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=RESOURCES=
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=Course Info=
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[http://wiki.digital-foundations.net/index.php?title=Main_Page Digital Foundations Wiki]
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[[File:13_Ways_Blackbird.pdf  13 Ways of Looking At A Blackbird]]
 
 
'''ART 2691 INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL MEDIA'''
 
'''ART 2691 INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL MEDIA'''
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T/R 2-4:50 PM
 
T/R 2-4:50 PM
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3000 Bliss Hall
 
3000 Bliss Hall
  
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INSTRUCTOR
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Course Webpage: [http://rtwomey.people.ysu.edu rtwomey.people.ysu.edu]
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'''ROBERT TWOMEY'''
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'''INSTRUCTOR'''
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Robert Twomey
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Bliss 4021
 
Bliss 4021
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Office Hours: T/R 12:30-2, W 2-4
 
Office Hours: T/R 12:30-2, W 2-4
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rtwomey@ysu.edu
 
  
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=COURSE DESCRIPTION=
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Email: [mailto:rtwomey@ysu.edu rtwomey@ysu.edu]
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This course is designed to give students a technical and theoretical overview of digital media as a means of personal and cultural expression, strengthening visual literacy. Students will explore static and dynamic digital methods.
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Website: http://roberttwomey.com
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'''LAB HOURS'''
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*Monday 5-8 Bliss 4057
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*Tuesday 5-8 Bliss 3000
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*Wednesday 5-8 Bliss 4057
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*Thursday 5-8 Bliss 3000
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*Friday 12-6 Bliss 3000
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*Saturday 12-6 Bliss 3000
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*Sunday 12-6 Bliss 3000
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'''Photo Printing Hours'''
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*Monday 8-11pm
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*Tuesday 6-10pm
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*Thursday 4:30-8:30pm
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*Saturday 12-4pm
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=Resources=
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[http://wiki.digital-foundations.net/index.php?title=Table_of_Contents_CS6 Digital Foundations Wiki CS6]
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More info on collages:
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*Hanna Höch [https://secure.flickr.com/photos/32535532@N07/3179940950/ Annotated "Cut with the Kitchen Knife through the Beer-Belly of the Weimar Republic"]
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*[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]
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*[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]
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkcqjN4XcT4 Andreas Gursky -- Long Shot Close Up youtube]
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[http://www.loc.gov/pictures/ Library of Congress Photo Collection]
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=Syllabus=
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[http://wiki.roberttwomey.com/images/c/c1/Twomey_dm_syllabus_fall16.pdf twomey_dm_syllabus_fall16.pdf]
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=Schedule=
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'''Modules'''
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*Module 1: Images
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*Module 2: Audio
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*Module 3: Objects
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*Module 4: Kinetics
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'''Week 0'''
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*8/25 - Introductions, Course Information
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**Screening: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnfB-pUm3eI Ways of Seeing (Part 1)]
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**Homework: Read [http://wiki.roberttwomey.com/images/1/13/13_Ways_Blackbird.pdf 13 Ways of Looking At A Blackbird] by Thomas McEvilley.
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'''Week 1'''
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*8/30 - Digital Images / Photoshop
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**Quiz: 13 ways, discussion
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**Photoshop Demo
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**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])
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*9/1 - Photoshop 2 / Fact or Fiction
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**Finish [http://wiki.digital-foundations.net/index.php?title=Table_of_Contents_CS6#Photoshop Chapters 8-11 of Digital Foundations]
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**Discuss: Fact or Fiction
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**Homework: Make a picture that lies about something.
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'''Week 2'''
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*9/6 - Collage
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**Due: exercises from Chapters 8-11 of Digital Foundations
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**Discuss weekend exercises.
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**Project 1 Introduction. [http://wiki.roberttwomey.com/images/d/d8/Project1_digital_collage.pdf Project 1 Requirements]
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*9/8 - Retouching: Before and After
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**Review contemporary collage examples.
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**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".
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**Retouch a photograph. Save before and after images. Possible sources: [http://www.loc.gov/pictures/ Library of Congress], your own photos, flickr.com...
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**Retouch documentation of an artwork, your own or someone elses. Save before and after images. Could be drawing, sculpture, other.
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'''Week 3'''
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*9/13 - Project 1 Work
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**Individual student-teacher check-ins on project 1.
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**Work in class
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*9/15 - Project 1 / Photo Lab Printing Demo
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**1/2 of class - project work time
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**2nd 1/2 of class - Photo Printing in Class.
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'''Week 4'''
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*9/20 Artist Lecture: [http://arts.ufl.edu/directory/profile/1573/ Maria Rogal], Bliss 4061, 2pm
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**Q&A with artist
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*9/21 - Last Day to Print your Project for Critique
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*9/22 - Critique: Project 1
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'''Week 5'''
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*9/26 - Artist Lecture: [http://www.amberdkempthorn.com/ Amber Kempthorn], Solomon Gallery, 1pm
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*9/27 - Digital Audio.
