New Media Art

New Media

Project #1 Measuring Histories

Description:

After looking at the work of Sonya Clark and artists who use data visualization, you will complete the following instructions:

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Think about an aspect of your personal or cultural history that is hard to imagine

2. Select a material to quantify, measure, and actualize that history

3. Or, do something familiar to you for as long as you can and measure it to see what it lines up with from your personal or cultural history

-From the Art Assignment, PBS

Please title this piece.

You may use any media that you want, what’s “new” about it is the use of measurements or data.

You can make prints, many small sculptures, use Photoshop or AI, draw or paint. For example, make a paper airplane for every mile your grandfather traveled to get to the United States.

Evaluation:

Formal 5pts: What medium did you chose and how does it relate to your concept? How did you use color, form and repetition to relate to what you were measuring? How is the piece composed?

Technical 5pts: How is the piece made? Does it show skill in the handling of the material? Does it show attention to detail?

Conceptual 5pts: How does the piece document, display or visualize what you are measuring? How does the form relate to the content? Does the piece engage the viewer through its scale?

Makey Makey Interactive Art

Description: Interactive Art can be broad in scope but requires viewer or audience participation to activate the work of art. Using the Makey Makey, a basic game controller, create a work of art that is interactive.

You are making a switch and you can decide how and what the switch triggers.

Examples include but are not limited to:

· An interactive drawing/painting that plays sound when touched

· An interactive sculpture that triggers a video when touched

· An interactive sculpture that controls a game when touched

· An interactive musical instrument

You may use other lower tech tools to create this project. You may use a combination of tools and you may need to get other supplies to complete your project.

Process:

· This is a project in prototyping and design thinking. It is possible that your project only be a proof of concept and not wholly complete.

· We will spend the first part of the project getting to know the board, trying out programs and refining our ideas.

· After the project is over you will be returning the boards so you must document the project by taking photos and possibly video of the piece.

· You must demonstrate to me that you have some understanding of how your circuit works.

· You will also hand in a detailed research write-up when the project is due.

Timeline:

Feb 6 Intro Project

Feb 8 – Reading Reponse Due

Feb 15- Reading Response Due

Feb 22- Project Critique

Feb 27- Research Write-Up due

Research Methodology Write-Up

See examples for more information.

Part. 1 Research Questions: What are the aims of the project? What are the primary questions being asked.

Part 2. Domains: Situate your work within or create relationships to fields of research, practice, or academic discourse. Where does this project exist, what is the audience? (ie is this an art project, a tool, a commercial product)

Part 3. Summary: A narrative description of the project. What it is, who it is designed for, what it is designed to do, what kind of technology it explores, etc.

Part 4. Process: A narrative description of your process, key methods and discoveries, sample sketches, storyboards, diagrams, etc.

Show images of your process.

Part 5. Related Work: List inspirations, resources and other projects that are similar to your project. Be sure to include

· title of work and author/designer/artist

· brief description of project

· relevance of the project to your own work

Part 6. Evaluation: Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your project.

List future directions for your work

Part 7- Works cited, Resource List

Evaluation:

5pts-Research Methodology Write-up- Did you address the content areas? Did you include images of your process and finished work? Is the piece well-written and free of major errors?

5pts-Concept-What is the idea behind the project? Does it solve a problem or enhance the senses? Is it metaphorical or practical? How does the viewer or audience interact with it?

5pts- Execution- How is the piece constructed? Is the prototype functioning? Is not, why? What does the piece look like? Is it neat and well designed? Could you demonstrate a working knowledge of circuits?

Total 15 pts

Constructed Reality /////

Objectives: You will

· Create a staged photo or scene for a video

· Use lighting, sculpture, makeup and costume to create a scene

· Use 360 cameras and apps to create a scene for VR

· Edit and export your piece for VR

Description: After experimenting with the basics of Google Cardboard and VR content, you will create your own Constructed Reality piece. The piece may either be a short video scene(s) or a series of still photos. Looking at artists who stage photographs using costuming, lighting and makeup, you will create a your own image. Because this is VR content, it is important that you consider every inch of the space and every aspect of the image. The idea and concept behind the scene is up to you. We will be looking at examples of constructed reality and discussing VR, simulation and hyperreality. Your classmates will serve as assistants. If you are taking video it should be between 90 sec and 5 minutes. If you are taking still you should have a series of 3-5 images.

