2018-19 Digital Crafts 3rd year

Digital Crafts Minor Q 9 & 10

Classes held on Thursdays and Fridays. The rest of the week is reserved for independent working on your project (one self directed project per workshop)

Tutors: Ivan Shailoh André

Interaction station overlapping/bridging either the technical or conceptual discussions, before focusing on your practice based project development.

(DATE) you will present two self-directed works (independent, max 3 people per group /relating some form of communication/feedback loops) in an mid-semester review exhibition.

Each project will have a packaged wiki page with proper documentation/contextualisation of the project. During the mid-semester review, your will need to discuss your direction for the final quarter.

(DATE) you will present your research question, your planning, and a conceptual and technical experiment for a final project. You will intensely explore and develop over the following 6 weeks to present in the end term exhibition.

Training to become critical of technology. Every solution creates new problems.

Posthuman - technology & nature

Project 1: Beyond the Body: denaturalizing technology Re-imagining technology cybernetics, feedback loops design cyborg communication sketching & 3D prototyping work in groups of 5 Prototype new human-machine relationship.

Project 2: Inhuman factors / sensors and sensitivity training machine learning and learning from machines, mind of the machine Anatomical machine lesson. Opening the 'black box' and understanding technology. Put it back together with a new function. Learn: basic electronics (how not to electrocute yourself

Project 3: complex systems & the anthropocene Human made catastrophes / reversing the supply chain how is technology linked to economical, political and ecological wicked problems. Where is a line out? How to break the feedback loops.

Schedule

Date	Location	Content	Related Reading	Related Lab / Experimentation
Sept. 6 (Thurs)	10:30 - 15.00u: Interaction Station	Kick Off Intro + first workshop with Ivan and Shailoh + critical making cards	N.A.
Sept. 7			Prototyping
Sept. 13 (Thurs)	13:00 - ...: Interaction Station	Class with	N.A.
Sept. 14	9:30 - 11:30: Interaction Station	Class with	N.A.
Sept. 20 (Thurs)	10 - 16.00u: Interaction Station	Workshop	N.A.	N.A.
Sept 21	10 - 15.00u: Interaction Station	Class	N.A.
Sept 27 (Thurs)	10 - 15.00u: Skills Workshops		N.A.
Sept 28 (Fri)	10 - 15.00u: Eindhoven Maker Faire	Fieldtrip	N.A.
Oct 4	10 - 13.00u: Interaction Station	Workshop skills with Javier	N.A.	Crafting
Oct 5	14 - 17.00u: Interaction Station
Oct 11	10 - 15:00u: Interaction Station	Workshop Skills 2 with Javier	N.A.
Oct 12	10 - 13:00u: Interaction Station	Class	N.A.
Oct 20-28. 17-10	Holiday break (Herfstvakantie) + Unravel the Code 17-19	N.A.
Nov 1	9:00 - 21:00u: Interaction Station	Workshop 2: with Javier	N.A.
Nov 2	full day: Interaction Station	Assessments
Nov 9	9:00 - 21:00u: Interaction Station	N.A.	N.A.
Nov 10	9:00 - 21:00u: Interaction Station	N.A.	N.A.
Nov 23 (Fri)	9:00 - 21:00u: Interaction Station	N.A.	N.A.
Nov 29	9:00 - 21:00u: Interaction Station	N.A.	N.A.
Nov 30 (Fri)	9:00 - 21:00u: Interaction Station	N.A.	N.A.
Dec 6	9:00 - 21:00u: Interaction Station	N.A.	N.A.
Dec 7 (Fri)	9:00 - 21:00u: Interaction Station	N.A.	N.A.
Dec 13	9:00 - 21:00u: Interaction Station	N.A.	N.A.
Dec 14 (Fri)	9:00 - 21:00u: Interaction Station	N.A.	N.A.
Dec 20	9:00 - 21:00u: Interaction Station	N.A.	N.A.
Dec 21 (Fri)	9:00 - 21:00u: Interaction Station	N.A.	N.A.

Assignments

Written Assignment

+/- 1000 words answering #5. Please use 1-4 to jump start your writing process.

1. What is your craft? (define your discipline, method or approach)
2. What are the tools and media of your craft?
3. What are the borders of this practice? (what new media technologies have arisen / what is its future of the field))
4. Connect to a historical discourse and give concrete examples of contemporary practitioners
5. Define your position of your practice in relation to newer technologies.

Discussion: Sept 27 1st Draft Due: Oct 11 Final uploaded on the wiki: Oct 24th

Evaluation

Quarter 1 Evaluation

Deliverables:

DATE

Final +/- 1000 words Position Paper (defining the position of your practice in relation to newer technologies) uploaded to the wiki.

Presentation and Documentation of quarter work

DATE

• Image 1: What did you make?

(Show one image of your semester work that was the most inspiring)

• Image 2: What did you miss?

(What do you to connect to, bring in, or explore that is not covered by the curriculum)

• Image 3: What is your topic of interest?

(Explain though a visual what area you wish to further explore)

• Image 4: What is your medium?

(Explain what materials and tools you wish to use)

• Image 5: What is your question?

(Try to formulate one (preliminary research) question that will guide your investigation)

People

Add your names with link to your wiki here

Final Minor Meeting

schedule