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**Reading [http://artsites.ucsc.edu/faculty/gustafson/FILM20P.W11/readings/chion.3modes.pdf Michel Chion 3 Ways of listening], breakout group discussions.
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**Listen to Musique Concrete.
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**Get setup with cellphone audio recording
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**Homework: Record 10 descriptive sounds from your audio scene. Use the format below. Bring the 10 wav files to class next Tuesday.
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***WAV file
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***48,000 Sample Rate (48k)
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***24 Bits
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***Stereo, if your device records audio.
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***on iphone, you can use the Voice Record Pro app.
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*9/29 - Field Trip: Pittsburgh
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**[http://goo.gl/mKTvTW map + itinerary]
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'''Week 6'''
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*10/4 - Editing Concrete Sounds
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**Due: Audio recordings of daily routine
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**In class demo of Audacity.
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**In class project to edit 45 second piece from weekend recordings.
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*10/6 - Sound Walks
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**Due: 45 second composition from domestic recordings.
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**Introduction to Sound Walks.
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***Hildegard Westerkamp [http://www.sfu.ca/~westerka/writings%20page/articles%20pages/soundwalking.html Soundwalking 1974]
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**Binaural Audio Demo.
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**Plan your sound walk, begin recording.
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**Use [http://wiki.roberttwomey.com/images/6/6a/Ysu_map_2.pdf this map], or draw your own.
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'''Week 7'''
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*10/11 In Class Sound Walk Experience
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**Due: first draft sound walk and map.
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**In class edit sound walks and map. (first hour)
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**Trade sound walks and experience (second hour)
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**Workshop (third hour)
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**Revise sound walk and upload with audio to blackboard (third hour)
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*10/13 Sound Scapes
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**Tech Survey.
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**Listening exercise.
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**Introduce [http://wiki.roberttwomey.com/images/a/ad/Project2_soundscape.pdf Project 2: Soundscape].
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***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.
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*10/13 Artist Lecture: [http://www.uwstout.edu/faculty/atwellr/ Robert Atwell], McDonough, 5:10pm
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'''Week 8'''
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*10/18 Working Critique, Soundscape.  
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**Individual student meetings.
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*10/19 Artist Lecture: [http://www.stevenrubin.com/ Steve Rubin], McDonough, 5:10pm
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*10/20 Field Trip: Cleveland (Spaces, Transformer Station, CMA) [http://goo.gl/3yNji3 map + itinerary]
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'''Week 9'''
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*10/25 Critique Soundscape
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**Listening and critique.
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*10/27 Intro to Digital Objects
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**Rhino CAD Basics
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**3D Printing Basics
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**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.
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*10/29 Last day to withdraw with a grade of “W”
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'''Week 10'''
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*11/1 3D Modeling
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**Modeling with solid models.
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**Modeling from 2d drawings and extrusions.
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**Using calipers.
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**Finish 3D prints
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*11/2 Artist Lecture: [https://nicoleburisch.com/ Nicole Burisch], McDonough, 5:10pm
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*11/3 3D Scanning
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**MEET AT LAUNCH LAB. Ground floor WCBA. Bring a USB drive to store your scanned meshes.
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**Launch Lab scanners.
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**CIAM
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'''Week 11'''
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*11/8 - In Class Work
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**Wrap up initial rhino work, small object modeling.
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**[http://www.morehshin.com/artworks/ Morehshin Allahyari]
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*11/10 - Working with Meshes
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**Mesh editing
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**Intro Project 3. [{{filepath:project3_hybrid_object.pdf}} Project 3 Requirements]
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'''Week 12'''
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*11/15 - Meshes.
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*11/16 Visiting Artist [http://kangeunsu.com/ Eunsu Kang] Lecture 5-6pm in Bliss 4006.
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*11/17 - Work time.
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**Check in on Project 3 Ideas.
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'''Week 13'''
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*11/22 - Kinectic Art
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*11/24 No Class: Thanksgiving Holiday
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'''Week 14'''
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*11/29 - Critique: Project 3, Object
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*12/1 -
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'''Week 15'''
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*12/6 - Processing Introduction
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**[{{filepath:example1_drawing.zip}} example1_drawing.zip]
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**[{{filepath:example2_ellipses.zip}} example2_ellipses.zip]
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**[{{filepath:example3_speed.zip}} example3_speed.zip]
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**[{{filepath:example4_clock.zip}} example4_clock.zip]
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**[{{filepath:example4_clock_better.zip}} example4_clock_better.zip]
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*12/8 -
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'''FINAL'''
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*DEC 14, 5pm, Suzie's Dogs and Drafts, Digital Media + Video Thing.
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**5-6pm, sharing
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**6-late, video screening with live musical accompanyment.
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*DEC 15, 11:59pm: Upload all work to Blackboard.
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=Artist Lectures=
  
