So, I'm trying out a class notes blogging idea, dropping my class notes into my blog from the VYM app. See below for my notes from Major Studio: Interface on October 30, 2006.
homework
Alan Kaprow New Media Reader
visual dictionaries
lobby
groups
guard
visitors
conversation
Q&A
boring
solution
Q&A Game -- less boring
joker card
never know what the guard will ask
elevator
sissy fight
social status at risk
boy and girl cards on bench
cutest abortion ever
great illustrations/backgrounds
conversation between cop and pedestrian
use of picture cards
StarBucks
DVD interface--pretty cool!
7 scenarios
presentation/performance
four seasons fountain
choose your own adventure cards
four choices on the back to match responses
really excellent system
made the guard mime his actions
color coded
Myron Krueger
artmuseum.net google Krueger
CTP
discussing
Xtreme computing
technical production becomes a discussion
Is it Art?
Is there an artist?
Rule-based art
Artist is the architect of the system
How do I get paid?
Traditional art
changes with context
changes with time
response is the medium
what does it mean to have responsiveness be the actual medium
what does it mean to get a specific reaction out of people?