View source for Intro to Digital Media Fall 2016

=Course Info=

'''ART 2691 INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL MEDIA'''

T/R 2-4:50 PM

3000 Bliss Hall

Course Webpage: [http://rtwomey.people.ysu.edu rtwomey.people.ysu.edu]

'''INSTRUCTOR'''

Robert Twomey

Bliss 4021

Office Hours: T/R 12:30-2, W 2-4

Email: [mailto:rtwomey@ysu.edu rtwomey@ysu.edu]

Website: http://roberttwomey.com


'''LAB HOURS'''

*Monday 5-8 Bliss 4057
*Tuesday 5-8 Bliss 3000
*Wednesday 5-8 Bliss 4057
*Thursday 5-8 Bliss 3000
*Friday 12-6 Bliss 3000
*Saturday 12-6 Bliss 3000
*Sunday 12-6 Bliss 3000

'''Photo Printing Hours'''
*Monday 8-11pm 
*Tuesday 6-10pm
*Thursday 4:30-8:30pm
*Saturday 12-4pm

=Resources=

[http://wiki.digital-foundations.net/index.php?title=Table_of_Contents_CS6 Digital Foundations Wiki CS6]

More info on collages:
*Hanna Höch [https://secure.flickr.com/photos/32535532@N07/3179940950/ Annotated "Cut with the Kitchen Knife through the Beer-Belly of the Weimar Republic"]
*[https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-1010/wwi-dada/dada1/v/hannah-h-ch-cut-with-the-kitchen-knife-1919-20 Höch's Cut with the Kitchen Knife Dada ..., Smarthistory]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/04/fashion/artist-eli-sudbracks-work-will-be-on-view-in-soho-this-week.html Assume Vivid Astro Focus in NYTIMES]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkcqjN4XcT4 Andreas Gursky -- Long Shot Close Up youtube]

[http://www.loc.gov/pictures/ Library of Congress Photo Collection]

=Syllabus=

[http://wiki.roberttwomey.com/images/c/c1/Twomey_dm_syllabus_fall16.pdf twomey_dm_syllabus_fall16.pdf]

=Schedule=
'''Modules'''
*Module 1: Images
*Module 2: Audio
*Module 3: Objects
*Module 4: Kinetics

'''Week 0'''
*8/25 - Introductions, Course Information
**Screening: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnfB-pUm3eI Ways of Seeing (Part 1)]
**Homework: Read [http://wiki.roberttwomey.com/images/1/13/13_Ways_Blackbird.pdf 13 Ways of Looking At A Blackbird] by Thomas McEvilley.

'''Week 1'''
*8/30 - Digital Images / Photoshop
**Quiz: 13 ways, discussion
**Photoshop Demo
**Homework: Read WSJ article, [http://wiki.roberttwomey.com/images/b/b8/Do_Digitally_Altered_Photos_Represent_Fact_or_Fiction_-_WSJ.pdf Do Digitally Altered Photos Represent Fact or Fiction] ([http://www.wsj.com/articles/do-digitally-altered-photos-represent-fact-or-fiction-1470940019 original link with live content])

*9/1 - Photoshop 2 / Fact or Fiction
**Finish [http://wiki.digital-foundations.net/index.php?title=Table_of_Contents_CS6#Photoshop Chapters 8-11 of Digital Foundations]
**Discuss: Fact or Fiction
**Homework: Make a picture that lies about something.
'''Week 2'''
*9/6 - Collage
**Due: exercises from Chapters 8-11 of Digital Foundations
**Discuss weekend exercises.
**Project 1 Introduction. [http://wiki.roberttwomey.com/images/d/d8/Project1_digital_collage.pdf Project 1 Requirements]
*9/8 - Retouching: Before and After
**Review contemporary collage examples.
**Familiarize yourself with the advanced tools: ([https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/how-to/remove-objects-fix-flaws.html content-aware tools], [https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/how-to/fix-flaws-retouch-photos.html fix flaws retouch photos], [https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/healing-examples.html healing brush], [https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/content-aware-patch-move.html content-aware patch and move]). You can also check out the [https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/tutorials.html Photoshop CC tutorials], particularly the "Key Tools".
**Retouch a photograph. Save before and after images. Possible sources: [http://www.loc.gov/pictures/ Library of Congress], your own photos, flickr.com...
**Retouch documentation of an artwork, your own or someone elses. Save before and after images. Could be drawing, sculpture, other.
'''Week 3'''
*9/13 - Project 1 Work
**Individual student-teacher check-ins on project 1.
**Work in class
*9/15 - Project 1 / Photo Lab Printing Demo
**1/2 of class - project work time
**2nd 1/2 of class - Photo Printing in Class.
'''Week 4'''
*9/20 Artist Lecture: [http://arts.ufl.edu/directory/profile/1573/ Maria Rogal], Bliss 4061, 2pm
**Q&A with artist
*9/21 - Last Day to Print your Project for Critique
*9/22 - Critique: Project 1
'''Week 5'''
*9/26 - Artist Lecture: [http://www.amberdkempthorn.com/ Amber Kempthorn], Solomon Gallery, 1pm
*9/27 - Digital Audio.
**Reading [http://artsites.ucsc.edu/faculty/gustafson/FILM20P.W11/readings/chion.3modes.pdf Michel Chion 3 Ways of listening], breakout group discussions. 
**Listen to Musique Concrete.
**Get setup with cellphone audio recording
**Homework: Record 10 descriptive sounds from your audio scene. Use the format below. Bring the 10 wav files to class next Tuesday.
***WAV file 
***48,000 Sample Rate (48k)
***24 Bits
***Stereo, if your device records audio. 
***on iphone, you can use the Voice Record Pro app.
*9/29 - Field Trip: Pittsburgh 
**[http://goo.gl/mKTvTW map + itinerary]
'''Week 6'''
*10/4 - Editing Concrete Sounds
**Due: Audio recordings of daily routine
**In class demo of Audacity. 
**In class project to edit 45 second piece from weekend recordings.
*10/6 - Sound Walks
**Due: 45 second composition from domestic recordings. 
**Introduction to Sound Walks. 
***Hildegard Westerkamp [http://www.sfu.ca/~westerka/writings%20page/articles%20pages/soundwalking.html Soundwalking 1974]
**Binaural Audio Demo. 
**Plan your sound walk, begin recording.
**Use [http://wiki.roberttwomey.com/images/6/6a/Ysu_map_2.pdf this map], or draw your own.
'''Week 7'''
*10/11 In Class Sound Walk Experience
**Due: first draft sound walk and map.
**In class edit sound walks and map. (first hour)
**Trade sound walks and experience (second hour)
**Workshop (third hour)
**Revise sound walk and upload with audio to blackboard (third hour)
*10/13 Sound Scapes
**Tech Survey.
**Listening exercise.
**Introduce [http://wiki.roberttwomey.com/images/a/ad/Project2_soundscape.pdf Project 2: Soundscape].
***For more information on soundscapes, see R. Murray Schafer, [http://wiki.roberttwomey.com/images/2/2e/Schafer_soundscape.pdf The Soundscape], particularly "Features of Soundscapes" p 9-10, for the idea of keynote, signal, and soundmark.
*10/13 Artist Lecture: [http://www.uwstout.edu/faculty/atwellr/ Robert Atwell], McDonough, 5:10pm
'''Week 8'''
*10/18 Working Critique, Soundscape. 
**Individual student meetings.
*10/19 Artist Lecture: [http://www.stevenrubin.com/ Steve Rubin], McDonough, 5:10pm
*10/20 Field Trip: Cleveland (Spaces, Transformer Station, CMA) [http://goo.gl/3yNji3 map + itinerary]
'''Week 9'''
*10/25 Critique Soundscape
**Listening and critique.
*10/27 Intro to Digital Objects
**Rhino CAD Basics
**3D Printing Basics
**Homework: Bring in a small object (something you can hold in your hand) that you would like to make a 3D model of. We will be working off of real objects in class on Tuesday.
*10/29 Last day to withdraw with a grade of “W”
'''Week 10'''
*11/1 3D Modeling
**Modeling with solid models. 
**Modeling from 2d drawings and extrusions. 
**Using calipers. 
**Finish 3D prints
*11/2 Artist Lecture: [https://nicoleburisch.com/ Nicole Burisch], McDonough, 5:10pm
*11/3 3D Scanning
**MEET AT LAUNCH LAB. Ground floor WCBA. Bring a USB drive to store your scanned meshes.
**Launch Lab scanners. 
**CIAM
'''Week 11'''
*11/8 - In Class Work
**Wrap up initial rhino work, small object modeling.
**[http://www.morehshin.com/artworks/ Morehshin Allahyari]
*11/10 - Working with Meshes
**Mesh editing
**Intro Project 3. [{{filepath:project3_hybrid_object.pdf}} Project 3 Requirements]
'''Week 12'''
*11/15 - Meshes.
*11/16 Visiting Artist [http://kangeunsu.com/ Eunsu Kang] Lecture 5-6pm in Bliss 4006.
*11/17 - Work time. 
**Check in on Project 3 Ideas.
'''Week 13'''
*11/22 - Kinectic Art
*11/24 No Class: Thanksgiving Holiday
'''Week 14'''
*11/29 - Critique: Project 3, Object 
*12/1 - 	
'''Week 15'''
*12/6 - Processing Introduction
**[{{filepath:example1_drawing.zip}} example1_drawing.zip]
**[{{filepath:example2_ellipses.zip}} example2_ellipses.zip]
**[{{filepath:example3_speed.zip}} example3_speed.zip]
**[{{filepath:example4_clock.zip}} example4_clock.zip]
**[{{filepath:example4_clock_better.zip}} example4_clock_better.zip]
*12/8 - 

'''FINAL'''

*DEC 14, 5pm, Suzie's Dogs and Drafts, Digital Media + Video Thing. 
**5-6pm, sharing
**6-late, video screening with live musical accompanyment.
**
*DEC 15, 11:59pm: Upload all work to Blackboard.

=Artist Lectures=

*9/20 - [http://arts.ufl.edu/directory/profile/1573/ Maria Rogal], Bliss 4061, 2pm
*9/26 - [http://www.amberdkempthorn.com/ Amber Kempthorn], Solomon Gallery, 1pm
*10/13 - [http://www.uwstout.edu/faculty/atwellr/ Robert Atwell], McDonough, 5:10pm
*10/19 - [http://www.stevenrubin.com/ Steve Rubin], McDonough, 5:10pm
*11/2 - [https://nicoleburisch.com/ Nicole Burisch], McDonough, 5:10pm


'''This is a live document. The instructor reserves the right to alter the office hours, schedule, grade distribution and assignments as the semester develops.'''