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REQUIRED MATERIALS
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*9/20 - [http://arts.ufl.edu/directory/profile/1573/ Maria Rogal], Bliss 4061, 2pm
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*9/26 - [http://www.amberdkempthorn.com/ Amber Kempthorn], Solomon Gallery, 1pm
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*10/13 - [http://www.uwstout.edu/faculty/atwellr/ Robert Atwell], McDonough, 5:10pm
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*10/19 - [http://www.stevenrubin.com/ Steve Rubin], McDonough, 5:10pm
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*11/2 - [https://nicoleburisch.com/ Nicole Burisch], McDonough, 5:10pm
  
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EVALUATION AND GRADING
 
  
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PURPOSE OF COURSE
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'''This is a live document. The instructor reserves the right to alter the office hours, schedule, grade distribution and assignments as the semester develops.'''

Latest revision as of 14:27, 6 December 2016

Course Info

ART 2691 INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL MEDIA

T/R 2-4:50 PM

3000 Bliss Hall

Course Webpage: rtwomey.people.ysu.edu

INSTRUCTOR

Robert Twomey

Bliss 4021

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

Email: 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

Digital Foundations Wiki CS6

More info on collages:

Library of Congress Photo Collection

Syllabus

twomey_dm_syllabus_fall16.pdf

Schedule

Modules

  • Module 1: Images
  • Module 2: Audio
  • Module 3: Objects
  • Module 4: Kinetics

Week 0

Week 1

Week 2

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: 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: Amber Kempthorn, Solomon Gallery, 1pm
  • 9/27 - Digital Audio.
    • Reading 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

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.
    • Binaural Audio Demo.
    • Plan your sound walk, begin recording.
    • Use 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 Project 2: Soundscape.
      • For more information on soundscapes, see R. Murray Schafer, The Soundscape, particularly "Features of Soundscapes" p 9-10, for the idea of keynote, signal, and soundmark.
  • 10/13 Artist Lecture: Robert Atwell, McDonough, 5:10pm

Week 8

  • 10/18 Working Critique, Soundscape.
    • Individual student meetings.
  • 10/19 Artist Lecture: Steve Rubin, McDonough, 5:10pm
  • 10/20 Field Trip: Cleveland (Spaces, Transformer Station, CMA) 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: 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

Week 12

  • 11/15 - Meshes.
  • 11/16 Visiting Artist 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

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


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

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