Spring 2007 College Course

Readings and Handouts

This is in reverse chronological order -- i.e., newest stuff first

Tyrell presented the early photographic animations of Eadweard Muybridge.
Audrey presented the work of Victoria Vesna.
Steve presented the work of Tony Oursler, including his "Eye in the Sky" from 1997.
Kristin presented the work of Sabrina Raaf.

Ian gave a "lab talk" explaining his work on robot vision and new ideas about how human's primitive emotions may impact higher-order cognition.

Ian Horswill (Northwestern Univ) will be leading next Tuesday's class (April 24).
Ian will also be presenting Northwestern's Media and Arts program at the Computer Science colloquium (April 25, 3 pm, Olsen 311)
Brian presented the work of Stelarc: Your Body is Obsolete. He does robots and remote body control via electrical stimulation (Ping Body), and a project called Blender in which he and a colleague went for liposuction and then build a contraption to display (and blend) their body fat.
Joe presented Mark Pauline, founder of Survival Research Labs. "Their lab builds a lot of things that destroy other things." -- Joe.
Joshua presented the MIT Media Lab.
Amy presented Daniel Rozin.

You can get extra credit for attending any of the following events. Just go and turn in a 1- to 2-page writeup about what you saw.

Each event (you can do more than one) is worth +2 pts (out of 100) on your final grade.

MIT Museum -- kinetic sculptures by Arthur Ganson, holograms, robots (near Central Square, Cambridge, MA)
Boston Cyberarts Festival 2007 -- locations around the greater Boston area, including the 119 Gallery on Chelmsford St in Lowell.
Brian Knep talk, Wednesday April 18, 2007, 3:15 pm, O'Leary 222 on South Campus.

Student presentations

Jim talked about Douglas Repetto. He also is a founder of the NYC-based ArtBots Robot Talent Show.
Rich presented Steina Vasulka's work.

Holly's presentation

For Thursday's class, write your own Art/Robot Manifesto with 10 statements about what you think art is and 5 statements about what you think a robot is.