Utc2017
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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
- Nilam - nsari@mica.edu
- Sydney - ssiehtakata@mica.edu
- Daniel - dspurgin@mica.edu
- Sallie - lxu01@mica.edu
- Huijun - hzhu02@mica.edu
- Miles - mbarnett01@mica.edu
- Taylor - tpestorius@mica.edu
- Margeaux - mabeyta@mica.edu
WDKA Minor Digital Craft
- Kenah - 0851671@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
- Chiara - 0883941@hr.nl
- Laura - 0889852@hr.nl
- Pepijn - 0894710@hr.nl
- Stephanie - 0900998@hr.nl
- Mans - 0901281@hr.nl
- Sjoerd - 0902887@hr.nl
- Koen - 0910747@hr.nl
- Tom - 0912919@hr.nl
- Thijs - 0917912@hr.nl
- Nomi - 0919394@hr.nl
- Dieke - 0919883@hr.nl
- Marielle - 0919897@hr.nl
- Tutu - 0921248@hr.nl
- Daniela -0925857@hr.nl
- Emanuela - 0956193@hr.nl
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 and how materials might move to human emotions.
Participants
MICA Students (sign up below)
1. Claire Cho
2. Nilam Sari
3. Durba Samanta
4. Rachel Rusk
5. Stefon Kelly
6. Miles Barnett
WDKA Students (sign up below)
1. Tim Reuser
2. Koen Dekker
3. Jochem Walboomers
4. Vera Castelijns
5. Jeroen Rijnart
6. Sanne Schilder
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.
Participants
MICA Students (sign up below)
1. Jenna Klein
2. Dione Lee
3. Daniel Spurgin
4. Sydney Sieh-Takata
5. So Hee Kim
6. Catherine Khamnouane
WDKA Students (sign up below)
1. Suzanne Guitjens
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Results
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 recognition from the object’s point of view.
Participants
MICA Students (sign up below)
1. Wan Ting Kao
2. Huijun Cynthia Zhu
3. Jihae Choe
4. Yunzi Liu
5. Luying (Sallie) Xu
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WDKA Students (sign up below)
1.Tutu
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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
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WDKA Students (sign up below)
1. Dieke Berkhuizen
2. Alkenah Wansing
3. Tharim Cornelisse
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Schedule (Fully defined on 5/10)
Awkward FaceTime
| 5/10 - 11/10 | Bits of Rotterdam - bits of Baltimore - through the magic of the internet |
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| 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. |
FaceTime 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).
Please prepare the following to discuss:
- share a love/hate about your current program (of course no bad talking about UTC ;)
- 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
- take a screenshot of each others 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.
Meet, Greet, Eat, Show, Tell
| Monday 23/10 | Markthal Entrance (R'Dam Blaak Station)/Blaak 10 |
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| 17:00 – 17:15 | ‘’’Show your face’’’ |
| 17:15 – 17:45 | Hamstéééééren. Gewon bij Albert Heijn |
| 17:45 – 18:00 | ‘’’Word of Welcome’’’ |
| 18:00 – 19:00 | ‘’’Zes uur! Etens tijd! (translation: stuff your face)’’’ |
| 19:30 – 20:00 | Station tour |
| 19:30 – 20:00 | ‘’’Lekker Beirtje’’’ |
| after hours | ‘’’Bitterball’n?’’’ |
‘’’Strictly Business’’
| Tuesday 24/10 | Interaction Station |
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The Face of Things Marathon
| Wednesday 25/10 | Interaction Station |
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Exhibit and Document
| Thursday 26/10 | 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 |
Documentation
PLEASE WILL ME WITH IMAGES!
