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= Unravel the Code VII - '''The Plural of Anecdote is not Data''' =
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= Unravel the Code VII - '''Anecdata''' =
  
''blurb to come''
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The plural of anecdote may not be not data, but that won’t stop a group of 30 psudoscientific-superstars from turning hasty generalisations into physical, dynamic, and joyful spectacles. Far from spreading misinformation or working under the pretence of ‘big data’, this workshop focuses on the positive value of '''Anecdotal Data'''. By appropriating standard formats of information display, the challenge is to quantify and '''physicalise''' '''fuzzy''', '''fragmentary''', or '''borderline arbitrary''' bits of information into powerful '''storytelling'''.
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After 6 successful editions, which brought topics such as unraveling the contemporary relevance radio, crafting magnetic core memory, and matching machine learning with facial recognition technologies, The 7th International Unravel The Code embraces '''Anecdata'''. The workshop brings together Master and Bachelor students from '''Maryland Institute College of Art''' (Baltimore) and '''Willem de Kooning Academy / Piet Zwart Institute''' (Rotterdam), for three days of tall tales, soft data, hardcore fabrication. The three day workshop consists of: one evening of meeting, greeting, and eating; one day of technical workshops; and one intense12 hour prototyping session that turns collaborative ideas into tangible results.
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The students will be divided over three projects:
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1 '''A Yarn or Two to Tell''' - participants will explore thread as dynamic data transmitters while trying to find the red line in their collaborative project. 
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2 '''Anecdotal Data Doodles''' - participants will hack/build drawing machines while trying draw conclusions on what kind of collaborative drawings to draw. 
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3 '''Mo-Cap Boogie-Woogie''' - participants will…well….figure out how to make a something meaningful with data coming from a motion capture suit, and if all in vain, simply boogie-woogie with a motion capture suit.
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The goal of Unravel The Code is to facilitate exchange between international students interested in both traditional and emerging ways of making. It aims to teach concrete technical skills as well as meta-skills in collaboration in a shot but intensive time frame. Due to the largely esoteric supporting staff and a small sample group of students from various backgrounds in art and technology, the only reliable conclusions this year will be: fun should had by all; new international contacts should be made; and sense of agency and appreciation should be manifested when looking at hat can be made in three days together.
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=Anecdata Findings=
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[[File:Deardata_01.jpg|400px|thumb|left|example of Anecdotal "humanist" Data[http://www.dear-data.com/theproject]]]
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[[File:Quipu.jpg|400px|thumb|left|Quipu]]
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[[File:Pulse_01.jpg|400px|thumb|center|Pulse[https://www.dezeen.com/2012/07/30/pulse-by-christian-ferrera-and-jon-mctaggart/]]]
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[[File:Pulse_02.jpg|400px|thumb|center]]
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[[File:Simon evans 01.jpg|400px|thumb|left|anectodal dataset - everything I have by Simon Evans]]
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[[File:Simon evans 02.jpg|400px|thumb|center|everything I have - detail]]
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[[File:Teamwork uta eisenreich.jpg|400px|thumb|center|sociogram]]
  
 
=About the Collaborating Progams=
 
=About the Collaborating Progams=
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MICA http://unrvl.net
 
MICA http://unrvl.net
  
 
[[Manifesto | WDKA Digital Craft]]
 
[[Manifesto | WDKA Digital Craft]]
 
  
 
= Schedule =
 
= Schedule =
  
=='''Awkward FaceTime'''==
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=='''Awkward Anecdotal Exchange'''==
  
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
|-
 
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! 5/10 - 11/10  
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! 9/10 - 13/10  
 
!Bits of Rotterdam - bits of Baltimore - through the magic of the internet  
 
!Bits of Rotterdam - bits of Baltimore - through the magic of the internet  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| time and date student arranged
 
| time and date student arranged
| MICA and WDKA Digital Craft students try to sustain a 5 min awkward conversation, knowing that it will make the week much smoother knowing at least one partner student on a face to face basis. There is a strict format for this talk, which can be found below.
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| MICA and WDKA / PZI students try to sustain a 5 min awkward conversation, knowing that it will make the week much smoother knowing at least one partner student on a face to face basis. There is a strict format for this talk, which can be found below.
 
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|}
 
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'''FaceTime Format'''
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'''Awkward Anecdotal Exchange Format'''
  
To identify your FaceTime partner, please sign up for one of the four projects (as participant 1-6) and contact the corresponding student (i.e if your #1 in ''Its Complicated'' on the MICA list, find out who is #1 on the ''Its Complicated'' WDKA list…..its a bit complicated, i know).
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To identify your Anecdotal Exchange partner, please sign up with your name or email for one of the 3 projects by October 8th (as participant 1-10) and contact the corresponding student (i.e if your #1 in ''A Yarn or Two'' on the MICA list, find out who is #1 on the ''A Yarn or Two'' WDKA list).
  
 
Please prepare the following to discuss:
 
Please prepare the following to discuss:
  
# share a love/hate about your current program (of course no bad talking about UTC ;)
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# share a love/hate about your current program
 
# share a memorable photograph where the look on your face fits under the title  “ the moment I knew what I wanted to do”.  
 
# share a memorable photograph where the look on your face fits under the title  “ the moment I knew what I wanted to do”.  
# show via the webcam a distinguishing facial featured
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# discuss your first line of thinking for ways to collect anecdata
# take a screenshot of each others faces and upload it to project participant lists on the wiki
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# discuss your first line of thinking for making threads or tangents, doodles, or mo-caps into the most powerful experiences imaginable
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# take a joint screenshot of your joint-awkward faces and upload it to project participant lists on the wiki
  
The purpose of this pre-meeting is to have the first exchange to be on a peer to peer basis and break the ice before the marathon begins.  
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Remember that awkward skypeing/facetiming/hangouts are better then awkward first time face-to-face. The purpose of this pre-meeting is to have the first exchange to be on a peer to peer basis and break the ice before the marathon begins.  
 
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! Activity
 
! Activity
 
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| ~17:00 (exact TBC) / location to be determined
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| ~17:00 - 18.30 (exact TBC) / '''Data dating & Word of Welcome''' (location TBD) 
| '''Show your face''' WdKA Students meet MICA IRL
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|WdKA Students meet MICA Students in real life including '''WdKA tour''' within your workshop groups, exploring the school's stations
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| 17:30 – 18:00 / location to be determined
 
| '''Word of Welcome / A Few Works'''
 
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| 18:00 – 19:00
 
 
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| 19:00 19:30
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| 18:30 21:00 / '''Dinner date!'''
'''WdKA tour''' within your workshop groups, explore the school's stations
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| pizza across the street ([https://veryitalianpizza.nl/rotterdam/])
 
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|}
  
=='''Tuesday 24 October - Strictly Business'''==
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=='''Wednesday 17 October - Strictly Business'''==
 
 
  
 
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| '''COFFEEEEEEEEE'''
 
| '''COFFEEEEEEEEE'''
 
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| 10:00 – 10:30 / Interaction Station
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| 10:00 – 11:00 / Lecture Hall
| '''The Briefing''' Jon what we are doing and why he’s so happy about it.
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| Florian Cramer will talk about the history of arts and crafts, how it relates to the notion of autonomy and what this means in digital environments and autonomously operating systems for example. This lecture is part of the theory program of Autonomous Practices.
 
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| 10:30 11:15 / Interaction Station
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| 11:15 12:30 / Kunsthal
| '''Brainstorm Round 1'''
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| ''Inspiration: Kunsthal -Action Reaction: 100 years of Kinetic Art'''
 
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| 11:15 – 12:00 / Interaction Station
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| 13:15 – 13:45 / Interaction Station'
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|'''The Briefing''' and '''Brainstorm Round 1'''
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|-
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| 13:45 – 14:30 / Interaction Station
 
| '''Brainstorm Round 2'''
 
| '''Brainstorm Round 2'''
 