You will need to download

· Google Cardboard

· Google Cardboard Camera

· Google Street View

· Theta S

· Theta+Video

· Theta+

Optional

NYTVR, Within, First Look Artist’s VR

Evaluation:

Formal: 5: How is the scene staged? How dose the styling relate to the concept? Did you pay attention to detail? Did control the space?

Technical: 5: How is the image shot and edited? Did you export and share properly? Is the lighting considered? Did you complete the Lynda lessons?

Conceptual: 5: What does the scene feel like? Does it evoke an emotion? Does it feel surreal or constructed or hyperreal?

Due

March 20

March 22

Please watch the Theta Lynda Lesson for more information. These will not be checked off.

https://www.lynda.com/Theta-tutorials/Ricoh-Theta-Tips-Tricks-Techniques/519665-2.html

Please watch the VR section of this Premiere Lynda lesson

https://www.lynda.com/Premiere-Pro-tutorials/360-Video-Production-Post-2019/761952-2.html

3.

-Adding Viewing and Editing 360 clips

-Creating a 360 Sequence

-Editing 360 clips

4.

-Premiere Pro transitions

-VR effects Part 1

-VR effects Part 2

7. Exporting

-Sending to Adobe Media Encoder

-Viewing on YouTube

-Viewing on Vimeo

Projection Mapping

Objectives: You will

· Learn projection mapping software basics

· Consider the relationship between 2D and 3D objects

· Collaborate on a finished project

· Become familiar with artists who use projection in their work

Description: You will work in teams of 3 to create a projection mapping project and installation. You must combine 3D objects either built, found or architectural spaces with projection. You should first experiment with materials and surfaces for projection—fabric, walls, mirrors, sculptures, toys, glass, people are all potential areas for projection.

You can project stills or video content.

As a group, you must determine the content and style of your work. I will work with each group to facilitate a topic.

Part 1- Content creation, projection experiments

Part 2- Installation

Part 3- Documentation** You must photograph and videotape your installation since it will only be installed temporarily.

You will need to download:

Projection Mapper (Optimo)

Prspctv

There may be other apps that you find useful or discover on your own for this project.

Other trials, like Mad Mapper are watermarked but are more powerful.

The department has 4 small projectors available for your use. The AV department has larger projectors available for checkout via the MRC. You may also want to use older equipment—slides, overhead projectors, film strips etc

Evaluation:

Formal: 5 pts, What is the experience of the installation like for the viewer? How do we enter the work and how does it engage the viewer? How does the work use the element of time? How does the work use color and light? How does the work integrate and relate the objects/space?

Technical: 5 pts How are the videos/stills edited and presented? Did you carefully line up and match up the projection to the surfaces? Did you consider the entire space to create a complete experience? Did you document the installation with photos and videos and turn this in via Google drive.

Conceptual: 5 pts How do the surface and projection image relate to each other? Does the work feel connected and cohesive? What topics are you exploring in the work and how does the viewer connect to them?

Reading Responses

The day each reading is due, you must also complete and hand in a 1-2 page reading response.

These will help facilitate discussions about the readings.

Please write your answers in a cohesive paragraph form not a list.

Please address the following questions in 1-2 pages. Please use citation if you are quoting or paraphrasing. Please use Chicago style. This is a footnote format.

Jan 30

Reading #1- Walter Benjamin, The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction,

-According to Benjamin, what is the aura?

-Do you agree with his assessment of the aura?

-Describe and give an example of the democratizing effect of reproductions or copies of images?

Feb 8

Reading #2

McLuhan, Hot and Cold Media

-What did McLuhan mean by “the medium is the message?”

-What are the differences between hot and cold media? Give examples.

