{"id":588,"date":"2025-12-15T12:33:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T17:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mosher.art\/studentwork\/?p=588"},"modified":"2025-12-08T12:41:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T17:41:30","slug":"media-aesthetics-final-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mosher.art\/studentwork\/university-of-central-florida\/media-aesthetics-final-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Aesthetics Final Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the second half of the semester you will be working on a creative project of your own design. &nbsp;This can be an art installation or other media based design work. &nbsp;We will have at least one concept critique and one work in progress critique for this project, as well as a final critique. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have a bunch of new tech to work with, all of which you can check out form the Maker Space.&nbsp; However, you should be prepared to invest in any materials, tools, and supplies you need to complete this project.&nbsp; You will also need to submit your project to at least one public call for exhibition \/ conference, which may involve some writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scope of this work is broad, but should incorporate: &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Work should engage the \u201cviewer\/user\u201d through participation \/ interaction.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Work should include sensed data from the &#8220;viewer\/user&#8221; (motion, vocalizations, gesture, touch, etc) as input and respond with dynamic visual, audio, and\/or motion output.\u00a0 This input must be more compelling than a mouse and keyboard or a standard game controller.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Work should evolve or change over time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Computation elements of the work should be written in P5JS, Max, and\/or Arduino.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Work should include custom built physical components and\/or environments (think beyond strictly screen based systems).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Work should fit in the genre of New\/Interative Media.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Work should related to your own research\/creative practice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You may work individually or in pairs on this project, but my expectations of group efforts are significantly higher. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It may be helpful at an early stage to determine for yourself whether you will approach this project as a design assignment or an art assignment.&nbsp; We could spend all day discussing the differences, but in brief:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A design project is made specifically for other people, typically to address a problem they are having.\u00a0 You need to know who those people are and the challenge they are facing to be able to design for them.\u00a0 A design may evoke emotions in its users, but it is not a requirement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An art project may have a target audience as well, but it is not required.\u00a0 It must either express the emotions and thoughts of its creator and\/or evoke emotions in its participants. You need to know the emotions you want to express\/evoke.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Each project must address one of the following prompts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Generative Art:<\/strong> How might you create a system that can generate it&#8217;s own artworks \/ designs?\u00a0 Can you train\/write the system to curate its output?\u00a0 What is the meaning of these designs?\u00a0 Can you shape that meaning by incorporating the use of a data set (see data.gov)?\u00a0 How does your system address materiality?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Media Installations: <\/strong>How might you computationally transform a person&#8217;s sense of place by dynamically altering a room? How might you activate other senses beyond sight?\u00a0 How does a location based experience change based on the number of people present?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Craft:<\/strong> How would you define computational craft? 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