Special
Lectures and dates Fall 09
10 Weeks:
Week 1:
Class 1:
1)
Introduction to the class and guest instructor and lecture
Art & Technology Graduate Students Doo Sung Yoo.
2)
Take role. (students who are not on role sheet though on
the waiting list are asked to come back Tuesday of week
two.
3)
Have students log into computer.
Last
name and last four digits of your social security number.
4) This class will be devoted to going over the syllabus
and structure for the class. Read syllabus and answer any
questions students may have.
5)
Give assignment 1 (3 excellent sketchs of different views
of Machinic Diatom) due next thursday in class three. (Refer
to projects page) This should be designed as a nanotech
object.
6) Lecture on the works of Marcel Duchamp by Doo Sung Yoo
in addition to his robotic works.
Show videos of work and discussion of interview
7)
Web video KQED
nanotechnology. Notice how important 3D modeling and
visualization are in the process and visualization of nanotechnological
works.
Week
2:
Class
2: Introduction of class members to each other
and to Professor Ken Rinaldo.
Conceptual
inspiration: Web video TED Kevin
Kelly talk technology as new species.
C4D
/ 3D Interface. Parametric primitives and their
attributes. Moving objects, scaling objects, rotating objects,
selection properties, simple materials. Objects menu, coordinates
menu, attributes menu. Windows, axis, object tool.
Relation
to Platonic
Solids
Explaining
Project 2 on projects page. Discussion of quality of drawings.
Show examples from past students.
Discussion of notion of individuality in light of bacterial
makeup of our bodies. The new life forms which are permitted
through manufacture and nanotechnology. Artificial life
and code entities.
Where can you read about new technology?
http://www.wired.com/
http://www.physorg.com/
Class 3: PROJECT 1 DUE TODAY.
Inspirational video Video
in class: David Bolinsky: Fantastic Voyage inside the
Cell.
Today will include review of all notebooks for 3 different
sketched views of the "machinic diatom" object
and we will discuss the articles that you have read.
Lessons: Polygon based modeling continued parametric primitives,
fillet, functions>duplicate, array hypernurbs, parent/child
organization in objects manager, symmetry objects, materials
with transparency and alpha channel and introduction to
shaders.
***Homework
Assignment: Read this article in Slate Magazine
on Kenneth
Snelson and review Kenneth Snelsons Web site here
and read this article on the Weaving, Mother
of Tensegrity for discussion.
Week
3:
Class 4:
Video
inspiration: U-Ram
Cho
Lessons: polygon based modeling extrude, extrude inner,
bevel, add point.
Class 5: Introduction to Nurbs
Generators: Extrude, Lathe, Loft, Sweep & Splines. Lecture
on Materials and texture mapping. Bring to class a thumb
drive to turn in one to two paragraphs describing your machinic
diatoms and their function and inspiration.
Class 6: Materials and texture mapping.continued.
Render settings. lighting. Setting the stage for your models.
A portion of class will be spent working on project 2.
Video in class:
Life in the Undergrowth David Attenborough
Week 4:
Class 7: PROJECT 2 DUE TODAY, Today's class
will be spent in critique of Project 2.
****Homework
Assignment: Read Michael
Rees article from sculpture magazine.
Class 8: Introduction to project 3, Introduction
to Deformers: Twist, bend, bulge, shatter, etc. Also continued
lessons on Nurbs
and their advanced features. Discussions regarding the homework
readings.
Week 5:
Class 9:Polygon based modeling continued: N gons, subdivision,
etc.
Class 10: Introduction to Body Paint and painting directly
onto the 3D surfaces.
****Homework Assignment: Read The
Digital Sculpture by George Fifield.
Week 6:
Class 11: Inspiration Vic
Muniz
Introduction to UV Editing, editing and moving
your UV texture map, projection mapping onto various forms,
modeling tools continued. Brush tool, iron tool, bridge,
magnetic, scale, rotate selected polys.
Final Drawings due for project 3.
Class 12: Art Inspiration Chris
Cunningham all is full of love
Using hair, materials, shaders, adding bones and targets.
Adding bones to polygon meshes.
Week 7:
Class 13: Assign project # 4. Rapid prototyping. Modeling
lessson for rapid prototyping and objects from the future.
Advanced shaders lesson. Class time for working on project
#3.
Class 14: Project 3 due in class for critique.
Week 8:
Class 15: Class trip to Laser Reproductions.
Sketches for Project 4 due today for FINAL
PROJECT and individual meetings with professor.
Free day to ask me for individual help in getting your projects
done.
****Homework
Assignment: Read these two
Essay's by Dan Collins
#1 and #2.
Class 16: , Final projects are due to laser cutter
or rapid prototyping facility. Introduction to
Advanced Lighting and Camera Techniques.
Week 9:
Today's
class will be spent reviewing Rapid Prototyping processes
and techniques and an introduction to advanced lighting.
****Homework Assignment: Read the Michael
LaForte Q and A article
Class 17: Bring $.4. for food fund
for final show. t ime
for working on The Final Project.
Class 18 TBA
Week 10:
Class 19: FINAL PROJECTS DUE critiques in
class TBA. All work must be in by this date including papers,
project redos and clean color adjusted scans. If you are
doing a 3D print of your work it must be ready for critique
in class by this date. If you are doing high quality printer
output they must be printed by this date and ready to show
in class.
Wed
Show setup in gallery dropoff of works from 12:00 to 3:30.
Class 20: Show setup continues in the gallery.
Meet in class to also finish critiques not yet finished
on Tuesday. Enjoy our big opening.
