2005F


MAT200A Art & Technology



CNSI Mural: A Kinetic Experience
Vision & Kinetic Experience Focus Points . Providing a visual experience that leaves a trace (Moholy-Nagy)
. Driving By: Space-Time Transition like a Film : Initial-Central-Exit
. What are our references?
Definitions
  

. Kinesis: Movement or activity of an organism in response to a stimulus such as light
. Kinetic: Of, relating to, or produced by motion
. 2 forms: 1) Freezing motion (photograph) 2) Creating motion
. Kino – Cinema (the illusion of movement
. kinesthesis: the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body

Kinetic Art & History
(freezing time)

. Etienne-Jules Marey
. Edward Muybridge
. Marcel Duchamp (Nude Descending a Staircase)
. Naum Gabo
. Harold Edgerton
Illusion of Motion & Space (Special Effects)
  



Vantage Point/Perspective
  

. Van Eyck Arnofilni (Mirror positions viewer)
. Holbein’s Ambassadors (multiple perspective)
. Velasquez’ Las Meninas (Implicating the viewer)
. Blade Runner
Optical/Perceptual
  

. Interface between the optical and mechanical/technical
. Optical/physical/spatial
. Julesz 3D

Architectural Design
  

No-stop-city
Archiguide
Herzog de meuron [Stadium]
Koolhaas IIT
Greg Lynn


Schedule
  

October 7: Basic concept
October 14: Presentation of Basic Concept
October 21: Formal Presentation
October 28: Popssible Redesign