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about the instructor:

tiff holmes is an associate professor of art and technology studies at the school of the art institute of chicago—her recent work is focused on eco-visualization, or software that promotes environmental stewardship.

email
tholme (at) saic (dot) edu

 

 


 

Final project overview • You are going to create a piece using either Processing or Director (or some other application that requires you to code for drawing). Your piece must uses an overarching concept or theme to direct a drawing of some sort.

Final project proposal: Copy and paste text to your WIKI Workspace page

Answer the following questions in a one-page typewritten overview with at least one sketch/still of a prototype image.

1) Working title
2) Content? Concept?
3) Look and feel?
4) Technical issues?
5) What equipment do you need to exhibit this piece?

Sample problems with links to artist's works

•-Create an animation or drawing that generates based on weather data (See Andrea Polli's drawings/soundscapes based on heat in NYC)

•-Create an animation or drawing that is a metaphor for some natural process: germination of seeds, migratory bird patterns, translation of water molecules from liquid to vapor, the amount of carbon dioxide in the air (see Sabrina Raaf's Grower)

-Create an animation that responds to the participant's breathing (See Char Davies' pivotal piece, Osmose)

•-Create a drawing or animation that generates based on user input of text (See Wattenburgs/Walczek's Apartment)

•-Create a drawing or animation that generates based on time elements: hours, minutes, seconds. (See watch designs at TimebyDesign.)

•-Create a drawing that responds to data from the stock market (see Martin Wattenburg's Map of the Market)