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Unravel the Code VI - The Face Of Things
The face is a valuable feature—in corporeal terms, but also as extracted data. In an age where facial recognition and machine learning are being designed into everyday objects, new forms of interactions are being written over our face. What will it mean when our ‘things’ begin to identify who we are, speculate on how we are feeling, what we desire, and grant or deny access based on what face that we present? Could these developments lead to a more compelling way to craft materials, objects, or environments with empathy? Or will we face a discord when our hybrid things only magnify existing patterns of bias?
On the Face of Things is the 6th Unravel the Code International Workshop where Unravel the Code students of the Maryland Institute College of Art meet face to face with Digital Craft students of the Willem De Kooning Academy in Rotterdam. Through a three day exchange and 12 hour prototyping marathon, the students craft ideas and make materials that interface with the face.
About the Collaborating Progams
MICA http://unrvl.net
Participating Students
MICA Students
- Chase - cbody@mica.edu
- Claire - ccho02@mica.edu
- Jihae - jchoe@mica.edu
- Wan-Ting - wkao@mica.edu
- Stefon - skelly05@mica.edu
- Catherine - ckhamnouane@mica.edu
- So-Hee - skim17@mica.edu
- Jenna Lane - jklein01@mica.edu
- Dione - dlee04@mica.edu
- Yunzi - yliu03@mica.edu
- Emary - eparisi@mica.edu
- Rachel - rrusk@mica.edu
- Durba - dsamanta@mica.edu
- Puti Nilam - nsari@mica.edu
- Sydney - ssiehtakata@mica.edu
- Daniel - dspurgin@mica.edu
- Luying - lxu01@mica.edu
- Huijun - hzhu02@mica.edu
- Miles - mbarnett01@mica.edu
- Taylor - tpestorius@mica.edu
- Margeaux - mabeyta@mica.edu
WDKA Minor Digital Craft
WDKA 3rd Year Digital Craft
Participating Faculty
MICA
- Alan Grover, awgrover@msen.com, technical assistant volunteer
- Ryan Hoover, rhoover@mica.edu, instructor
- Annet Couwenberg, acouwenb@mica.edu, instructor
WDKA
- Tim Knapen, tim@indianen.be, digital craft practice mentor
- Jon Stam, jon@commonplace.nl, digital craft research mentor
- ....the rest to be confirmed
Workshop Projects
Group 1 - Anthropomaterials
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 to and how materials might move to human emotions.
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Results
Group 2 - Keeping Up Appearances
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 3 - Discriminant by Nature
What would it mean if more things could accept or reject you based on the image it sees. This group of students explore identification from the object’s point of view.
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Group 4 - It’s Complicated
What if you and 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.
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Schedule (subject to change)
Awkward FaceTime
| 5/10 - 11/10 | Bits of Rotterdam Jon 12:01, 4 October 2017 (CEST) bits of Baltimore Jon 12:01, 4 October 2017 (CEST) through the magic of the internet |
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| (time and date student arranged) | MICA and WDKA minor 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. See below for pairing. There is a strict format for this talk, which can be found here. |
Hamstéééééren. Gewon bij Albert Heijn
| Monday 24/10 | Markthal Entrance (R'Dam Blaak Station) |
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| 12:00 sharp | WDKA students greet MICA students prior to grabbing some take away 'euroknallers' at the Albert Heijn. Or something from the Markthal itself (voor de fijnproevers). Please make sure the Mica presentations are delivered to Boris (preferably on a single usb stick) before wandering off to grab lunch! |
Meet, Greet, Show, Tell
| Monday 24/10 | Blaak 10 Foyer |
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| 12:30-12:45 | MC Boris welcomes everyone and initiates a name call WDKA minor and 3rd year student |
| 12:45 – 14:00 | MICA 3 min / 5 slide presentations (see below for format) |
| 14:00 – 14:15 | Coffee Break - MICA/Minor pairs join up with a 3rd year student for informal chat |
| 14:15 – 14:45 | Arthur and Meike walk the group through the mini radio/radiation exhibition |
| 14:45 – 16:00 | Simon and Yoana briefs everyone on the Unravel Radio Marathon |
| 16:00 – 18:00 | Mini Excursion - WDKA students take their MICA partner to a favourite spot in the City. Stan will check the exhibitions rooster and try to organise a opt in visit to a nearby gallery/museum from 16:00-17:00. |
| 18:00 | Zes uur, etenstijd! (Everyone is free to eat wherever they wish, but if there are group wishes, ask Stijn to recommend and reserve. |
| After Hours.... | Bitterball'n? Ask Stijn. He knows. |
The Face of Things Marathon
| 25/10 | Interaction Station (2nd Floor Wijnhaven) |
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| 9:30 – 10:00 | Recapping workshop challenge / division into groups
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| 10:00 – 18:00 | Building transmitters, receivers, and producing powerful content |
| 12:ish | Regroup with your project members and grab lunch (tip: there is an outside market on Tuesday) |
| 18:00 | Communal Kapsalon (We'll be taking orders for Rotterdam's take on Poutine (classic or veggie) for any takers. (Approx. 5 euros) |
| 19:00-19:30 | Regrouping, bringing parts together and sending the signals |
| 19:30-20:00 | Real or Imaginary Radio? - moment of truth |
| After Hours.... | Wie springt op de borreltafel? |
Exhibit and Document
| 25/10 | Blaak 10 Foyer & Basement Exhibition Space |
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| 9:00 – 11:00 | Photo/video documentations of results |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Walk through of results to WDKA managers/coodinators |
FaceTime Format
MICA and Digital Craft Minor students plan a 5 min Skype/Hangout/Facetime meeting to discuss the following:
- share a love/hate about your current program (of course no bad talking about UTC ;)
- share an anecdote on radio (your secret extra-sensory electromagnetic perception, what the car radio's double function was when you four, or the time killed it on NPR's sunday puzzle)
- 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.
Documentation Tasks
Daily Documentation
Day 1
Foto Documentation:Nora
Short write up (paragraph over meet and great/activities):
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Foto Documentation:Kars
Short write up (paragraph over marathon):
Day 3: Exhibition presentation
Foto Documentation:Lars/Judith/Emma/Koen
Short write up (small paragraph over results):
Group Documentation
Inter-galatic communication
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Short write up within project:
The Internet Radio of Things
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Post-Radio Aesthetics
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Pirate Radio
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Short write up within project:
