George Legrady | Experimental Visualization Lab | Media Arts & Technology
| I teach courses in the Media Arts & Technology Graduate Program where I direct the Experimental Visualization Lab. My courses focus on data visualization and optical-computational processes, with research and projects in digital media arts, with an emphasis on systems, semiotics, information theory and the impact of technology on representation, narrative and cultural practices. The intent is to integrate high-end technological approaches into the design process for interactive media art: 1) conceptualization, research and development of realtime interactivity 2) functions of narrative and metaphoric expression in timed-based visualization and interface design 3) algorithmic aesthetics: the exploration of computer programming, generative art, AI image synthesis, data organization and hardware |
design as
forms of aesthetic research and practice 4) the integration of cultural
analysis from diverse perspectives such as fine arts, critical theory,
linguistics, comparative literature, media studies, etc. as a means
to understand how culture and technology come together to generate
new forms of perception, paradigms and belief systems. |
MAT 200a |
MAT 255 |
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The M200a course “Intersections of Art & Technology” introduces directions in creative arts-engineering approaches within a media arts context. Through review and analyses of the Fall 2024 Getty PST Art initiative, lectures, readings, research presentation, and a final project, the course will introduce contemporary and historical directions and methodologies of the intersections of art and technology. (4 units) |
A project-based course for creative exploration, followed by critical analysis of text-to-image and image-toimage production techniques in MidJourney and Stable Diffusion software. |
MAT 259 |
MAT 265 |
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A project-based course focused on techniques of data information retrieval and the language of algorithmic visualization. Course concentration on fundamentals of data visualization and design, with an emphasis on data query, data analysis and processing, and visualization in 2D frequency and 3D interactive spatial visualization. |
Student-defined research or production course. The goals of the course are to provide opportunities for creative experimentation, potentially culminating with a project, or proposal, or research development, or dissertation work. |
MAT 255 |
MAT 265 |
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A project-based course to explore various image production software based on generative Artificial Intelligence text-to-image, and image-to-image diffusion models. |
Student-defined research or production course. The goals of the course are to provide opportunities for creative experimentation, potentially culminating with a project, or proposal, or research development, or dissertation work. |
MAT 259 |
MAT 265 |
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A project-based course focused on techniques of data information retrieval and the language of algorithmic visualization. Course concentration on fundamentals of data visualization and design, with an emphasis on data query, data analysis and processing, and visualization in 2D frequency and 3D interactive spatial visualization. |
Student-defined research or production course. The goals of the course are to provide opportunities for creative experimentation, potentially culminating with a project, or proposal, or research development, or dissertation work. |
MAT 255 |
MAT 265 |
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A project-based course to explore various image production software based on generative Artificial Intelligence text-to-image, and image-to-image diffusion models. |
Student-defined research or production course. The goals of the course are to provide opportunities for creative experimentation, potentially culminating with a project, or proposal, or research development, or dissertation work. |
MAT 255 |
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A lecture course with writing assignments that does an overview of the transition from analog to digital photography to machine-learning and DeepFakes. |
MAT 259 |
MAT 265 |
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A project-based course focused on techniques of data information retrieval and the language of algorithmic visualization. Course concentration on fundamentals of data visualization and design, with an emphasis on data query, data analysis and processing, and visualization in 2D frequency and 3D interactive spatial visualization. |
Student-defined research or production course. The goals of the course are to provide opportunities for creative experimentation, potentially culminating with a project, or proposal, or research development, or dissertation work. |
MAT 255 |
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A lecture course with writing assignments that does an overview of the transition from analog to digital photography to machine-learning and DeepFakes. |
MAT 259 |
MAT 265 |
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A project-based course focused on techniques of data information retrieval and the language of algorithmic visualization. Course concentration on fundamentals of data visualization and design, with an emphasis on data query, data analysis and processing, and visualization in 2D frequency and 3D interactive spatial visualization. |
Student-defined research or production course. The goals of the course are to provide opportunities for creative experimentation, potentially culminating with a project, or proposal, or research development, or dissertation work. |
MAT 255 |
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An interdisciplinary course that examines, thorugh case studies, the state of the photographic image, the theoretical, conceptual, philosophical underpinnings and evolution from its early inventions to Deep Fakes. |