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| 12:00 14:00 / ????
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| 14:30 16:30 Interaction Station
| '''Mini-Excursion''' WDKA & MICA students break into groups, lunch somewhere in Rotterdam, and visit a ‘selfie’ worth place. #facesofrotterdam
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| One of three workshops:
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*A Yarn or two to tell
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*Anecdotal Data Doodles
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*Mo-Cap Boogie-Woogie
 
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| 14:00 – 14:30 Interaction Station
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| 16:30 – 18:00 / Interaction Station?
| '''20 min foreshadowing w/ Javi''' - explaining the ins and outs of what comes next
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| '''Confidence Building''' - production of a pre-marathon proof of concept
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| 14:30 – 15:30 / Interaction Station
 
| '''20min Foreplay''' - round-robin practical/unpractical instruction
 
*Sensitivity Training w/Mike or Ryan
 
*Face-Inter-Facing w/Javi
 
*Micro-controling w/Ryan or Yoana
 
*Photo-Boothing w/Tim
 
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| 15:30 – 18:00 / Interaction Station  
 
| '''Confidence Building''' - production of a pre-marathon proof of concpet
 
 
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| 18:00 – 19:00 - De Willem / School Cantine
 
| 18:00 – 19:00 - De Willem / School Cantine
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=='''Wednesday 25 October - The Face of Things Marathon'''==
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=='''Thursday 18 October - Anecdata Marathon'''==
  
  
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! Activity
 
! Activity
 
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| 9:30 – 10:30 / De Willem
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| 9:30 – 10:00 / De Willem
 
| '''Upping the Anti''' students evaluate their concept prototype sketch out a plan of action  
 
| '''Upping the Anti''' students evaluate their concept prototype sketch out a plan of action  
 
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| '''Facing the Facts''' Is the idea ideal? Are all parts of your plan ready for production? 1 hour or fact checking, script writing, or resource finding before lunch.   
 
| '''Facing the Facts''' Is the idea ideal? Are all parts of your plan ready for production? 1 hour or fact checking, script writing, or resource finding before lunch.   
 
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|-
| 11:00 – 12:00 / Interaction Station
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| 12:00 – 13:00 / Interaction Station
 
| '''About Face?''' A working lunch dedicated to the second thoughts and the doubting thomases.
 
| '''About Face?''' A working lunch dedicated to the second thoughts and the doubting thomases.
 
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|-
 
| 13:00 – 16:30 / Interaction Station
 
| 13:00 – 16:30 / Interaction Station
| '''FACE OFF''' MAKE MAKE MAKE MAKE MAKE MAKE MAKE
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| '''MAKE MAKE MAKE MAKE MAKE MAKE MAKE'''
 
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|-
 
| 16:30 – 17:30 / Blaak Foyer
 
| 16:30 – 17:30 / Blaak Foyer
 
| '''Drawn out Critique''' draw out your process, critique your current outcomes, plan for the last push
 
| '''Drawn out Critique''' draw out your process, critique your current outcomes, plan for the last push
 
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| 17:30 – 20:30 / Interactionstation
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| 17:30 – 20:30 / Interaction Station
 
| '''Laatste Loodjes'''
 
| '''Laatste Loodjes'''
 
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=='''Thursday 26 October - Document'''==
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=='''Friday 19 October - Document'''==
  
