DigitalCraftMinor2015

Minor Week Planning

MONDAY

• 10:00-13:00 group a : tools & tech (Simon)
• 13:00-15:00 group a : research (Jon)
• 13:00-17:00 group b : studio practice (Tim)

TUESDAY

• 13:00-17:00 group a : studio practice (Tim)
• 10:00-13:00 group b : tools & tech (Simon)
• 13:00-15:00 group b : research (Jon)

WEDNESDAY

• WORK!

THURSDAY

• WORK!

FRIDAY

• WORK!

Quarter Planning

Quarter 1

week	date
week 1	Sept 1	Start Week – Take & Make from the Boijmans Museum – Digital Craft Debate
week 2	Sept 8	Studio-Practice – Tools & Tech Tutorials – Practice & Research Mentoring
week 3	Sept 15	Studio-Practice – Tools & Tech Tutorials – Practice & Research Mentoring
week 4	Sept 22	Studio-Practice – Tools & Tech Tutorials – Practice & Research Mentoring
week 5	Sept 29	Studio-Practice – Tools & Tech Tutorials – Practice & Research Mentoring
week 6	Oct 6	Perfect Copy - Transformation - Research Document Due
week 7	Oct 13	Museum of Fantastic Forgeries Exhibition – Evaluation – MICA @ WDKA – Digital Craft Debate – Kick Off Q2 Tools of the Trade – Workshop Part 1
	oct 20	☺ Fall Vacation
week 8	Oct 27	Tools of the Trade Workshop Part 2– Q1 Reflection/Q2 Projection
week 9	Nov 3	HARDCORE EXPERIMENTATION WEEK
week 10	Nov 10	Proposal Round Table – Plan of Action – Research & Reflection Document Initial Draft

Q1 Important Dates

13 & 14 October - Fantastic Forgeries Presentations

14 October - Written Statement Uploaded to Wiki log

15 October - Digital Craft Debate @ WORM (17:30-20:00)

28 & 29 October - Fantastic Forgeries Feedback / Tools & Tech presentation

30 October - Reflection and Publishing Projects

Quarter 2

week	date
week 1	Nov 17	Round Table Presentation
week 2	Nov 24	Working Demo / Case Experiment
week 3	Dec 3	Studio-Practice – Tools & Tech on Demand – Practice & Research Mentoring
week 4	Dec 8	Studio-Practice – Tools & Tech on Demand – Mentoring on Demand – Digital Craft Debate
week 5	Dec 15	Research & Reflection Document Final Draft
	Dec 22	Christmas Vacation
	Dec 29	Christmas Vacation
week 6	Jan 5	Finishing Touches – Editing Research Publication – Exhibition Planning
week 7	Jan 12	Final Assessment – Exhibition Planning
week 8	Jan 19	Digital Craft Exhibition @ V2_Institute for Unstable Media – Digital Craft Debate
week 9	Jan 26	Graduation Orientation – Minor Publication
week 10	Feb 2	Graduation Orientation – Minor Publication

Q2 Important Dates / Assignments

Nov 4 Start

Nov 10 Present the theme you want to work with: What is the craft you are going to work with and what are its key characteristics? How could physical or digital tools affect your craft in an essential way? Define this with a short written statement that you will read and discuss in class. (Also propose a few scenarios that you find interesting and want to explore?)

Nov 17 Present a proposal for you project. Present in 5 slides what your project will do, how it will work, what motivates you to do it.
— We will assign you a sensor that you’ll need to make a cool demo with. You can use tutorials and copy other people’s work, but you have to a/ personalise the demo and b/ be able to explain us how it works. Please don’t make something boring: make something that puzzles us / scares us / makes us laugh / anything…

Nov 24 Problem cases: re-worked proposal for your project if necessary. Present your working demo with the assigned sensor.

Dec 15 Working prototype ready. Research Document Due. Storyboards for films ready.

Dec 22 Christmas Holiday

Dec 29 Christmas Holiday

Jan 5 Finishing touches

Jan 15/16 Reserve your timeslot!

Jan 23-24 DC Exhibition

Digital Craft Final Evaluation

Your final evaluation of the minor is an integrated assessment of both Q13 and Q14. You will have 10 minutes to present, with 5 minutes of questions. 3 of your 10 minutes are dedicated for your research films. We recommend that you weave these into your presentation, and as process is in important, we suggest that besides the films you have a digital (powerpoint/wiki) presentation as well as table presentation of your final results.

We would also recommend that you spend more time on your Q14 process and results, as your Q13 assessment will be taken into account.     

In your presentation you are required to:

Critically reflect on your process, pointing to the knowledge and skills learned;

Connect your projects to practices of both craft and technology;

Frame your research and practice based results within the context of the assignment;

Defend the relevance and potential of your research and practice based results.

The integrated assessment will lead to a final grade for Research and Practice(&Tools&Tech) and for your presentation. If you do not successfully pass your evaluation, you are required to follow a and pass resit before continuing into graduation.

Deliverables:

Q13

A copy of your chosen artefact from the Boijmans collection using digital fabrication technologies; A well-fabricated contemporary transformations based on your chosen object of the Boijmans collection; Documentation/blueprints for the remaking of your original and transformed artefacts; Research visualisations.

Q14

A new 'tool/medium' medium (Bespoke/DIY production technology, critical or speculative artifact); An initial working demo as case experiment; Three 1min short films over your tool/medium focusing on 1) a technical/practical walkthrough, 2) it's raison d'être -- your personal relationship with it and its implications for your practice; and 3) its larger cultural context. +/- 4000 word reflection document defining 1) where your specific 'craft' lies in relation newer technologies, 2) new tools for your trade, 3) the implications for your work within both a personal and cultural context; A packaged project wiki page and oral presentation.

Evaluation Criteria:

Evaluation criteria Research:

1.The student is knowledgeable of the historical context of their project's themes, and has positioned/critically reflected upon new contexts in relation to the minor (i.e. craft, fabrication, authorship, appropriation, experimentation and relation to personal practice/signature).

2. The student has defined a clear, profound, and independent method of research, which is visible in the design/artistic process.

Evaluation criteria Tools & Tech and Practice:

1. The student has a rigorous approach to experimentation, which is visually presented as a coherent process.

2. The student has conceptualised and executed high-level, innovative, and original works.

3. The student has taken advantage of the technical instruction and technologies/tools offered, and has demonstrated a willingness to push their skills further.

4. The student has a motivated choice and proper defence for a specific a technology in their execution of their final assignment.

Marks & Feedback

The final marks and feedback will not be given directly. We understand that you are eager to receive them, but we must as a group of teachers come to a consensus and if needed revisit your wiki and reread your research document. An indication of pass or fail will be given on or before the 19th. For those of you who have not sent or uploaded your research document prior to your presentation, you will receive a mark for research.

Exhibition Dates:

Thursday 22rd @ 10:00 - Friday 23rd @ 12:00 Set-Up - building tables, stacking bar, lighting, hanging posters, placing works….

Friday Jan 23rd - Opening - 17:00 - 20:00

Saturday Jan 24th - Open 12:00 - 20:00 / Special presentation 16:00 - 17:00

Saturday/Sunday - Take Down