Werkmodul/Fachmodul/FachmodulWerkmodul
Lecturer(s): Martin Schied,Frederic Gmeiner other Persons names
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
ll hail the Pixel!
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 by Frederic Gmeiner from Design Studio FELD and Martin Schied.
German description
short german description
Topics
Admission requirements
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Registration procedure
Please send your application by email with the Subject All Hail The Pixels 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) Why?
Sollte es mehr als 25 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
Syllabus
The classes will be held every second Week, detailed Schedule will be listed below soon:
- tba.
Literature
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