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Specialist Project. 2008 AR / PB / RC / LB. Unit Blog. http://bainteractivemedia.wordpress.com/ Messages re. changes, study materials, unit handbooks, timetables, links etc. Structure for the year. SP + RESEARCH >> FMP >> show Mainly self-learning year; very few ‘lessons’.
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Specialist Project 2008 AR / PB / RC / LB
Unit Blog • http://bainteractivemedia.wordpress.com/ • Messages re. changes, study materials, unit handbooks, timetables, links etc.
Structure for the year • SP + RESEARCH >> FMP >> show • Mainly self-learning year; very few ‘lessons’. • Tutor’s role is to support and help guide your work. Some people will need this more than others.
Main aims • You should make something that you are passionate about and REALLY want to see work. • It’s NOT about corporate work; it should be EXPERIMENTAL. • May be part of FMP, exploring an aspect of it perhaps, or a trial run, but may not.
But.... • it’s got to be interactive • it’s got to work • It needs to show original/creative thinking
Learning agreements. • They need to set out the SCOPE of your project; the area you intend to explore, and give an idea of what you may end up with – this need not be overly precise. • The process: you come up with your idea. Discuss with tutor. Make amendments and come to an agreement. This needs to be done within 2 weeks, and you need to have already started creating by that point.
Be ambitiousbut • Be realistic
Also... • needs to be contextualised – where did the idea come from, what’s similar to it etc • need to take the audience into account (i.e is it art/game/commercial, is explanation needed etc) • platform needs to be taken into account (i.e. web, installation, dvd, mobiles etc) • record your progress – blog (weekly at least), sketchbook, images etc
Hand-in • Working prototype • 1500 word essay • Blog with at least weekly entries • 10-15 minute presentation of the above
Last year • Last year’ show: www.involve08.co.uk • Web apps:Chris Choules www.alivecanvas.comMartin Cannings www.enhanced-media.com/express • DVDMatt Oaten www.otik.co.uk/interactivecontent.html • InstallationFiona Braidwood http://mediahost.aib.ac.uk/fdashow07/braidwood/portfolio/love.html • Sarah Halfacreehttp://mediahost.aib.ac.uk/fdashow07/halfacree/sp.html • http://mediahost.aib.ac.uk/fdashow07/halfacree/FMP.html
Interaction • Johnny Leehttp://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/ • Flowscreen http://vvvv.org/tiki-index.php?page=flowscreen01 • Jeff Han http://cs.nyu.edu/~jhan/ftirtouch/http://nuigroup.com/touchlib/ • Fiducials/reactable : http://reactable.iua.upf.edu/ • Monome www.monome.org
Generative • Flight 404http://www.vimeo.com/1802138 • Glen Marshallhttp://vimeo.com/1593564 • Processing, vvvv etc
Performance • Golan Levin etc http://www.tmema.org/messa/messa.html • Usman Haque http://www.haque.co.uk/primalsource.ph • Blast Theory - Uncle Roy All Around Youhttp://www.blasttheory.co.uk/bt/work_uncleroy.html
Narrative/time • The work of Camille Utterback http://www.camilleutterback.com/ (Liquid time) • UVA – HereAfterhttp://www.uva.co.uk/archives/57Semiconductor - Magnetic movie etchttp://vimeo.com/1166968
Space • Eisgasse http://vvvv.org/tiki-index.php?page=Eisgasse • Delicate Boundaries http://csugrue.com/delicateBoundaries/?video=1&vsize=big • Tan Teck Weng PanOpticon http://www.art-fraud.com/panop.htm • Glowing Pathfinder Bugs
Games • Iphone art http://www.rolandogame.com/ • EyeToy, Wii, mobile phone games • HP Mediascape (Mobile Bristol) http://www.mscapers.com/ • Ball droppings http://balldroppings.com/ • Internaut - Website as video game – Simon Greenwoodhttp://acg.media.mit.edu/people/simong/internaut/index.html
it’s got to be interactive • it’s got to work • It needs to show original/creative thinking