Experimental interactions

Student Projects fall 2004

 

 
 
Aquablue
Gelboard
Puhuva Patalappu - The speaking doll
Room of Confusion
Sensitive Books
Talking Glass
Trigger it out!

Content description: Experimental interactions is a multi-approach course combining practices from interactive media art, experimental interactive concepts and interface technology experiments (sensor applications). Course contains excursions in subjects such as interactive media-art, media philosophy, sensor technologies, microcontrollers, creative "misuse" of technology and MAX-MSP-Jitter programming.

Study mode: Course contains lectures, demos, hands-on tutorials and interactive exercise assignement.

Target group: MA, minors, doctoral students
Credits: 2
Teachers: Jukka Ylitalo and visitors
Term: fall04
Course language: Finnish, English

Schedule:
Wed 13.10. - 19.11. 13-16
Fri 13.10. - 19.11. 10-13

Learning outcomes:

• overview of expanded possibilities of interactive technology
• ability to experiment independently with the medialab sensor environment
• hands on experience in a small scale interactive experiment applying sensor interfaces
• basics in sensor interaction programming



EIA program:

13.10 Wednesday   13-16 Intro, interactive media philosophy,   examples of interactive media art

15.10. Friday   10-13 introduction to sensors, software and digitizers available in media lab (Basic Stamp, I-cube, MAX-MSP-Jitter/VNS)

20.10 Wednesday Visitors Rasmus Vuori
-interfacing Director to sensors, intro to FFT

27.10 Wednesday  seminar/workshop

29.10 Friday Max-Jitter tutorials

3.11. Wednesday max-Jitter tutorials

5.11. Friday Visitor: Juha Huuskonen

17.11. Wednesday seminar/workshop

19.11. Friday seminar/workshop/wrapup

 

Related links:
Course resource links page