MAT 265 |
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Student-defined research or production course. The goals of the course are to provide opportunities for creative experimentation, potentially culminating with a project, or proposal, or research development, or dissertation work. |
MAT 259 |
MAT 265 |
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A project-based course focused on techniques of data information retrieval and the language of algorithmic visualization. Course concentration on fundamentals of data visualization and design, with an emphasis on data query, data analysis and processing, and visualization in 2D frequency and 3D interactive spatial visualization. |
Student-defined research or production course. The goals of the course are to provide opportunities for creative experimentation, potentially culminating with a project, or proposal, or research development, or dissertation work. |
MAT 265 |
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Student-defined research or production course. The goals of the course are to provide opportunities for creative experimentation, potentially culminating with a project, or proposal, or research development, or dissertation work. |
MAT 265 |
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Student-defined research or production course. The goals of the course are to provide opportunities for creative experimentation, potentially culminating with a project, or proposal, or research development, or dissertation work. |
MAT 259 |
MAT 265 |
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A project-based course focused on techniques of data information retrieval and the language of algorithmic visualization. Course concentration on fundamentals of data visualization and design, with an emphasis on data query, data analysis and processing, and visualization in 2D frequency and 3D interactive spatial visualization. |
Student-defined research or production course. The goals of the course are to provide opportunities for creative experimentation, potentially culminating with a project, or proposal, or research development, or dissertation work. |
MAT 265 |
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A student-defined research or production course. The goals of the course are to provide opportunities for creative experimentation, potentially culminating with a project, or proposal, or research development, or dissertation work. |
Arts 185GL |
Sabbatical Leave (2017-2018) |
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Course taught by Jieliang Luo. An arts-computation studio course focused on programming the behavior of mobile cameras that capture and project images connected to computers. Students will work with an autonomous robotic-camera system assembled in last year’s ART 185GL course. The system consists of 9 mobile-camera robots that autonomously move around in a restricted space continuously capturing and evaluating images, comparing what each robotic camera sees with the others’, resulting in collaborative effort to get greater complex views of a scene-of-interest. |
MAT 259 |
Sabbatical Leave (2017-2018) |
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Course taught by Jieliang Luo. M259 is a project-based course focused on techniques of information retrieval and the language of algorithmic visualization. Course concentration on fundamentals of data visualization and design, with an emphasis on data query, data analysis and processing, and visualization in 2D frequency and 3D interactive spatial visualization. |
Arts 185GL |
Department Chair (2013-2017) |
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Art 185GL Optical-Digital Culture: An open studio course where each student creates an experimental project based on connecting an optical sensing device (lens/sensor/camera) to a computer and output the data in some recognizable form (screen, speakers, mechanical devices, etc.) in essence, the camera obscura of the present. |
MAT
259 |
Department Chair (2013-2017) |
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A production course on techniques of 1) data mining, 2) data aggregation and 3) visualization in the java based Processing environment. Knowledge acquired include 1) how to identify and retrieve significant data from a dataset with MySQL 2) Develop skills in the fundamentals of visual language through programming 3) Visualize abstract data to reveal patterns and relationships 4) Normalize data to enhance legibility and coherence 5) Implement interactivity within 3D volumetric visualization. |
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594GL |
Department Chair (2013-2017) |
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| special topics studio course where each student creates a project based on a topic of interest in the course. For fall 2016, 2 topics are addressed: 1) Task Analysis Visualization, 2) Mobile robotic camera/ drone interaction. |
MAT
265 |
Department Chair (2013-2017) |
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Projects-based studio course with a focus on motion-capture using the Kinect or Asus Xtion sensor. The course will be taught in the java-based Processing language using the Simple-Openni Library. The Kinect and Asus devices measure color, depth, and the Asus Xtion Live also has 2 microphones to record sound. Consider the device as a controller (mouse, keyboard, etc.) with opportunities for creating interactive works, or studies in feedback interaction. Applications include controlling any computer-generated event such as projected images, sounds, robotic devices, etc. based on the presence and movement of viewers. |
MAT
259 |
Department Chair (2013-2017) |
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A production course on techniques of 1) data mining, 2) data aggregation and 3) visualization in the java based Processing environment. Knowledge acquired include 1) how to identify and retrieve significant data from a dataset with MySQL 2) Develop skills in the fundamentals of visual language through programming 3) Visualize abstract data to reveal patterns and relationships 4) Normalize data to enhance legibility and coherence 5) Implement interactivity within 3D volumetric visualization. |