 
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==MICA Students==
 
==MICA Students==
*Chase - cbody@mica.edu  314507@edu.nl - qfodk
 
*Claire - ccho02@mica.edu -  314506@edu.nl - eafdt
 
*Jihae - jchoe@mica.edu -  314505@edu.nl - ktflh
 
*Wan-Ting - wkao@mica.edu -  314504@edu.nl - njgad
 
*Stefon - skelly05@mica.edu -  314503@edu.nl - umwne
 
*Catherine - ckhamnouane@mica.edu -  314502@edu.nl - mabwp
 
*So-Hee - skim17@mica.edu -  314501@edu.nl - yefll
 
*Jenna Lane - jklein01@mica.edu -  314500@edu.nl - dtqdd
 
*Dione - dlee04@mica.edu -  314499@edu.nl - hkitq
 
*Yunzi - yliu03@mica.edu -  314498@edu.nl - jhmwg
 
*Emary - eparisi@mica.edu -  314497@edu.nl - ccwle
 
*Rachel - rrusk@mica.edu -  314496@edu.nl - wixsb
 
*Durba - dsamanta@mica.edu -  314495@edu.nl - jckwk
 
*Nilam - nsari@mica.edu -  314493@edu.nl - ujgtm
 
*Sydney - ssiehtakata@mica.edu -  314494@edu.nl - rejir
 
*Daniel - dspurgin@mica.edu -  314492@edu.nl - mjkdm
 
*Sallie - lxu01@mica.edu -  314491@edu.nl - jdylh
 
*Huijun - hzhu02@mica.edu -  314490@edu.nl - lxchl
 
*Miles - mbarnett01@mica.edu -  314489@edu.nl - utfwy
 
*Taylor - tpestorius@mica.edu -  314488@edu.nl - wvbvg
 
*Margeaux - mabeyta@mica.edu -  314487@edu.nl - chtlb
 
  
==WDKA Minor Digital Craft==
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==WDKA / PZI Student==
  
*Kenah - 0851671@hr.nl
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Tim van Hooft / 0924672@hr.nl
*Jeroen - 0873511@hr.nl
 
*Jeanine - 0889920@hr.nl
 
*Jochem - 0891362@hr.nl
 
*Suzanne - 0891866@hr.nl
 
*Tim - 0891980@hr.nl
 
*Sanne - 0894723@hr.nl
 
*Timoteo - timoteocarbone@gmail.com
 
*Vera - 0901062@hr.nl
 
*Alexander - 0901319@hr.nl
 
*Tharim - 0901344@hr.nl
 
  
==WDKA 3rd Year Digital Craft==
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Tutu Guo / 0921248@hr.nl
  
*Chiara - 0883941@hr.nl
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Jorijn De Jonge / 0935298@hr.nl  
*Laura - 0889852@hr.nl
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*Pepijn - 0894710@hr.nl
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Ricardo Abbaszadeh / 0926948@hr.nl
*Stephanie - 0900998@hr.nl
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*Mans - 0901281@hr.nl
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Hyunji Jung / 0915620@hr.nl
*Sjoerd - 0902887@hr.nl
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*Koen - 0910747@hr.nl
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Tom Schouw / 0918999@hr.nl  
*Tom - 0912919@hr.nl
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*Thijs - 0917912@hr.nl
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Noemi Biro / 0919394@hr.nl
*Nomi - 0919394@hr.nl
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*Dieke - 0919883@hr.nl
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Jelle van Bouwhorst / 0928746@hr.nl
*Marielle - 0919897@hr.nl
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* Tutu - 0921248@hr.nl
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Naïma Oei / 0874092@hr.nl
*Daniela -0925857@hr.nl
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*Emanuela - 0956193@hr.nl
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Joep Hurkmans / 0931531@hr.nl
  
 
=Participating Faculty=
 
=Participating Faculty=
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==WDKA==
 
==WDKA==
#Tim Knapen, tim@indianen.be, digital craft practice mentor
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#Jon Stam, jon@commonplace.nl, Canuck number 1
#Jon Stam, jon@commonplace.nl, digital craft research mentor
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#Gabrielle Marks, g.c.c.marks@hr.nl , tutor of all sorts
#Javi Lloret Pardo, j.a.lloret.pardo@hr.nl, interaction station
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#Bram (Beam) Waardenberg, b.van.waardenberg@hr.nl, tutor
#Mike 'MJ' Pelletier, m.j.pelletier@hr.nl, canuk
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#Mike 'MJ' Pelletier, m.j.pelletier@hr.nl, Canuk number 2
 
#Yoana Buzova, yoanabuzova@gmail.com, interaction station
 
#Yoana Buzova, yoanabuzova@gmail.com, interaction station
 
#Brigit Lichtenegger, b.lichtenegger@hr.nl, station chief
 
#Brigit Lichtenegger, b.lichtenegger@hr.nl, station chief
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=Workshop Projects=
 
=Workshop Projects=
  
==Group 1 - Anthropomaterials==
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==A Yarn or Two to Tell==  
  
What if a crafted material could show its true face and react in reciprocity to yours? This group of students explore how to animate the inanimate and how materials might move to human emotions.
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===[[File:Sensor bodies 01.jpg |400px|thumb|left |data collecting textiles, en example of Beams work]]===
  
===Participants===
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====Participants====
  
 
MICA Students (sign up below)
 
MICA Students (sign up below)
  
1. Claire Cho
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1. Emma Hill - ehill02@mica.edu
 
 
2. Nilam Sari
 
 
 
3. Durba Samanta
 
  
4. Rachel Rusk
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2. Lu Zhang - lzhang05@mica.edu
  
5. Stefon Kelly
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3. Pawas Bajaj - pbajaj@mica.edu
  
6. Miles Barnett
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4. Bao - bnguyen01@mica.edu
  
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5. Mae Rowland - mrowland01@mica.edu
  
WDKA Students (sign up below)
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6. Name/Email
  
1. Tim Reuser
 
  
2. Koen Dekker
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WDKA / PZI Students (sign up below)
  
3. Jochem Walboomers
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1. Name/Email
  
4. Vera Castelijns
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2. Name/Email
  
5. Jeroen Rijnart
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3. Name/Email
  
6. Sanne Schilder
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4. Name/Email
  
===Results===
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5. Name/Email
  
==Group 2 - Keeping Up Appearances==
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6. Name/Email
  
What if materials and objects impose social standards from their users? This set of students explore the issues of presentation culture in a world of pre-programmed interactions.
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==Group 2 - Anecdotal Data Doodles==
  
 
===Participants===
 
===Participants===
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MICA Students (sign up below)
 
MICA Students (sign up below)
  
1. Jenna Klein
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1. Shangtong Li / sli03@mica.edu
  
2. Dione Lee
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2. Zhonglin Zhang (Focus)/zzhang01@mica.edu
  
3. Daniel Spurgin
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3. Arushi Kathuria / akathuria@mica.edu
  
4. Sydney Sieh-Takata
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4. Kathy Guo/ kguo01@mica.edu
  
5. So Hee Kim
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5. Marisa Gomez/ mgomez03@mica.edu
  
6. Catherine Khamnouane
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6. Joseph Pignataro/jpignataro@mica.edu
  
WDKA Students (sign up below)
 
  
1. Suzanne Guitjens
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WDKA / PZI Students (sign up below)
  
2. Jeanine Verloop
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1. Tim van Hooft / 0924672@hr.nl
  
3. Timoteo Carbone
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2. Jorijn De Jonge / 0935298@hr.nl
  
4. Chiara Ermers
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3. Jelle van Bouwhorst / 0928746@hr.nl
  
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4. Tom Schouw / 0918999@hr.nl
  
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5. Joep Hurkmans / 0931531@hr.nl
  
===Results===
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6. Name/Email
  
==Group 3 - Discriminant by Nature==
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==Group 3 - Mo-Cap Boogie-Woogie==
  
What would it mean if more things could accept or reject you based on the image it sees. This group of students explore recognition from the object’s point of view.  
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===[[File:mo cap pelletier 01.jpg|400px|thumb|left|still from Mike Pelletiers work[https://vimeo.com/147314781]]]===
  
===Participants===
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====Participants====
  
 
MICA Students (sign up below)
 
MICA Students (sign up below)
  
1. Wan Ting Kao
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1. Khadija Aziz / kaziz@mica.edu
 
 
2. Huijun Cynthia Zhu
 
 
 
3. Jihae Choe
 
 
 
4. Yunzi Liu
 
 
 
5. Luying (Sallie) Xu
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
WDKA Students (sign up below)
 
 
 
1.Tutu
 
 
 
2.hizkia pepijn
 
 
 
3.
 
 
 
4.
 
 
 
5.
 
