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IFD:All Hail The Pixels

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''Lecturer(s):'' [[Martin Schied]],[[Frederic Gmeiner]] 
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]] 
''Date:'' Every Second Friday (Schedule TBA), 13:30 until 20:30 h  
''Venue:'' [[Marienstraße 7b]], Room 105 
''First meeting:'' 17.10.2014

==Description==

'''All hail the Pixels!'''

Square pixels, round pixels, megapixels, microcropixels. Pixel clowds
and pixel clowns. Hot pixels, cold pixels, dead pixels and their funerals.

The pixelized physical computing course focuses on all kind of elements
that can be used or seen as pixels - be it in Architecture on facades,
interior design elements, street lighths or in an experimental display.
The course focuses on the prototyping of content displayable on pixels
and the realization aspect of pixel based systems.

the course is divided into 4 megapixels:

1. Grids and Pixels - What is a single pixel capable of and how are
pixels perceived in larger formations? What can be used as a pixel?
Generative Design of Patterns and repeating structures. Experimental
systems are done using the well known "Processing" environment.

2. Choreography - What can be done with the developed Systems? How can
you represent movements and patterns in a digital system? Concepts to
animate the structures and systems are developed.

3. Spacial aspects and realizations. How to transfer digitally
prototyped concepts to a real object, e.g. a Building's Facade.

4. Technical Prototype. How does an individual (Pix)Element work in
detail? Build one element as a physical working prototype. We will use
the Arduino environment and popular electromechanical components to make
them.

The class is held by Frederic Gmeiner from Design Studio FELD and Martin Schied.

===German description===

Pixelbasiertes Gestalten und Grundlagen des Physical Computings.
Im Laufe des Semesters werden wir 4 Projektphasen durchlaufen:

1. Raster: Was kann ein einzelnes Modul/Pixel/Baustein? Wie verhalten
sich viele im Zusammenspiel?
- Entwurf von generativen visuellen Mustern und repetitiven Strukturen
mit der Programmierungsumgebung "Processing"

2. Choreographie: Was kann mit den einzelnen Systemen dargestellt werden?
- Formulierung von Bewegungsabläufen (Choreographien) und Ausprobieren
unterschiedlicher Strategien für die Animation der entwickelten Muster
und Strukturen.

3. Räumliche Umsetzung: Wie lassen sich die skizzierten Entwürfe in den
realen Raum transferieren?
- Konzepte zur Übersetzung der Anordnung und der Bewegungsprinzipien in
eine räumlich-physische Umgebung (z.B. Hausfassade).

4. Technischer Prototyp: Wie funktioniert ein einzelner Baustein im
Detail?
- Prototypenhafte Entwicklung einzelner Mechanik- und Elektronikbausteine welche von einem Mikrokontroller angesteuert werden.

==Topics==
* [[/tba1/]]
* [[/tba2/]]

==Admission requirements==
k.A.

==Registration procedure==
Please send your application by email with the Subject ''{{PAGENAME}}'' to: martin.schied@uni-weimar.de
* Name, Surname
* program and semester (Studienprogramm und Fachsemester)
* matriculation number (Matrikelnummer)
* Angabe der geltenden Prüfungsordnung
* Valid email address @uni-weimar.de (no other mailing addresses will be accepted) [[SCC-Services#E-Mail|Why?]]
Sollte es mehr als 15 Bewerber geben, entscheidet die Reihenfolge der Anmeldungen über die Aufnahme in den Kurs

==Evaluation==
Active participation, presentation, documentation.

==Eligible participants==
Graduates enrolled in the Faculties of Media, Gestaltung and in the MediaArchitecture program

== Email List ==

Register for the [http://mg.medien.uni-weimar.de/mailman/listinfo/pixels pixels mailinglist]

== Participants ==

=== Workgroups ===

Please sign up for a workgroup by replacing "Your name" and "Your email" with your name and mail address. Each group should not exceed five members.