Arts 185GL |
Department Chair (2013-2017) |
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Art 185GL Optical-Digital Culture: An open studio course where each student creates an experimental project based on connecting an optical sensing device (lens/sensor/camera) to a computer and output the data in some recognizable form (screen, speakers, mechanical devices, etc.) in essence, the camera obscura of the present. |
MAT
259 |
Department Chair (2013-2017) |
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A production course on techniques of 1) data mining, 2) data aggregation and 3) visualization in the java based Processing environment. Knowledge acquired include 1) how to identify and retrieve significant data from a dataset with MySQL 2) Develop skills in the fundamentals of visual language through programming 3) Visualize abstract data to reveal patterns and relationships 4) Normalize data to enhance legibility and coherence 5) Implement interactivity within 3D volumetric visualization. |
MAT
254 |
Department Chair (2013-2017) |
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Theoretical and applied directions in arts-engineering research currently taking place in the Experimental Visualization Lab. This course introduces methods, approaches, activities, and processes of sponsored research specific to the ExpVisLab. This quarter, the focus is on arts-engineering research. |
MAT
259 |
Department Chair (2013-2017) |
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A production course in data query, analysis, processing and visualization. The course begins with MySQL data query exercises to finetune data discovery skills. It is then followed by visualization assignments in the java based Processing environment. There are 4 projects: 1) A linear frequency visualization, 2) 2D spatial map, 3) a correlation with an external data source such as the NY TImes or Amazin, and 4) a 3D interactive visualization. Every dataset contains the same scalar, numeric, time-based, semantic and other forms of metadata which allow for a multiplicity and complex modes of data correlation and representation. Our goal is to learn how to discover interesting patterns in the data, and how to visualizat it.
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254 |
Department Chair (2013-2017) |
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Theoretical and applied directions in arts-engineering research currently taking place in the Experimental Visualization Lab. This course introduces methods, approaches, activities, and processes of sponsored research specific to the ExpVisLab. This quarter, the focus is on arts-engineering research. |
MAT
265 |
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An open studio projects course in which students will define a problem, and focused on camera, laser, and any devices connected to a computer to realize visualizations and other time-based projects. Each student will plan, realize and evaluate a project of their own. The course will function in the tradition of the studio critique where students present work-in-progress, get regular feedback from faculty and course participants. Completion of course will require a project, concept statement and online documentation featured on the course website. The course will be mostly lab, individual meetings, and appx 3 work-in-progress student presentations and depending on the range of participants’ interests, lectures may be given on topics such as anamorphs, experiments in multiple exposure, spatial & virtual exploration, distance/presence, reflection and penetration (x-ray, infrared, etc.), medical (MRI, PET), and astronomy, cameras that function as sensors, recording, and vision devices. |
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MAT
259 |
Arts
102 |
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A production course in data query, analysis, processing and visualization. The course begins with MySQL data query exercises to finetune data discovery skills. It is then followed by visualization assignments in the java based Processing environment. There are 4 projects: 1) A linear frequency visualization, 2) 2D spatial map, 3) a correlation with an external data source such as the NY TImes or Amazin, and 4) a 3D interactive visualization. Every dataset contains the same scalar, numeric, time-based, semantic and other forms of metadata which allow for a multiplicity and complex modes of data correlation and representation. Our goal is to learn how to discover interesting patterns in the data, and how to visualizat it. |
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MAT
254 |
Arts
130 |
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Theoretical and applied directions in arts-engineering research currently taking place in the Experimental Visualization Lab. This course introduces methods, approaches, activities, and processes of sponsored research specific to the ExpVisLab. There are currently three research directions: 1) Seattle Public Library data visualization analysis, 2) Swarmrobotics camera, 3) James Bay Visual Ethnography Digital Cultural Atla. |
Digital Visual Culture is an upper division course that examines the impact of digital processes on visual culture. The course includes an overview of projects, methods, and resources relevant to artmaking and its reception in the visual, spatial, temporal, conceptual and cultural domains. The course will discuss the following topics: Selected literature overview; art as prototyping; systems of classification; the computational image; time-narrative; space-structure & form; digital visual design; machine culture, robotics; space-time & interactivity; numbers, systems, procedures, data space and algorithms; arts-science hybrid practices, optical computation technologies within and beyond the electromagnetic spectrum. Courseload consists of lecture attendance, weekly topic reviews, attendance at selected visiting lectures, midterm test, and final report. |