 
 
===Results===
 
 
 
== Group 4 - It’s Complicated ==
 
What if you and your objects formed deeper relationships by learning how to deal with each other?  This group of students explore the concept of user unfriendly human computer interaction.
 
 
 
MICA Students (sign up below)
 
 
 
1. Chase Body
 
 
 
2. Margeaux Abeyta
 
 
 
3. Taylor Pestorius
 
 
 
4.Emary Parisi
 
 
 
 
 
WDKA Students (sign up below)
 
  
1. Dieke Berkhuizen
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2. Cheng Qin/ cqin@mica.edu
  
2. Alkenah Wansing
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3. Sumangla Bishnoi/sbishnoi@mica.edu
  
3. Tharim Cornelisse
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4. Kimmy Tsai / ktsai@mica.edu
  
4. AlexLaman
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5. Anna Huff/ ahuff@mica.edu
  
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6. Samiha Alam/ salam@mica.edu
  
= Tools & Tech =
 
  
- To Be Updated-
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WDKA / PZI Students (sign up below)
  
= Workshop Documentation =
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1.  Tutu Guo / 0921248@hr.nl
  
Fill me with images!!!!!!!
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2. Hyunji Jung / 0915620@hr.nl
== Presentations ==
 
[[File:mica-uncode3.jpg|500px]]
 
[[File:mica-uncode.jpg|1000px]]
 
  
[[File:mica-uncode1.jpg|500px]]
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3. Noemi Biro / 0919394@hr.nl
[[File:mica-uncode2.jpg|500px]]
 
  
[[File:mica-uncode4.jpg|500px]]
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4. Ricardo Abbaszadeh // 0926948@hr.nl
[[File:mica-uncode5.jpg|500px]]
 
[[File:mica-uncode6.jpg|500px]]
 
[[File:mica-uncode7.jpg|500px]]
 
[[File:mica-uncode8.jpg|500px]]
 
  
==Anthropomaterials==
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5. Name/Email
  
[[File:Anthropomaterials 1.jpg|300px]]
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6. Name/Email
[[File:Anthropomaterials 2.jpg|300px]]
 
[[File:Anthropomaterials 3.jpg|300px]]
 
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Latest revision as of 22:17, 3 October 2019

Unravel the Code VII - Anecdata

The plural of anecdote may not be not data, but that won’t stop a group of 30 psudoscientific-superstars from turning hasty generalisations into physical, dynamic, and joyful spectacles. Far from spreading misinformation or working under the pretence of ‘big data’, this workshop focuses on the positive value of Anecdotal Data. By appropriating standard formats of information display, the challenge is to quantify and physicalise fuzzy, fragmentary, or borderline arbitrary bits of information into powerful storytelling.

After 6 successful editions, which brought topics such as unraveling the contemporary relevance radio, crafting magnetic core memory, and matching machine learning with facial recognition technologies, The 7th International Unravel The Code embraces Anecdata. The workshop brings together Master and Bachelor students from Maryland Institute College of Art (Baltimore) and Willem de Kooning Academy / Piet Zwart Institute (Rotterdam), for three days of tall tales, soft data, hardcore fabrication. The three day workshop consists of: one evening of meeting, greeting, and eating; one day of technical workshops; and one intense12 hour prototyping session that turns collaborative ideas into tangible results.

The students will be divided over three projects:

1 A Yarn or Two to Tell - participants will explore thread as dynamic data transmitters while trying to find the red line in their collaborative project.

2 Anecdotal Data Doodles - participants will hack/build drawing machines while trying draw conclusions on what kind of collaborative drawings to draw.

3 Mo-Cap Boogie-Woogie - participants will…well….figure out how to make a something meaningful with data coming from a motion capture suit, and if all in vain, simply boogie-woogie with a motion capture suit.

The goal of Unravel The Code is to facilitate exchange between international students interested in both traditional and emerging ways of making. It aims to teach concrete technical skills as well as meta-skills in collaboration in a shot but intensive time frame. Due to the largely esoteric supporting staff and a small sample group of students from various backgrounds in art and technology, the only reliable conclusions this year will be: fun should had by all; new international contacts should be made; and sense of agency and appreciation should be manifested when looking at hat can be made in three days together.

