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Housekeeping

Adds/Drops

  • Currently we are full with 7 people waitlisted.
  • We have __ workstations. Anyone adding over that amount will have to have a laptop with Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver & Flash version CS4 installed, and willingness to find space in odd places
  • Last Day to Add/Drop or change grade type: Wednesday, February 17th

Who's In...

  • If you're in my roll-call today, you're in.
  • If you didn't hear your name, and you think you're enrolled, give me your name now and see me after class.
  • If you're on the Wait List roll call, stick around after class.

How We Do Role

After Today: Don't forget to sign in!

  • Sign in with your initials by start of class
  • Failing to sign in means an absence from class!

Getting To Know You, Part I

Fill In The Index Card

  • Last name, first if you want to…
  • Make it bold!

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This Is Where It's At

  • I guess I'm a control freak…

Overview

Let's Look Over The Overview

aka
"The Syllabus"

It's here

Getting To Know You

Photo Time

  • A Simple photograph of you please, holding up your card
  • You are in no way obligated to have your photo taken, it's only for me to remember who you are come final grading time.

Let's Talk Ergonomics

From The US Department of Labor's eTool

Good Working Positions

  • Hands, wrists, and forearms are straight, in-line and roughly parallel to the floor.
  • Head is level, or bent slightly forward, forward facing, and balanced. Generally it is in-line with the torso.
  • Shoulders are relaxed and upper arms hang normally at the side of the body.
  • Elbows stay in close to the body and are bent between 90 and 120 degrees.
  • Feet are fully supported by the floor or a footrest may be used if the desk height is not adjustable.
  • Back is fully supported with appropriate lumbar support when sitting vertical or leaning back slightly.
  • Thighs and hips are supported by a well-padded seat and generally parallel to the floor.
  • Knees are about the same height as the hips with the feet slightly forward.

Break

The History Of Computer Art, Part I

Computer Art:
A Definition

Any artwork that uses a computer as a primary means of implementing its expression

The Pioneer Years:
1956 - 1969

1956

  • Ben Laposky's Oscillons
    • The Oscilloscope as an analog computer
  • Herber Franke's First Experiments
    • A Theoretical Physicist
    • Also on an Oscilloscope

1957

  • First Image Processed Photo at the National Bureau of Standards
    • By Russell Kircsh, who invented the photo scanner and the first image processing software

1958

  • John Whitney Sr. uses analog computer to make art animation

1963

  • The first computer art competition, sponsored by the US Journal of Computers & Automation
  • Sketchpad, program for computer graphics, by Ivan Sutherland
  • First computer generated film by Edward Zajac at Bell Labs

1964

  • Poem Field by Beat Poet Stan Vanderbeek and computer scientist Ken Knowlton from Bell Labs
    • Eight animation written in "Belflix"

1965

  • First computer art exhibition at Technische Hochschule, Stuttgart
  • First US computer art exhibition at Howard Wise Gallery, NY, NY,
    awarded to:
  • Bela Jules, scientist
  • Michael Noll

1966

  • IBM awards Artist-In-Residence to John Whitney

1967

  • Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.) started in NY by a group of artists and scientists from Bell Labs
  • The above video features Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage, Deborah Hayes, David Tudor, Robert Whitman, and Oyvind Fhalstrom

1968

  • Cybernetic Serendipity: The Computer and Arts exhibition at Institute of Contemporary Art, London
  • Csuri’s Hummingbird purchased by the Museum of Modern Art for permanent collection
  • Other shows…

1969

  • SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group for GRAPHics) formed by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
  • Other Organizations

1970

The Momentum Has Started…