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Unravel the Code V - Unravel Radio Marathon
When you hear the word radio, one might think nostalgically about AM and FM, car tunes, or talk shows. With over a hundred years of human radio transmission behind us, what then is radio's contemporary relevance? We have the internet right?
Radio is, however, much broader than a commercial broadcast. It is an essential infrastructure in our lives, and one that is fundamental to many technologies we depend on. At any given moment the air is filled with signals -- from cell phone packets to a bus driver walkie-talkie chatter, airplane tracking and bluetooth mouse movements, from satellites beaming down to the beep of wireless keys, the hum of electrical devices and much much more. All these technologies, and even ones which are part of 'the internet', such as Wi-Fi, 3G, 4G, microwave towers...are radio based. In short, any electrical device which lacks wires and still works (hence: wireless), works via radio. If that is not enough relevance, it is also good to note that radio itself is a natural phenomenon that older than mankind. Its strongest broadcasters are the stars. And it is deeply physical.
For Unravel The Code 2k16 we will take this expanded understanding of radio as our topic and departure point as Digital Craftsmen. We will dream up devices that make these radio systems more present and visible. We will open them up to critical inquire. We will tune in to poetical intervention and aesthetic experience. We will recount obscure histories as well as meticulously construct new narratives that lie in the grey zone between craft and the electromagnetic spectrum.
Pre-Marathon Meeting
In a 5 min Skype session, introduce the Unravel the Code / Digital Craft programme (what are the themes/style/skills of the course) and share a memorable photograph of your past that fits under the title “ the moment I knew what I wanted to do”. 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.
Student Pairings
Anna Brancaccio abrancaccio@mica.edu Arthur Boer 0882827@hr.nl
Caroline Kim ckim02@mica.edu Boris Smeenk 0884964@hr.nl
Catie Buhler cbuhler@mica.edu Brice Ammar Khodja 0918590@hr.nl
Emma Whitlock ewhitlock@mica.edu Carly Muller 0880287@hr.nl
Esther Kim ekim05@mica.edu Emma Rijk & Eun Yang Lee 0880287@hr.nl 0918584@hr.nl
Jake O'Hagan johagan@mica.edu Floor Steinz 0866254@hr.nl
Katie Rose krose@mica.edu Judith vd Heiden 0864247@hr.nl
Kevin Cook kcook01@mica.edu Julia Rahliff 0918589@hr.nl
Linka Lin llin01@mica.edu Kars vd Heuvel 0884935@hr.nl
Mai Toyoshima mtoyoshima@mica.edu Kelly Fober 0838573@hr.nl
Ryan Griffin rgriffin01@mica.edu Lars Noback 0884935@hr.nl
Sanskruta Chakravarthy schakravarthy@mica.edu Laura Egger-Karlegger & Laura Lang 0918622@hr.nl 0918624@hr.nl
Stella Lee slee14@mica.edu Leontien van Hattem 0884174@hr.nl
Akane Bessho abessho@mica.edu Lisa Vermeer 0875522@hr.nl
Ece Hoboo Maevanwy Mcavoy 0918617@hr.nl
Hieu Tran htran@mica.edu Marjolein Stassen 0879333@hr.nl
Hitesh Singhal hsinghal@mica.edu Stijn v Aardenne 0883885@hr.nl
Jake Lazovick jlazovick@mica.edu Max Kowalski 0880569@hr.nl
Maya Ragazzo mragazzo@mica.edu Meike Brand 0883201@hr.nl
Ran Zheng rzheng@mica.edu Nora Mabrouki 0877573@hr.nl
Sarah Whelton swhelton@mica.edu Pascalle deJager 0884310@hr.nl
Selina Doroshenko sdoroshenko@mica.edu Pip Passchier 0880524@hr.nl
Sydney Spann sspann@mica.edu Rens van Pinxteren 0877294@hr.nl
Yinan Wang ywang01@mica.edu Stan Haanappel 0877946@hr.nl
Yu Sheng ysheng@mica.edu Zina Burgers 0877294@hr.nl
MICA Presentations
On Wednesday afternoon all students will have 3 minutes to share their interests and approach to their practice. Considering collaboration can continue well beyond the project week it could be interesting to see on what basis can students connect. Please prepare a short 5 slide presentation on the following format and have it ready as a pdf.
- Slide 1: A memorable photograph of your past.
(That fits under the title “ the moment I knew what I wanted to do”)
- Slide 2: What do you make?
(Tell us in one image and one slide about creative background)
- Slide 3: What is your topic of interest?
(Explain a past/current Q9 project topic or what you wish to research in Q10)
- Slide 4: What is your medium?
(Explain what materials and tools you wish to use)
Side 5: What is your question?
Schedule (subject to change)
Wednesday October 14 – Sharing Interests / Sharing Approaches
| Monday 24/10 | Interaction Station (2nd Floor Wijnhaven) |
|---|---|
| 12:00-12:30 | Welcoming students, brief discussion on course approaches, gathering presentations |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | MICA presentations |
| 13:30 – 13:45 | Coffee Break |
| 13:45 – 14:45 | WDKA presentations |
| 15:00 – 17:00 | Mini Rotterdam Excursion |
| 17:00 – 17:45 | Core Memory Marathon Briefing |
| 18:00 | Dinner in the Willem |
| After Hours.... | Drinks? |
Thursday October 15 – Core Memory Marathon
| Thursday 15/10 | Interaction Station (2nd Floor Wijnhaven) |
|---|---|
| 9:30 – 10:00 | Recapping workshop challenge / division into groups
- The Drivers – Building driving hardware |
| 10:00 – 18:00 | Soldering, Etching, Weaving, Sketching Marathon |
| 19:00-19:30 | Regrouping, bringing parts together and making/writing the memory |
| 19:30-20:00 | Moment of truth – reading the memory |
Workshop Reading Material / Resources
Media:Byte-1976-07.pdf Byte Magazine article on Ferrite Core Memory and adding currents
Media:Corememoryshield_report.pdf Report on the Core Memory Arduino shield we will try to build
The core memory shield website
The WDKA GitHub with all files and arduino code
Illustrator layout