MAT
265 |
Arts
102 |
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An open studio projects course in which students will define a problem, and focused on camera, laser, and any devices connected to a computer to realize visualizations and other time-based projects. Each student will plan, realize and evaluate a project of their own. The course will function in the tradition of the studio critique where students present work-in-progress, get regular feedback from faculty and course participants. Completion of course will require a project, concept statement and online documentation featured on the course website. The course will be mostly lab, individual meetings, and appx 3 work-in-progress student presentations and depending on the range of participants’ interests, lectures may be given on topics such as anamorphs, experiments in multiple exposure, spatial & virtual exploration, distance/presence, reflection and penetration (x-ray, infrared, etc.), medical (MRI, PET), and astronomy, cameras that function as sensors, recording, and vision devices. |
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MAT
259 |
Arts
130 |
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A production course in data query, analysis, processing and visualization. The course begins with MySQL data query exercises to finetune data discovery skills. It is then followed by visualization assignments in the java based Processing environment. There are 4 projects: 1) A linear frequency visualization, 2) 2D spatial map, 3) a correlation with an external data source such as the NY TImes or Amazin, and 4) a 3D interactive visualization. Every dataset contains the same scalar, numeric, time-based, semantic and other forms of metadata which allow for a multiplicity and complex modes of data correlation and representation. Our goal is to learn how to discover interesting patterns in the data, and how to visualizat it. |
The course will discuss the following topics: Selected literature
overview; art as prototyping; systems of classification; the computational image; time-narrative;
space-structure & form; digital visual design; machine culture,
robotics; space-time & interactivity; numbers, systems, procedures,
data space and algorithms;
arts-science hybrid practices, optical computation technologies within and beyond the electromagnetic spectrum.
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MAT
265 |
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An open studio projects course in which students will define a problem, and focused on camera, laser, and any devices connected to a computer to realize visualizations and other time-based projects. Each student will plan, realize and evaluate a project of their own. The course will function in the tradition of the studio critique where students present work-in-progress, get regular feedback from faculty and course participants. Completion of course will require a project, concept statement and online documentation featured on the course website. The course will be mostly lab, individual meetings, and appx 3 work-in-progress student presentations and depending on the range of participants’ interests, lectures may be given on topics such as anamorphs, experiments in multiple exposure, spatial & virtual exploration, distance/presence, reflection and penetration (x-ray, infrared, etc.), medical (MRI, PET), and astronomy, cameras that function as sensors, recording, and vision devices. |
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MAT
259 |
Arts
102 |
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200a Art & Technology (4 units) Tues-Thurs 1:00-3:00pm, Interaction Visualization Lab 2611, Elings Hall (CNSI) |
Arts
130 |
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The course will discuss the following topics: Selected literature
overview; art as prototyping; systems of classification; the computational image; time-narrative;
space-structure & form; digital visual design; machine culture,
robotics; space-time & interactivity; numbers, systems, procedures,
data space and algorithms;
arts-science hybrid practices, optical computation technologies within and beyond the electromagnetic spectrum.
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594CP |
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Each student will plan, realize and evaluate a project of their own. The course will function in the tradition of the studio critique where students present work-in-progress, get regular feedback from faculty and course participants. Completion of course will require a project, concept statement and online documentation featured on the course website. The course will be mostly lab, individual meetings, and appx 3 work-in-progress student presentations and depending on the range of participants’ interests, lectures may be given on topics such as anamorphs, experiments in multiple exposure, spatial & virtual exploration, distance/presence, reflection and penetration (x-ray, infrared, etc.), medical (MRI, PET), and astronomy, cameras that function as sensors, recording, and vision devices. Equipment available for exploration include various XVGA resolution firewire cameras, a 3 color Prolaser ShowCube II laser, and a MT9 3D accelerometer. |
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259 |
Arts
102 |
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200a Art & Technology (4 units) Tues-Thurs 12:30-2:30pm, Interaction Visualization Lab 2611, Elings Hall (CNSI) |
Arts
130 |
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The course will discuss the following topics: Selected literature
overview; art as prototyping; systems of classification; the computational image; time-narrative;
space-structure & form; digital visual design; machine culture,
robotics; space-time & interactivity; numbers, systems, procedures,
data space and algorithms; bio-genetics, self-organizing systems;
arts-science hybrid practices.
