Pushing the Boundaries in Interactivity
Founded in 1979 as the first graduate education program in alternative media, the Interactive Telecommunications program (ITP) is a living community of technologists, theorists, engineers, designers, and artists uniquely dedicated to pushing the boundaries of interactivity in the real and digital worlds. Transformations in interactivity has created a new breed of students dedicated to the creative cultivation of art and technology.ITP is internationally recognized as a unique and vital contributor of new ideas and talented individuals to the professional world of multimedia and interactivity. The department takes a creative and professional approach to the challenges of the information age by using a hands-on approach to experimentation, production and risk-taking; making this hi-tech fun house a creative home not only to its students, but also to an extended network of the technology industry's most daring and prolific practitioners.
Selected Summer 2010 Course Offerings:
Video for New Media
H79.2256 (4 points)
The nature of the class is to provide an overview of video art and its relevance to present day media art. Topics covered include aesthetics and concepts, camera usage, basic editing in Final Cut Pro, DVD studio pro and an introduction to interactive video software such as Jitter. Through a series of weekly experiments and assignments, students gain experience with projection, portable screens and physical sensors to create site-specific and or physical video installations. Previous video experience is not required and experimentation is highly encouraged!
Systems: Hacking Everyday Objects
H79.2460 (4 points)
In this class students create an interactive piece by hacking into common everyday devices and machines and re-purposing the components within. We learn alternative and low cost methods of developing circuit boards. In this way we explore systems by examining the components and re-purposing them for a new system designed by the student. This includes using elements from existing appliances and constructing ones own homemade circuit boards. We focus on cost effective methods of construction. On a larger scale, we also look at how entire systems can be repurposed with little modification to the original system. This may include looking into the workings of common appliances. The class examines both the hardware and the software sides of recycling technology. Students also look at "throwaway culture" -- and the surrounding issues of ethics, impacts, and alternative solutions for discarded technology (currently only 2% of consumers will hold onto a particular device for 5 years or more). More
Additional Summer ITP Courses