Anecdata Findings

example of Anecdotal "humanist" Data[1]
Quipu
Pulse[2]
Pulse 02.jpg


anectodal dataset - everything I have by Simon Evans
everything I have - detail





sociogram

About the Collaborating Progams

MICA http://unrvl.net

WDKA Digital Craft

Schedule

Awkward Anecdotal Exchange

9/10 - 13/10 Bits of Rotterdam - bits of Baltimore - through the magic of the internet
time and date student arranged MICA and WDKA / PZI students try to sustain a 5 min awkward conversation, knowing that it will make the week much smoother knowing at least one partner student on a face to face basis. There is a strict format for this talk, which can be found below.

Awkward Anecdotal Exchange Format

To identify your Anecdotal Exchange partner, please sign up with your name or email for one of the 3 projects by October 8th (as participant 1-10) and contact the corresponding student (i.e if your #1 in A Yarn or Two on the MICA list, find out who is #1 on the A Yarn or Two WDKA list).

Please prepare the following to discuss:

  1. share a love/hate about your current program
  2. share a memorable photograph where the look on your face fits under the title  “ the moment I knew what I wanted to do”.
  3. discuss your first line of thinking for ways to collect anecdata
  4. discuss your first line of thinking for making threads or tangents, doodles, or mo-caps into the most powerful experiences imaginable
  5. take a joint screenshot of your joint-awkward faces and upload it to project participant lists on the wiki

Remember that awkward skypeing/facetiming/hangouts are better then awkward first time face-to-face. The purpose of this pre-meeting is to have the first exchange to be on a peer to peer basis and break the ice before the marathon begins.  

Tuesday 16 October - Meet, Greet, Eat, Show, Tell

Time / Place Activity
~17:00 - 18.30 (exact TBC) / Data dating & Word of Welcome (location TBD) WdKA Students meet MICA Students in real life including WdKA tour within your workshop groups, exploring the school's stations
18:30 – 21:00 / Dinner date! pizza across the street ([4])

Wednesday 17 October - Strictly Business

Time / Place Activity
9:30 – 9:45 / De Willem COFFEEEEEEEEE
10:00 – 11:00 / Lecture Hall Florian Cramer will talk about the history of arts and crafts, how it relates to the notion of autonomy and what this means in digital environments and autonomously operating systems for example. This lecture is part of the theory program of Autonomous Practices.
11:15 – 12:30 / Kunsthal Inspiration: Kunsthal -Action Reaction: 100 years of Kinetic Art'
13:15 – 13:45 / Interaction Station' The Briefing and Brainstorm Round 1
13:45 – 14:30 / Interaction Station Brainstorm Round 2
14:30 – 16:30 Interaction Station One of three workshops:
  • A Yarn or two to tell
  • Anecdotal Data Doodles
  • Mo-Cap Boogie-Woogie
16:30 – 18:00 / Interaction Station? Confidence Building - production of a pre-marathon proof of concept
18:00 – 19:00 - De Willem / School Cantine Lekker Borrelen

Thursday 18 October - Anecdata Marathon

Time / Place Activity
9:30 – 10:00 / De Willem Upping the Anti students evaluate their concept prototype sketch out a plan of action
10:00 – 11:00 / Interaction Station Face your Mentor Students discussing concept, feasibly, required tech/materials with workshop mentors.
11:00 – 12:00 / Interaction Station Facing the Facts Is the idea ideal? Are all parts of your plan ready for production? 1 hour or fact checking, script writing, or resource finding before lunch.
12:00 – 13:00 / Interaction Station About Face? A working lunch dedicated to the second thoughts and the doubting thomases.
13:00 – 16:30 / Interaction Station MAKE MAKE MAKE MAKE MAKE MAKE MAKE
16:30 – 17:30 / Blaak Foyer Drawn out Critique draw out your process, critique your current outcomes, plan for the last push
17:30 – 20:30 / Interaction Station Laatste Loodjes
20:30 – 20:45 / Blaak Foyer & Basement Exhibition Space Project Delivery bring your project to the exhibition space