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594CP |
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Each student will plan, realize and evaluate a project of their own. The course will function in the tradition of the studio critique where students present work-in-progress, get regular feedback from faculty and course participants. Completion of course will require a project, concept statement and project featured on the course website. The course will be mostly lab, individual meetings, and appx 3 work-in-progress student presentations and depending on the range of participants’ interests, lectures may be given on topics such as anamorphs, experiments in multiple exposure, spatial & virtual exploration, distance/presence, reflection and penetration (x-ray, infrared, etc.), medical (MRI, PET), and astronomy, cameras that function as sensors, recording, and vision devices. Equipment available for exploration include various XVGA resolution firewire cameras, a 3 color Prolaser ShowCube II laser, and a MT9 3D accelerometer. |
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259 |
Arts
102 |
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200a Art & Technology (4 units) Tues-Thurs 12:30-2:30pm, Interaction Visualization Lab 2611, Elings Hall (CNSI) |
Arts
130 |
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The course will discuss the following topics: Selected literature
overview; art as prototyping; systems of classification; 1960's
Experiments in Arts & Technology; the computational image; time-narrative;
space-structure & form; digital visual design; machine culture,
robotics; space-time & interactivity; numbers, systems, procedures,
data space and algorithms; bio-genetics, self-organizing systems;
arts-science hybrid practices.
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594 Experimental Projects in Optical-Computational Processes Tuesday 10am-12pm, Thursday 10am-12pm - Estudio |
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| MAT 256 Visual Design Through Algorithms: Explorations in Visual Perception (4 units) Profs. Jerry Gibson, George Legrady Tuesday 1-2pm, Thursday 12-3pm - Estudio |
MAT
259 |
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200a Art & Technology (4 units) Tues-Thurs 1-3pm, Interaction Visualization Lab 2611, Elings Hall (CNSI) |
Arts
130 |
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The course will discuss the following topics: Selected literature
overview; art as prototyping; 1960's Experiments in Arts & Technology;
the computational image; time-narrative; space-structure & form;
digital visual design; machine culture, robotics; space-time &
interactivity; numbers, systems, procedures, data space and algorithms;
bio-genetics, self-organizing systems; arts-science hybrid practices.
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| MAT 256 Visual Design Through Algorithms: Explorations in Visual Perception (4 units) Profs. Jerry Gibson, George Legrady Tuesday 1-2pm, Thursday 12-3pm - Estudio |
MAT
259 |
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200a Art & Technology (4 units) Thur 1-3pm, Friday 1-3pm - Estudio |
Art
130 |
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| MAT 256 Visual Design Through Algorithms: Explorations in Visual Perception (4 units) Profs. Jerry Gibson, George Legrady Tuesday 1-2pm, Thursday 12-3pm - Estudio |
MAT
259 |
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| MAT 594GL Tutorial (4 units) Scheduled Meetings, Art Dept, Rm 2222 |
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| MAT 200a Media Art & Technology (4 units) Thur 1-3pm - E-studio, Art Dept, Rm 2220 Fri 1-3pm - E-studio, or Eng Conference Room |
ARTS
102 |
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| MAT 256 Visual Design Through Algorithms: Explorations in Visual Perception (4 units) Profs. Jerry Gibson, George Legrady Tuesday 1-2pm, Thursday 12-3pm - Estudio |
ARTS
22 |
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Prerequisites: Art Studio 1A, 4D recommended;
open to non-majors. May be repeated for credit to maximum of 8 units.
Letter grade required for majors.
