Info-I 310 Multimedia Arts and Technology: April 2012

Thursday, April 12, 2012

RIVER BEND FILM FESTIVAL

Thursday (7:30 p.m. – 11 p.m.) – FREE

Our annual free Thursday night screening is 7:30 p.m. – 11 p.m. in room 1001 in Weikamp Hall at Indiana University South Bend, which is sponsored by the Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts. View some work by the college’s New Media students, a variety of shorts, and the feature Finding Xanadu: The Life & Films of Samuel W. Truss, a student-produced mockumentary chronicling the life of an Indiana filmmaker.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

OPEN SCREENING +10 CREDIT POINTS

2012 OPEN SCREENING

Come and show off your VIDEO WORK!!

All you need to do is show up with a quicktime on a thumb drive or have it posted to YouTube or Vimeo. All students, staff, and faculty are welcome to come and show work in progress and or finished pieces. If you have any questions please email:

artscodec@gmail.com

Thursday, April 5, 2012

FINAL ASSIGNMENT #4

DUE APRIL 24TH

The Researcher and the Maker:

Your final assignment is to find a topic of interest, a leaping off point that can drive the work. For instance the ideas of data visualization, loop theory, language, Interface design, the body and media, art theory, extra... Once you have discovered your idea you must then run it by me with a couple sentences via email for approval.

Once approved you are to research the subject. I suggest using electronic resources provided by the school such as J-STORE. You are required to give at least 3 references as proof of your research in Chicago style. This should accompany your final post underneath your project and project statement. You are required to have an project statement to accompany your final piece(s). Your final project(s) can either be a series of stills (3-7), animated gifs (3-7), sound piece (3-4min., or a video 3-4 min.). Both your work and your project statement should be posted to the course blog by DUE APRIL 24TH.

TIMELINE for the rest of the semester:

April 10th: Lab day (work in class. I will be taking attendance.)

JOURNAL ENTRY DUE TODAY: on any contemporary
practices we've done since photoshop is introduced.

April 12th: The Database: In a Human Context Due today.

April 17th: Lab time in class

April 19th: Lab time (No Attendance)

April 24th: FINAL Critique

April 26th: FINAL Critique Continued

MAY 1st: FINAL PAPER DUE TODAY by 12pm. I will not except late papers. Late papers will

receive a zero

THE DATABASE: IN A HUMAN CONTEXT

DUE APRIL 12TH

Your short assignment is to create and collect your own database of self. What data defines you? How many steps do you take in a day? How many phone numbers or Facebook friends do you have? What data can you collect from the world around you?

You are then to use this dataset and create an data visualization via: image(s), animated Gif(s), and or a video(s).

"To study the way is to study the self; to study the self is to forget the self; and to forget the self is to awaken to the ten thousand things." - Dogen Zenji

http://personas.media.mit.edu/
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/what-about-me/what-about-me.html

LET THE DATA FLOW

DATA FLOW >>\/\/\/\/

"Visual metaphors are a powerful aid to human thinking. From Sanskrit through hieroglyphics to modern alphabet, we have ciphers, objects, and illustrations to share meaning with other people, thus enabling collective and collaborative thought. As out experience of the world has become more complex and nuanced, the demands to our thinking aids have increased proportionally. Diagrams, data graphics, and visual confections have become the language we resort to in this abstract complex world. They help us understand, create, and completely experience reality." Introduction for the book DATA FLOW: Visualizing Information In Graphic Design by Gestalten.

DATASPHERE