Fall 2022 - IAT 222 D100
Interactive Arts (3)
Class Number: 6528
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Sep 7 – Dec 6, 2022: Fri, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Surrey
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Instructor:
Niranjan Rajah
nrajah@sfu.ca
1 778 782-9034
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Prerequisites:
Completion of 21 units.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Introduces key concepts within contemporary digital art practices. Issues surrounding digital art will be explored through readings, the study of artworks, and the creation of their own artistic projects. Breadth-Humanities.
COURSE DETAILS:
Students will explore their own creativity within an artistic context by creating an interactive artwork. Students will learn various approaches that take context into consideration in order to generate and refinine relevant, innovative concepts to guide them through the creation of an original interactive art work. These creative techniques can easily be applied to other forms of creative endeavor and will help students refine their expressive potential regardless of their field.
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- identify and explain key works of interactive art
- evaluate and analyze interactive art within its artistic, cultural and technological contexts
- plan and implement rich and meaningful works of interactive art using a variety of different creative strategies
- create compelling descriptions of their artistic vision and the technological requirements of their own works of art
Grading
- Assignment #1 - Research Report (Individual) 10%
- Assignment #2 - Research Report Response and Interaction Diagram (Individual) 15%
- Assignment #3 - Reading Summaries + Discussion (Individual) 20%
- Assignment #4 - Interactive Project (Team) 40%
- Assignment #5 - Analysis on Interactive Project (Individual) 5%
- Lecture and Lab Participation (Individual) 10%
NOTES:
* This is a draft of assignment and grade distribution; final assignments, grade distribution and due dates will be confirmed during the first week of class.
Delivery Method - Lecture and Lab Workshops
In the lecture, students will be introduced to different approaches to interactivity in contemporary art. Students will be expected to participate in lecture activities that may include small group discussions, presentations and/or sketching. The completion of in-lecture activities will count as part of your in-lecture participation marks.
Labs are organized as workshops. Each week students will engage in an exercise that is relevant to the weekly theme through different activities that may include small group discussions, presentations, interviews, performances, and individual sketches. Students may be required to bring different materials to the lab.
Students are required to read the weekly readings before the lecture.
Students are required to source materials externally and independently for the construction of the Final Interactive Art Projects.
Materials
MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:
Required Materials:
- weekly reading materials available through CANVAS
- computer or smartphone for in-Lecture and in-Lab participation
- sketchbook for in-Lab activities
- externally sourced materials for the Final project Interactive Art Project
REQUIRED READING NOTES:
Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.
Registrar Notes:
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