THURSDAY 9:30 AM TO 12:00 PM
TODD HOLOUBEK
todd.holo@gmail.com

LINK to alternative syllabus

Suggested Reading
Information Arts by Stephen Wilson - LINK
The User Illusion by Tor Norretrandars - LINK

Meeting one

Defining Terms

We define our terms.

Example artists: LINK
Finite State Machine LINK

ASSIGNMENT
Reading: Pattern on the Stone
Make a Finite State Machine.

Meeting Two

Present Finite State Machines

The DADA movement
LINK

Meeting Three

Random != generative but Probability probably does - let's flip a coin on it.
The rules of probability and probability theroy

Why probability is cooler than random...LINK

ASSIGNMENT
Make Random

Meeting Four

Present your Random

Meeting Five

Generative Methods

We look at Symmetry, Repetition, and Tiling

Sampling, Mapping, and the Manipulation of Attributes.

Example artists: M.C. Escher, Carl Andre, Andy Warhol

Meeting Six


Present your MidTerm Idea

Meeting Seven

Chance Operations
LINK
Example artists: John Cage, William S Burroughs, Jean Arp, Jackson Polock

Meeting Eight


Present Midterms

Meeting Nine

Number Sequences

Numbers, Fibonacci series in nature, The Golden Section...LINK

Example artists: Botticelli

Meeting Ten

Present Final Ideas


Meeting Eleven

Complex Systems

All big things are made up of little things.

LINK

Example Mathematician: John Conway, Natalie Jeremijenko, Jonah Bruckner Cohen

Meeting Twelve

Gallery

Meeting Thirteen

Q&A

Meeting Fourteen

Final Presentations