In this studio-based course, students will learn about and apply various protocols for controlling digital lighting for interactive, expressive, sculptural objects. While light-based art goes back centuries, the last few decades has seen an explosion of tools for creative output using various electric lighting fixtures and technologies. In addition to the technical aspects of control,… Read more DM-UY 4913 Crafting With Light
This course uses the notion of The Instrument as a model for thinking about interaction design. Instruments facilitate creative expression. They amplify gestures into experiences. They transform the imperceptible into the perceptible. Using this broad definition of instrumentation, students will take experimental instruments as inspiration, leveraging creative coding and physical computing methods to create multisensory… Read more DM-GY 9103 Visual Music and Instrumentation
This course explores the intersection of technology, sustainability, and the arts, helping students create digital art and interactive works that may respond to the local NYC biosphere or remote environmental data. Through an investigation of sustainable computing, environmental data analysis, and fabrication techniques, students will design low-power, networked devices that gather and interpret environmental information… Read more DM-GY 9103 Sensory Ecology : Data, Networks, and the Biological World
In this course, students will examine how physical representations can be captured, processed and altered in digital space. The course will provide students with fundamental knowledge of manipulating image and video data and introduce basic computer vision technologies used to process digital data of physical entities. At the end of the course, students will be… Read more DM-GY 9201 Digital Doubles (7 week, 1.5 credit course)
This course will explore the possibilities of audio and video compositing, manipulation, and analysis in dataflow (or datastream) environments like Max and TouchDesigner with an eye towards interactive installations and real-time applications. These environments treat media differently than traditional functional programming languages, offering unique possibilities for experimentation and creative output. Integration with other tools like environmental… Read more DM-UY 4913 Dataflow: Boxes and Lines
This hands-on studio class will introduce students to the fascinating world of real-time video and audio processing. Using a range of tools, students will build playback systems for live performance and multi-channel media installations. The course is based in Isadora, but we will build expandable systems that can incorporate a variety of generative media programs… Read more DM-UY 4913 Live Media Processing for Performance and Installation
This studio course introduces students to interaction design as a creative and a design practice. The course surveys application areas, supporting technologies and their impact on individual and group relationships. Group projects introduce the collaborative and interdisciplinary development process common in the professional technology and design. Students are expected to develop technology competencies, including software… Read more DM-GY 6143 Interaction Design Studio
NB – this is a 7-week course! This course explores opportunities and limitations in designing physical interfaces for devices that communicate at a distance, primarily wirelessly. Physical, virtual, and social communication infrastructure will be used in the context of creating novel interactions. Students will learn to identify existing networked devices and objects, taking a critical… Read more DM-GY 9201 Physical Interfaces For Networked Devices
NB : This is a 7- week course! In this studio-based course, students will learn about and apply various protocols for controlling digital lighting for interactive, expressive, sculptural objects. While light-based art goes back centuries, the last few decades has seen an explosion of tools for creative output using various electric lighting fixtures and technologies.… Read more DM-GY 9201 Light and Control