{| class="wikitable"
|+Group A
! Name
! Email
|-
| Gideon Bielewski
| gideon.bielewski@uni-weimar.de
|-
| Jonas Jülch
| jonas.juelch@uni-weimar.de
|-
| Andre Faupel
| andre.faupel@uni-weimar.de
|-
| Sorayya Akbaritakhtmeshloo
| sorayya.akbaritakhtmeshloo@uni-weimar.de
|-
| Hesam Jannesarsheykh Marjan
| jannesar.hesam@gmail.com
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Group B
! Name
! Email
|-
| Isil Onursal
| isil.onursal@uni-weimar.de
|-
| Emir Genc
| emir.genc@uni-weimar.de
|-
| Afroditi Manari
| afroditi.manari@uni-weimar.de
|-
| Your name
| Your email
|-
| Your name
| Your email
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Group C
! Name
! Email
|-
| Luanbo Zhang
| luanbo.zhang@uni-weimar.de
|-
| Xianzhi Zhang
| xianzhi.zhang@uni-weimar.de
|-
| Hain-Ruey Chan
| hain-ruey.chan@uni-weimar.de
|-
| Your name
| Your email
|-
| Your name
| Your email
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Group D
! Name
! Email
|-
| Maria Estel
| maria.estel@uni-weimar.de
|-
| Carina Weiß
| carina.weiss@uni-weimar.de
|-
| Fernando Millán
| fernando.millan@uni-weimar.de
|-
| Rubab Paracha
| rubab.paracha@uni-weimar.de
|-
| Christoph Drews
| drews-christoph@web.de
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Group E
! Name
! Email
|-
| Your name
| Your email
|-
| Your name
| Your email
|-
| Your name
| Your email
|-
| Your name
| Your email
|-
| Your name
| Your email
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Group F
! Name
! Email
|-
| Your name
| Your email
|-
| Your name
| Your email
|-
| Your name
| Your email
|-
| Your name
| Your email
|-
| Your name
| Your email
|}

==Syllabus==

The classes will be held every second Week, detailed Schedule will be listed below soon:

=== 17.10. - INTRODUCTION MEETING ===

* Introduction
** Short self introduction
** Examples of different pixel projects
** What? Why? How?
** What you will learn in this class
* Questionnaire: What (technical) knowledge and experience do you have about programming and electronics? What do you want to learn?
* Installing Processing
* Mailingliste, Wiki, etc.
* Reading list & (online) resources
* Processing Introduction
** P01 ShapesAndRelations
** P02 CustomFunctions

=== 07.11. - PIXELS, PATTERNS, RULES ===

''What is a single pixel capable of and how are pixels perceived in larger formations? What can be used as a pixel? Generative Design of Patterns and repeating structures. Experimental systems are done using the well known "Processing" environment.''

* Review of Assignment I

=== 14.11. - GRID, LAYOUT, DISTRIBUTION, STRUCTURE ===

* Possible strategies:
** Formulate a (static) grid system
** Generate structures by dynamic parameters
** Using external images or structured data

=== 28.11. - MOTION, CHOREOGRAPHY, STORIES ===

''What can be done with the developed Systems? How can you represent movements and patterns in a digital system? Concepts to animate the structures and systems are developed.''

* Principle: Using software to prototype motion and behaviour and use the very same system (or parts thereof) to control the movement of the physical installation (authoring system)

Strategies: * Create animations by parameters * Environments / Systems (physics simulations, particle systems) * Using images / video as source

=== 12.12. - GETTING PHYSICAL ===

* Methods and strategies to transfer the digital prototyped concepts to a real object / mechanism
* What to translate and how?
* Electronics introduction and Arduino
* Developing simple mechanical structures and principles

=== 9.1. - PROTOTYPING ===

=== 23.1. - PROTOTYPING, FINALIZING ===

=== 6.2. - PRESENTATION & DOCUMENTATION ===

== Research on existing "Pixel" Projects ==

Upload your findings with a short description and a link to this page:

'''[[/ResearchPixelProjects/]]'''

== Processing Code Examples ==

All code examples which were demonstrated during the class meetings are listed on this subpage:

'''[[/ProcessingSketches/]]'''

== Assignments ==

=== ASSIGNMENT 1 - 17.10.2014 ===
''' ''"Create three different patterns on paper and formulate these in code with properties using processing "'' '''

Upload your image and code sketches to the wiki here: '''[[/Patterns/]]'''

==Literature==

* Joshua Noble: Programming Interactivity, O’Reilly, ISBN 978-0596154141
* Casey Reas und Ben Fry: Processing, Mit Press, ISBN 978-0262182621

==Links==

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=== ''Wahrnehmungsapparate'' ===

[[:Category:Werkmodul|Werkmodul]]/[[:Category:Fachmodul|Fachmodul]] 
''Lecturer:'' [[:Category:Darsha_Hewitt|Darsha Hewitt]] 
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]] 
''Date:'' Wednesday, 17:00 bis 20:30 
''Venue:'' [[Marienstraße 5]], Room 204 
''First meeting:'' 16 April, 2014

Please sign up for this course with [[GMU:Personen#Melanie_Birschein|Melanie Birnschein]] at the Secretary's Office until April 12th.

