Syllabus

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Course has varying content and the learning outcomes are specified for each study event and align with programme learning outcomes. Please see MyCourses page for more detailed information

Credits: 3

Schedule: 20.02.2023 - 24.02.2023

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Matti Niinimäki, Do Nascimento Correia

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: Finnish, Swedish, English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Course has varying contents that may change annually. Different workshops/study events are organized by majors of Art & Media. 

  This Art&Media Programme course is an intensive workshop offered during week 7 of period 3. Several version of this workshop may be offered and students should be careful in choosing the specific workshop identified in their personal study plans.

• applies in this implementation

  Course topics:
  
  • Introduction to Generative Media and openFrameworks
    
  • 2D drawing and text
    
  • Forces and particle systems
    
  • Noise
    
  • Images and video
    
  • Sound and sound visualization
    
  • Coursework support
    
  
  

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Participation in teaching, completed assignments.

  Minimum 80% attendance.

  See MyCourses for more detailed information on evaluations methods and criteria.

• applies in this implementation

  • Innovative concept
    
  • Media design (visuals and audio) and depth
    
  • Interaction (if relevant) and UX design
    
  • Coding and organization
    
  • Quality of presentation and documentation
  
  

Workload

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  3 ECTS ≈ 81h

  Participation in an intensive workshop or short course. The hourly amount of contact teaching and independent work is defined separately for each offered workshop. See MyCourses for detailed information.

• applies in this implementation

  40% of lectures, 60% of individual practice and final project. 40h teaching. The lectures will consist of theory and tutorials.
  

DETAILS

Study Material

• applies in this implementation

  • Code repository: https://github.com/aalto-mediacode
    
  • Previous courses: https://teaching.nunocorreia.com/category/generative-media-coding/
  • Tutorials: https://teaching.nunocorreia.com/openframeworks-video-tutorials/
  Main bibliography:
  
  • ofBook http://openframeworks.cc/ofBook/chapters/foreword.html
  Additional bibliography:
  
  • Gross, B. and Bohnacker, H. 2018. "Generative Design: Visualize, Program, and Create with JavaScript in p5.js", Reprint edition, New York, Princeton Architectural Press.
    
  • Hoff, A., n.d., Generative Art, https://inconvergent.net/#writing (suggested by Matti Niinimäki)
    
  • Levin, G. & Brain, T. 2021. "Code as Creative Medium: A Teacher’s Manual: A Handbook for Computational Art and Design", MIT Press.
    
  • Noble, J., 2012. “Programming Interactivity: A Designer’s Guide to Processing, Arduino, and openFrameworks” (2nd Edition), O’Reilly Media. (new version coming out in May 2016)
    
  • Perevalov, D., 2013. “Mastering openFrameworks: Creative Coding Demystified”, Packt
    
  • Perevalov, D. & Tatarnikov, I., 2015. “openFrameworks Essentials”, Packt
    
  • Shiffman, D., 2012. The Nature of Code: Simulating Natural Systems with Processing. http://natureofcode.com. Examples ported to oF: https://github.com/superartificial/Nature-Of-Code-Open-Frameworks-Port
  
  

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  MyCourses page

  Teaching Language : English

  Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Spring III
  2023-2024 Spring III

  Enrollment :

  Minimum amount of participants: 8
  Maximum amount of participants varies according to the implementation of the course.

  Registration for Courses: Sisu.

  Priority order to courses is according to the order of priority decided by the Academic committee for School of Arts, Design and Architecture:
  https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/registering-to-courses-and-the-order-of-priority-at-aalto-arts

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