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200A Art & Technology Monday 5-7pm - HSSB 1174 Wednesday 5-7pm - Estudio |
ARTS 185GL Advanced Tutorial(4 units) Monday 5-7pm - HSSB 1174 Wednesday 3-7pm - Estudio |
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Prerequisites: Arts 22, Arts102 or Arts122, and consent of the instructor. An upper division tutorial course for advanced students wanting to undertake individual research and production within the context of a graduate level discourse. |
| ARTS 1A Digital Media Discipline Overview |
ART & MAT COURSES Legrady Mixed Resources |
| MAT 594L Research Tutorial(4 units) Individual schedule |
ARTS
102 |
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The conditions for completion of the course are as follows: |
In the conventional relationship between signal and noise , engineers normally aim to minimize noise (unwanted or unplanned information) to purify the signal (planned and ordered information). The goal of this semester's research and work will be to collect data, examine, extract and synthesize meaning out of noise and create projects using noise. Students' work will include research, data collecting, and projects based on topics covered in the lectures. Material presented to the class will begin with a historical review with Russolo's "art of noise" (Futurism 1920’s,) Pierre Schaeffer's "musique concrete" (radio era 1950's), vacuum cleaner sounds; expressions of noise in nature and art throughout the 20th and 21st Century: Futurism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, surveillance image processing algorithms, (1960's), weather patterns (chaos theory), genomics, streaming online data, etc. Basic technical examples will cover Brownian motion, Gaussian distribution, random walks, an overview of Claude Shannon's Information Theory (redundancy, entropy, channel). |
| MAT 594 Visual Design Through Algorithms: Visual Explorations of Physical Processes (4 units) Profs. Jerry Gibson, George Legrady Tuesday 1-2pm, Thursday 12-3pm - Estudio |
ARTS
122 |
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An undergraduate art course focused on the aesthetics of algorithmic visualization. Students will be given an overview of designing still and time-based visualizations through writing basic computer scripts and resulting in large scale prints or digital video. Topics addressed through weekly lectures, readings, and demos will consider algorithms as a tool for producing visualization: Information Theory’s noise and signal, aesthetics based on the executable code, and the influence of the conceptual art movement of the 1960s. Writing computer code will be the basic production tool. A knowledge of coputer programming is definitely useful but not necessary as the basics will be covered. |
| MAT 253 NavigatingInformation Space Monday 5-7pm, Wednesday 5-7pm - Estudio |
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200A Art & Technology Monday 5-7pm - HSSB 1174 Wednesday 5-7pm - Estudio |
ARTS
22 Conceptual Strategies in Digital Media (4 units) Tuesdays 6:30-8:20 pm, HSSB-1173 |
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Prerequisites: Art Studio 1A, 4D recommended; open to non-majors. May be repeated for credit to maximum of 8 units. Letter grade required for majors. Lower Division lecture class, taught at the practical level in section by Teaching Assistants. This is the introductory course to digital media processes where students are introduced to conceptual, cultural, technical, theoretical issues and methodologies addressing the production of 2D based digital media projects. Topics addressed include interface design, data classification, information systems, chance, noise, and mapping. Students are introduced to Photoshop, and html to realize the assignments. |
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251 Motion Sensing Interactive Installation Design Monday 5-9pm - estudio |
ARTS
22 Conceptual Strategies in Digital Media (4 units) Tuesdays 6:30-8:20 pm, HSSB-1173 |
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Prerequisites: Art Studio 1A, 4D recommended; open to non-majors. May be repeated for credit to maximum of 8 units. Letter grade required for majors. Lower Division lecture class, taught at the practical level in section by Teaching Assistants. This is the introductory course to digital media processes where students are introduced to conceptual, cultural, technical, theoretical issues and methodologies addressing the production of 2D based digital media projects. Topics addressed include interface design, data classification, information systems, chance, noise, and mapping. Students are introduced to Photoshop, and html to realize the assignments. |
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251 Projects in Camera Controls as Interface in Real and Virtual Spaces Monday 5-7pm - estudio |
ARTS
22 Conceptual Strategies in Digital Media (4 units) Lecture Thursdays 6-8pm |
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MAT 251 is a self-directed project based course where each student will be responsible for defining all aspects of their project's goals, production and realization. The projects can address any topic of individual interest and any production goals from pure technical solutions to applied or creative work as long as it integrates camera vision, the issue of interface and digital technology. The expectation is that students will be conversant or acquire the necessary technical skills to realize a working project or tangible product such as a software, a prototype, or an artwork. Interdisciplinary team-based work is encouraged as the function of the course is to provide a forum for concept development, solution methods, information exchange and project realization. |
Prerequisites: Art Studio 1A, 4D recommended; open to non-majors. May be repeated for credit to maximum of 8 units. Letter grade required for majors. Lower Division lecture class, taught at the practical level in section by Teaching Assistants. This is the introductory course to digital media processes where students are introduced to conceptual, cultural, technical, theoretical issues and methodologies addressing the production of 2D based digital media projects. Topics addressed include interface design, data classification, information systems, chance, noise, and mapping. Students are introduced to Photoshop, and html to realize the assignments. |
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200A Art & Technology Monday 5-7pm - HSSB 1174 Wednesday 5-7pm - Estudio |
