web, animation (2d, 3d, combo), gaming, digital interactive installation, robotics, bioart, etc.
Resources, Using References, a word of caution on Wikipedia http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Plenary exercise I :
Find and show two examples which exemplify your idea of what digital imaging is.
Plenary exercise II:
Team up and take camera phone images
for reference for your pixel art project