In addition please send a short application email to Darsha Hewitt (darsha [ät] artengine.ca) to outline your expectations for this course.

==Beschreibung==
Im Kurs wird die Geschichte von Apparaten zur Wahrnehmung erläutert.
Die Kursteilnehmer werden angeleitet, selbst neue visuelle und auditive Eindrücke mittels Apparaturen zu entwerfen.
Kurssprache ist Englisch.

==Description==
This course explores devices and machines for visual and acoustic perception. Participants will build a machine supporting their perception and develop tools to communicate their ideas. It emphasizes a bottom-up approach to electronic systems through experimentation, deconstruction and reverse-engineering of common-place technology.

Some of the topics, themes and methods we will look at include:
* Do-it-yourself electronics
* Electromechanical systems
* Beautitronics
* Speculative technologies
* Experimental hardware
* Structures for cyborging
* Art-making robots
* Baumarkt aesthetics

Please Note:
* There is a 10 euro material fee for this class
* This course will be taught in English

== Evaluation ==
Fertigstellung eines Objektes, eines Apparats/Geräts, einer Performance

== Eligible participants ==
BfA MKG, BfA MK, MI

==Participants==

* [[/Luis Hurtarte/]]
* [[/Alice Dziewinski/]]
* [[/Francis/]]
* [[/Apasri Titatarn/]]
* [[/Ashin Mandal/]]
* [[/William Sedig/]]
* [[/Sonia Tiosanto/]]
* [[/Cathleen Göring/]]
* [[/Gokcen Dilek Acay/]]
* [[/Paul Haas/]]
* [[/Sorayya Akbari-Takhtmeshloo/]]
* [[/Markus Koch/]]
* [[/Chris. Schüler/]]
* [[/Laura Anzola/]]
* [[/Rihards Vitols/]]
* [[/Sebastian Kaye/]]
* [[/Diana Suyerbayeva/]]
* [[/Khaldoun Alhanawi/]]

==Literature==

These are recommendations - they are not required reading for the class!

* Alexander, Gary and Aidan Lawrence Onn "Cabaret Mechanical Movement: Mechanisms and How to Make Automata and Mechanical Sculpture" ISBN 9780952872900
* Berlin, Howard M. "CMOS Cookbook 2nd Edition" ISBN 9780750699433
* Cicoira, Fabio and Clara Santato "Organic Electronics: Emerging Concepts and Technologies" ISBN 3527650989
* Friedrichs, H.P. "The Voice of The Crystal" ISBN 0967190509
* Friedrichs, H.P. "Instruments of Amplification" ISBN 9780967190518
* Gertz, Emily and Justin Di Justo "DIY Atmospheric Monitoring with Arduino" ISBN 1449338143
* Glover, Thomas J "Pocket Reference - 4th Edition" ISBN 1885071620
* Horn, Delton "How to Test Almost Everything Electronic" ISBN 0830641270
* Margolis, Michael "Arduino Cookbook 2nd Edition" ISBN 1449313876
* McComb Gordon "Robot Builder's Bonanza, 4th Edition" ISBN 0071750363
* Mims, Forrest M. III "Getting Started in Electronics" ISBN 0945053282
* Mims, Forrest M. III "Volume I: Timer, Op Amp, and Optoelectronic Circuits & Projects" ISBN 0945053290
* Mims, Forrest M. III "Volume II: Science and Communication Circuits & Projects" ISBN 0945053320
* Mims, Forrest M. III "Volume III: Electronic Sensor Circuits & Projects" ISBN 0945053312
* Mims, Forrest M. III "Volume IV: Electronic Formulas, Symbols & Circuits" ISBN 0945053304
* Monk, Simon "Hacking Electronics: An Illustrated DIY Guide for Makers and Hobbyists" ISBN 0071802363
* Nicholas Collins "Handmade Electronic Music: The Art of Hardware Hacking" ISBN 0415998735
* Platt Charles "Make: Electronics" ISBN 0596153740
* Platt Charles "Encyclopedia of Electronic Components: Volume 1" ISBN 1449333893
* Williams Elliot "Make: AVR Programming" ISBN 1449355781

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