ARTS
122 Advanced Projects in Interactive Media Monday and Wednesday 1 to 3:30pm, Kerr Hall, estudio |
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This survey course provides an overview of developments in digital media practice of the last two decades with an emphasis on the intersection of art practice and innovative technological research as it relates to visual and spatial arts. The seminar will incorporate the Digital Media Lecture Series consisting of regular lectures by visiting digital media practitioners and theorists. |
An advanced studio course in interface design and interactivity. The course will address issues and concepts of interface design with a special focus on metaphoric visualization at the nanolevel and motion sensing interactivity. Students will be introduced to the topic of nanotechnology and camera motion sensing using the Trackthemcolors Xtra conjunction with the Lingo scripting language in the Macromedia Director environment. Familiarity with Macromedia Director and Lingo scripting language is a prerequisite. |
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251 Camera Controls as Interface in Real and Virtual Spaces |
Phelps Hall 1517 (G4 lab) - ARTS 2222 (Estudio) Monday 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. |
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Information design and interactive media installation production are brought together in this course through the implementation of camera motion sensing as a means of controlling data selection of images and sounds. Students will work in small teams to design and implement a project of their own which will explore how to create information selection beyond the convention of the keyboard and mouse.In addition to the technical introduction, the course will closely look at the meaning of interactivity, interaction design, and the planning of the dramaturgy for human-computer feedback interaction, taking into consideration the perceptual and social dynamics of audience location and movement. |
of interactivity in installations and take into consideration the social dynamics of audience movement and public space. Students will conceptualize and produce a project while learning the technical skills. The task will be to create a work that will be "event" based and successfully integrate sound, text, image with the sensing of movement, or behavior of people in a public space. |
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194 Human Space Tool user interface design methodology |
Phelps Hall 1517 (G4 lab) - ARTS 2222 (Estudio) Tues-Thurs 12:00 pm to 2:50 pm |
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Human Space Tool, user face design methodology will be team taught by Professor George Legrady and visiting professor of design Martin Grothmaak, Projekttriangle, Stuttgart. This course will focus on the acquisition of conceptual, design and practical skills necessary for the development of an innovative and professional digital user-interface design.The course will consist of two components: PART 1 - A study about user interface design with an emphasis on the following issues: what is user interface design? |
what is user-ergonomy? what are the social aspects of web interaction? what is information architecture? what are the main basic parameters of information design?Some methods will be introduced by which to visualize abstract dynamic processes, define orientation, navigation, workflow, "dramaturgie", aesthetics, and visualization models. These will be discussed through examples and research projects. PART 2 - It will involve the creation of teams who will apply the learned methodologies and techniques to create a redesign of two existing campus web sites. |
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200A Survey of Art and Technology ARTS 2222 (Estudio) Tues-Thurs 10:00 a.m. to 11:50 p.m. |
ARTS 122 Advanced Topics in Digital Media Phelps Hall 1517 (G4 lab) Tues-Thurs 2:00pm to 4:50pm |
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This survey course provides an overview of developments in digital media practice of the last two decades with an emphasis on the intersection of art practice and innovative technological research as it relates to visual and spatial arts. |
A production course in interactive media with a conceptual approach to the structuring of information. Digital environments require metaphor based models by which they become meaningful to the user. Relevant topics specific to the course such as metaphor, multi-linearity, Peirce’s semiotics (signs), Shannon’s Information theory, narrative strategies, plot development through layering fragmentation, mapping, icons/logos, and the shift in meaning that takes place through time, will be covered through lecture and visual presentations. |
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203 The Intersection of Art, Technology and Culture ARTS 2222 (E-Studio) Tues-Thurs 10:00 am to 12:00 pm |
ARTS 122 Advanced Topics in Digital Media Phelps Hall 1517 (G4 lab) Tues-Thurs 2:00pm to 4:50pm |
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A seminar that reviews current issues, methods, questions related to how art practice, and visual culture intersect with technology and culture, with special attention to convergences and differences between the various related industries. The seminar will begin with two texts that address the process of artistic practice and its transition from personal experience to its integration into the discipline's discourse. In addition to the readings, weekly presentations will be given on time based interactive art and other relevant works to the topics at hand. Student workload consists of participation, regular presentation of the readings, a brief report in HTML of each presented readings and a student defined final project to come out of the topics covered in discussions. |
Multimedia production with a focus on strategies of narrative for fine arts studio work. Production work to explore the organization and visualization of information expressed through complex, multi-linear structures. Emphasis is on innovative ways by which to conceptualize, design and create interactive media that go beyond the conventions of commercial productions. Students will be expected to demonstrate skills in three areas: creativity and conceptual thinking, interface design, and technical skills in production and Macromedia Director's Lingo programming language. |