Simon Fraser University
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Course Outlines

Spring 2025 - CA 376 D100

STT-Video Projection for Performance and Installation II (3)

Class Number: 6502

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Mon, Wed, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    GOLDCORP

  • Prerequisites:

    CA 270, CA 276, or permission of instructor.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

A continuation and application of skills learned in CA276. Students will use video projection as a tool for creating installations and multi-media performances. Students will focus on content creation, expanding on skills, scaling projects, and use of different projection surfaces. The course is structured around individual and small-group projects, leading to a showcase at the end of the term.

COURSE DETAILS:

This class will explore the possibilities of using video projection as integrated elements of performance and installation, primarily but not limited to production and design students. This class will have a public showcase date near the end of the term. 

This class will consist of content development, practical exercises, and experimentation prompts; each student (or collaborative team) is expected to find a unique approach through trial and error. Each project will involve a technical set-up (involving equipment, use of software, art supplies, bodies) for the students to explore and find their own solutions for making work. The class will consider the practical aspects of staging, aesthetic choices, and storytelling to create unique projects. We will be using Isadora, Photoshop, and Aftereffects.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

  1. Demonstrate fundamental skills and familiarity with equipment, software, and resources for creating work, as well as a capability to problem-solve. Demonstrate a level of proficiency in moving-image-making modes, both hands-on/low-tech approaches and digital.
  2. Engage in experimentation in the classroom, recognize value in a state of play, trial and error, and discovery.
  3. To gain the ability to visualize, develop, execute, and refine unique artistic projects. Produce a completed interdisciplinary project to be showcased by the end of the year.

Grading

  • Attendance and Participation 25%
  • Projects and Canvas Assignments 70%
  • Engagement 5%

Materials

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:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

SFU’s Academic Integrity website http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating. Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.

Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the university community. Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the university. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the university. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION

Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the term are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.