schedule subject to change
In Class: Course Introduction, set up Google Drive folders, discuss Learning Record, preview Albers reading
Read: Anni Albers, "Work With Material"
In Class: Discuss Learning Record, Zine-making workshop led by Prof. Sayre, Director of Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH)
In Class: LRO discussion, log book discussion, Albers discussion, zine-making workshop (continued)
Read: Keller Easterling, "Medium Design"
In Class: Discuss Easterling, zine-making workshop (continued)
LEARNING RECORD INTERVIEW DUE BY 5:00PM
Read: John Cage, Foreword to Silence; Kenneth Goldsmith, "Why Conceptual Writing? Why Now?"
In Class: John Cage performance workshop
Listen: Harry Mathews, General introduction to Oulipo in 15 minutes [content warning - mention of suicide]
In Class: Oulipo constrained-writing workshop
Read: Sol Lewitt, "Paragraphs on Conceptual Art"
In Class: Sol Lewitt workshop
Read: Salter and Moulthrop, excerpt from Twining
In Class: Twine workshop
In Class: Twine workshop
In Class: Twine workshop
Read: Kate Compton and Michael Mateas, "Tracery: An Author-Focused Generative Text Tool"
In Class: Tracery workshop
In Class: Tracery workshop
In Class: Learning Record workshop
NO CLASS - PROF. BROWN AT A CONFERENCE
MIDTERM LEARNING RECORD DUE BY 5:00PM
Read: Weizenbaum, "Computer Power and Human Reason" (excerpt)
In Class: ELIZA chatbot workshop
Read: Chiang, "ChatGPT is a Blurry JPEG of the Web"
In Class: ChatGPT workshop
Read: McCloud, excerpt from Making Comics
In Class: Comics workshop
In Class: Comics workshop
Read: Gertz and Di Justo, excerpt from Environmental Monitoring with Arduino
In Class: Arduino workshop
In class: Arduino workshop
In class: Project proposal workshop
In class: Project proposal workshop and informal presentations
In class: Open workshop
In class: Open Workshop
In class: Slide presentations workshop/Open workshop
In class: Student presentations
In class: Student presentations
In class: Learning Record Workshop
FINAL LEARNING RECORD DUE BY 11:00AM