Weekly Schedule
| Topic I : An Overview of Generative Art & Literature | |||
wk 1
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15/1
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Overview (i) : Rule-driven creativity and process-orientedness and generative aspects in contemporary art | class handout (ppt) |
wk 2
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22/1
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Overview (ii): on procedures & operations: what is a generator, what is a generative system | More on Gen. Photo |
wk3 |
5/2
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Introduction to Flash CS3 and ActionScript 3.0 | Lab 1 |
wk 4
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12/2
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Generative Graphics with ActionScript | Lab 2 |
wk 5 |
19/2 |
Class Presentation - group 1, 2, 3 (topics #1, 2, 3) | |
| Topic II : Oulipo Group / Potential Literature Special Case Study | |||
wk 6 |
26/2 |
Oulipo Group / Potential Literature (I): rule-driven-ness, rule-making, combinatorials |
the OuLiPo (ppt) & Lab 3 |
wk 7 |
4,6/3 |
String Manipulation and text | Lab 4 |
wk 8 |
11,13/3 |
More on Text manipulations & Oulipo exercises | Lab 5 + Assignment 2 due on 21 March |
wk 9 |
18,27/3 |
Oulipo Group / Potential Literature (II) + Class Presentation - group 4, 5,6 (topics #4, 6, 8) | proposal for Final Project due in class (1-page brief) |
| Topic III : Complex System | |||
wk 10 |
1,3/4 |
Simple system - particles system (Lab) | |
wk 11 |
8,10/4 |
L-system & turtle graphics (Lecture + Lab) | Assignment 3 due on 02 May (Fri) |
wk 12
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15,17/4 |
Complex System - cellular automata (Lecture + Lab) | |
wk 13 |
22,24/4 |
Summary Lecture: “The Machinic in Art” | Final Project due on 16 May (Fri) |