General Information
SCULP-370-02
Fridays 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM Shaklee Rm. 1A
Resources and Links
Current Events
Instructor
Todd Blair: Fabrication and Kinetics
- tblair@cca.edu
- www.hybridarts.org
- Artist, Designer, Curator, Consultant, Fabricator, Machinst
Current projects:
- Public Art Commission at Lake Merritt - Oakland
- Project Manager/Producer for an SRL show at Robodock in the Netherlands
- Pixel Play - designing two pieces exploring light and motion in a 48 pixel grid
- Tell Tags - developing a distributed media project using machine-readable Data Matrix symbols to create an interactive location-based narrative
- Consulting on the 01SJ Global Festival of Art on the Edge
Recent Projects
- Produced 70 New Media Projects for the 13th ISEA Conference and the 1st ZeroOne Festival of Global Art on the Edge - San Jose
- Curated 40 Artworks for the phæno - Wolfsburg Germany
Grading
Attendance: Miss 3 classes lose 1 grade point, miss 4 you will not pass
Active participation in class labs, mini assignments, field trips (see below) and punctuality 10%
Timely Completion of Assignments: 65%:
- Assignment 1: Presentation of Artist Report 10%
- Assignment 2: Static Gesture Assignment 10%
- Assignment 3: Activated Motion Assignment 10%
- Assignment 4: Proposal Assignment 10%
- Assignment 5: Final Critique 25%
FINAL: Timely Completion of Final Project for Presentation in an Exhibition 25%
NOTE: Missed or late assignments will result in the loss of associated percentage
Assignments
Assignment 1: Artist Report
Pick an artist or group working in the field of transdisciplinary art and prepare an audio-visual presentation for the class. Web sites, videos, and power point presentations are appropriate mediums for the presentation.
Assignment 2: Static Gestures - Apparent Motion in Sculpture
Build a 3-d sculptural object that explores motion without actuation.
Assignment 3: Activated Motion- Directed Motion in Sculpture
Build a 3-d sculptural object that explores motion with actuation from the observer of the work.
Assignment 4: Project Proposal & Presentation
Turn in a Project Proposal for your final project using the guidelines provided (Download Guidelines). Present materials (drawings, images and/or components/models/prototypes) detailing your final project to the class using Power Point or Keynote for the presentation to the class.
Field Trip - November 10th
OPTIONAL - Sources for Materials and Field Trip Location
Assignment 5: Final Project & Critique
Presentation of your final project in a gallery setting as part of the Media Arts final show.
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Class Schedule
Weekly Schedule: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
| Week 1 |
| 9/7 Introduction to Class Previous Interface Exhibiton Work Presentation Discussion: The Art Formally Known as New Media - Time and Media Notes from Discussion Reading for Next Time: From Wagner to Virtual Reality |
| Week 2 |
| 9/14 1-2 Discussion: Constructed Other - Interface and objects 2:30-6 Videos of various projects to inspire your ideas |
| Week 3 |
| 9/21 12-3 Visiting Lecturer: North Pitney - Electronic Strategies for Artists Please Visit the Olafur Eliasson show at SFMOMA |
| Week 4 |
| 9/28 1-3 Class Presentations: Artist Report Presentations 3-6 Lecture: Actuating Objects - Mechanical Solutions |
| 10/5 12-2 Class Presentations: Static Gesture Assignment Due 2-6 Workshop: Fabrication for Motion - Introduction to Machining Safety Handout Machining Handout |
| Week 6 |
| 10/12 Exploratorium Fieldtrip Meet at the Exploratorium @ 1 PM Special Film Screenings with Liz Keim |
| Week 7 |
| 10/19 12-2: Activated Motion Assignment Due STUDIO: Individual Tutorials on Machining, Planning, Project Issues |
| Week 8 |
| 10/26 Design Lab Individual Meetings 12:00-12:30 - 12:30-1:00 - 1:00-1:30 - 1:30-2:00 - Break 2:30-3:00 - 3:00-3:30 - 3:30-4:00 - 4:00-4:30 - 4:30-5:00 - |
| Week 9 |
| 11/2 Field Trip: Scott Snibbe and Camille Utterback |
| 11/9 Project Proposal Presentations Download Proposal Guidelines |
| Field Trip Saturday 11/10 |
| Week 11 |
| 11/16 Studio |
| Week 12 |
| 11/23 NO CLASS - THANKSGIVING BREAK |
| Week 13 |
| 11/30 Studio |
| Week 14 |
| 12/7 Studio |
| 12/14 FINAL CRIT |
| Friday December 14th 7-10 PM Interface Exhibition |
Weekly Schedule: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
Events - Upcoming Events Relating to this course
- SFMOMA - Olafur Eliasson - Saturday, September 08, 2007 - Sunday, February 24, 2008
- Camille Utterback - "Abundance" Projections on San Jose City Hall Rotunda, Sept. 28 at 8 p.m., and continuing from sunset until midnight through Oct. 6 - 01SJ 2008
- The Art, Technology and Culture Colloquium - UC Berkeley's Center for New Media Lecture Series
- Fuse: Collaboration - San Jose State University's CADRE Laboratory for New Media Lecture Series
- Dorkbot - a monthly meeting of artists (sound/image/movement/whatever), designers, engineers, students and other interested parties from the new york area who are involved in the creation of electronic art (in the broadest sense of the term.)