Midterm Assignment

-Using the principles of Objet Oriented Programming we have covered so far (variables, conditionals, loops, functions, classes) you will engage in a 2 part process in which you will make your own interactive, screen based artwork. Your sketch needs to contain at least 2 objects (they can be from the same class) that behave independently from one another. Taking into consideration responsiveness, accessibility, and aesthetics there should be some form of interaction for your audience. This could be through keypresses, mouse movements, GUUI objects, etc.

  • Part 1 : due on Feb 23 For this part of the project, you create a sketch that has the basic framework of your piece. Post it to the openProcessing class page under Midterm Part I. You should be using a class in your sketch. Though it doesn’t have to be interactive at this point in time, it might be helpful to experiment. This sketch should provide some general indication of what you’re going for in terms of color, composition and form. In addition, you are expected to write up a description of your project on the blog. This write up should include the following information :
    • What you expect to achieve over the 2 weeks of this process. This is a description of what the final piece will look like, how people will interact with it, the colors you expect to use, and the overall composition of the piece.
    • What skills you will use to realize this
    • What skills you need to learn to realize this
    •  What places you have drawn inspiration from. Include images, video, audio, text, whatever it is
  • Part 2 : due on March 2
    • Complete the assignment, expanding on your previous work. Add in additional classes and objects as needed. Expand on the interaction. For this part, you will want to spend a lot of time on refining interactions, how it looks and behaves.
    • Write up a blog post that reflects on what was successful for you and what was not successful for you in realizing this work. Where did you achieve your goals as stated in the original proposal, where did you come up short? What would you do differently?
    • You will give a presentation on your work to the class. In your presentation, show your 2 sketches, and discuss what you wanted to achieve, and what you did achieve. As a class, we will provide feedback on your work. There will be about 10 minutes per person per presentation. You don’t need to have slides, but it may be helpful in organizing your thoughts.

Inspirations

If you’re looking for inspiration fore this project, I suggest looking through the following sites :

  • Recode project
  • Solving Sol
  • Generative Design (the book’s site is currently offline, but should be back online soon) There’s a copy in Dibner Library too.
  • Interaction of Color by Josef Albers (multiple copies in Bobst)
  • The article you read last week from Florian Cramer has a number of artworks referenced

Resources