Friday 19 October - Document

Thursday 26/10 Blaak Foyer & Basement Exhibition Space
9:00 – 11:00 Photo/video documentation of results
11:00 – 12:00 Walk through of results to WDKA managers/coodinators

Participating Students

MICA Students

WDKA / PZI Student

Tim van Hooft / 0924672@hr.nl

Tutu Guo / 0921248@hr.nl

Jorijn De Jonge / 0935298@hr.nl

Ricardo Abbaszadeh / 0926948@hr.nl

Hyunji Jung / 0915620@hr.nl

Tom Schouw / 0918999@hr.nl

Noemi Biro / 0919394@hr.nl

Jelle van Bouwhorst / 0928746@hr.nl

Naïma Oei / 0874092@hr.nl

Joep Hurkmans / 0931531@hr.nl

Participating Faculty

MICA

  1. Alan Grover, awgrover@gmail.com, technical assistant volunteer - 314508@edu.nl - rmzja
  2. Ryan Hoover, rhoover@mica.edu, instructor - 314509@edu.nl - bhiqj
  3. Annet Couwenberg, acouwenb@mica.edu, instructor - 314510@edu.nl - zisxw

WDKA

  1. Jon Stam, jon@commonplace.nl, Canuck number 1
  2. Gabrielle Marks, g.c.c.marks@hr.nl , tutor of all sorts
  3. Bram (Beam) Waardenberg, b.van.waardenberg@hr.nl, tutor
  4. Mike 'MJ' Pelletier, m.j.pelletier@hr.nl, Canuk number 2
  5. Yoana Buzova, yoanabuzova@gmail.com, interaction station
  6. Brigit Lichtenegger, b.lichtenegger@hr.nl, station chief

Workshop Projects

A Yarn or Two to Tell

data collecting textiles, en example of Beams work

Participants

MICA Students (sign up below)

1. Emma Hill - ehill02@mica.edu

2. Lu Zhang - lzhang05@mica.edu

3. Pawas Bajaj - pbajaj@mica.edu

4. Bao - bnguyen01@mica.edu

5. Mae Rowland - mrowland01@mica.edu

6. Name/Email


WDKA / PZI Students (sign up below)

1. Name/Email

2. Name/Email

3. Name/Email

4. Name/Email

5. Name/Email

6. Name/Email

Group 2 - Anecdotal Data Doodles

Participants

MICA Students (sign up below)

1. Shangtong Li / sli03@mica.edu

2. Zhonglin Zhang (Focus)/zzhang01@mica.edu

3. Arushi Kathuria / akathuria@mica.edu

4. Kathy Guo/ kguo01@mica.edu

5. Marisa Gomez/ mgomez03@mica.edu

6. Joseph Pignataro/jpignataro@mica.edu


WDKA / PZI Students (sign up below)

1. Tim van Hooft / 0924672@hr.nl

2. Jorijn De Jonge / 0935298@hr.nl

3. Jelle van Bouwhorst / 0928746@hr.nl

4. Tom Schouw / 0918999@hr.nl

5. Joep Hurkmans / 0931531@hr.nl

6. Name/Email

Group 3 - Mo-Cap Boogie-Woogie

still from Mike Pelletiers work[3]

Participants

MICA Students (sign up below)

1. Khadija Aziz / kaziz@mica.edu

2. Cheng Qin/ cqin@mica.edu

3. Sumangla Bishnoi/sbishnoi@mica.edu

4. Kimmy Tsai / ktsai@mica.edu

5. Anna Huff/ ahuff@mica.edu

6. Samiha Alam/ salam@mica.edu


WDKA / PZI Students (sign up below)

1. Tutu Guo / 0921248@hr.nl

2. Hyunji Jung / 0915620@hr.nl

3. Noemi Biro / 0919394@hr.nl

4. Ricardo Abbaszadeh // 0926948@hr.nl

5. Name/Email

6. Name/Email