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  • Interactive and Immersive Art

    Instructor
    Matti Niinimäki

    Maximum amount of students
    16

    Topic for 2024 class
    Investigation

    For the 2024 class the approach in the Interactive and Immersive Art group will be Investigation. You can approach this topic quite freely but it is inspired by the work of groups such as Bellingcat and Forensic Architecture. We will explore how interactive and immersive technology can be used to conduct and communicate fact-based investigations into serious (and not so serious) issues. This is heavily inspired by the investigative aesthetics approach described by Matthew Fuller and Eyal Weizman.

    You can also think of the topic on a more general level of investigating: "to observe or study by close examination and systematic inquiry".

    Content warning: Exploring this topic and the examples discussed in the class will lead you to investigations about violence and other crimes against humanity. This group might not be for you if you do not wish to read and potentially be faced with different media about such topics.

    General content description

    The course is intended to facilitate a capstone project for the first year of your studies in the New Media major. You are allowed (and even encouraged) to explore topics that you have initiated during previous classes. For example, realize a concept that you presented during Generative and Interactive Narratives, or use your project from Embodied Interaction and explore and polish your prototypes further.

    You are free to explore any media, technology and approach to the topic. Possible outcomes include, but are not limited to:
    • Interactive installations
    • Audiovisual performances
    • VR/AR/XR Experiences
    • Interactive sculptures
    • 360-degree video or generative art
    • Projection mapping projects

    You can work on your own or as a group. You do not have to be a professional programmer to join this thematic group, but a basic understanding of working with code as a creative medium is required. You also should have a basic understanding of how to create interactive systems (working with sensors or other inputs, designing interactions etc.). Or you should be willing to dive into using these interactive technologies independently. It is highly recommended that you work in small groups where you can combine your strengths together (visuals, sound, technology, code, interaction/experience, narratives, concept etc.).

    Priority order
    1. Degree students in the New Media major.
    2. Exchange students in New Media. The course has to be in the pre-approved study plan for the exchange student.
    3. Students who have completed (or are currently completing) the prerequisites*.
    4. Other students.

    *Recommended Prerequisites
    • AXM-E7002 Introduction to Media Art and Culture (or equivalent knowledge of media art)
    • AXM-E7003 Interaction Design (or equivalent knowledge of interaction design)
    • AXM-E7001 Computational Art and Design (or equivalent knowledge of creative coding)
    • One or more of the following:
      • AXM-E7004 Physical Computing
      • AXM-E7006 Systems of Representation: Culture Lab
      • AXM-E7007 Generative and Interactive Narratives
      • AXM-E7008 Embodied Interaction
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