-How would you categorize the Internet? . . Facebook or Instagram?

Feb 15

Reading #3

-You will be assigned either the introduction to Alone Together (2010), by Sherry Turkle or Life on the Screen (1995), also by Turkle.

-How does Turkle view technology’s role on identity and community?

-Defend Turkle’s position (even if you don’t believe it) with examples that illustrate her point.

We will then have a debate discussion with half of the class representing each of Turkle’s evolving view of the social aspects of technology

March 15

Reading #4 Please read both and Choose One to respond to.

Manifest AR Manifesto

-Write your own manifesto. What do you believe art should be?

Or

Baudrillard: The Hyper-realism of Simulation

-What is Simulation/simulacrum and hyperreal?

-Give an example of a simulation that you have experienced over the real?

-How have images become more real than real?

April 3

Mass Moca Field Trip Response #5 / Laurie Anderson/James Turrell

-Select any work by Laurie Anderson or James Turrell that you experienced. Describe your experience in the installation.

-How does the artist transform the space, time, reality?

-Consider our past readings, discuss the piece you have chosen in relation to Benjamin, McCluhan, Turkle or Baudrillard. (your choice.)

Evaluation

2pts Completion- Did you complete each of the responses? Where they the appropriate length? Did you use citations if necessary?

5pts -Quality Were the responses clearly written and without major errors? Did you address the questions?

3pts- Discussion: Did you use the response to participate in the discussion?

Total: 10pts

New Media Final Project

Objectives: After completing this project you will

· Plan, create and execute a larger scale independent work

· Identify when and how to use digital technologies in your work

· Come to see yourself as an artist working in New Media

· Integrate ideas from other courses or your own life into your work

· Troubleshoot and go deeper with your chosen technology

Description:

For this project, you will revisit any of the technologies we explored and any of the themes we used earlier in the semester. You may mix and match the themes and the technologies. For example, you may do a Measuring Histories project in VR. The idea is to select what you really enjoyed and to go further with the materials with and to push the concept further.

Measuring Histories/Data Visualization—Digital Prints, Traditional Media

Interactive Media- Makey-Makey, Hacking, Design Thinking, Product Design, Sculpture

Constructed Realities, Staged Photos, Dioramas,- VR, 360 Photos, 360 Video, Google Cardboard/Oculus, Game Design

Projection Mapping- 3D/2D, Mapping video shapes, sculpture, installation, open video content

Other past projects and areas of interest may seep into this project since it is very open I will help you identify and select a direction if necessary. You each have a unique practice and voice that is coming through in your work. You have some in experience with the technology so you are ready to make something that is more refined.

Proposal

You must complete a proposal that addresses: What you are going to do, why you would like to do it, how you are going to do it and when you will get it done. Please include a timeline. 1 page.

Reflection

After completing the project, think critically about its successes and areas for improvement. What did you learn from this project? What would you do differently? How will you continue this line of inquiry? 1 page.

Documentation

In New Media, documentation can be as important as the work since it is sometimes the only thing that remains. Please document your final project via photos and video. Please hand in documentation and originals if applicable of all of your course work via the Google Drive folder I will share with you.

Evaluation:

Technical 5pts-How is the technology integrated into the piece? Is the piece well made? Does the piece show skill and understanding of the technology? Is the piece successfully rendered or output?

Formal 5pts-How does the piece feel or make the audience feel? How does it use color, texture, light or sound if applicable? Do the formal aspects of the work connect to the idea it is communicating?

Conceptual 7pts- What concept, emotion or feeling is the work communicating? Does it convey in an engaging way? How does the piece use technology in service of the idea?

Proposal-2.5 pts- Did you complete the proposal on time and address the questions? Did you include a timeline?

Reflection 2.5 pts-Is the reflection well-written and free of major errors? Did you address the content areas and think critically about your own work?

Documentation-3 pts Did you turn in documentation for all of your projects via Google drive? Did you photograph or videotape your piece? Is the documentation clear and easy to understand? Is the documentation well done and formally strong?