12-22 Feb schedule :: weeks 5-6

12/13 February
in class: quiz on audio, digital, and mac osx basics (see studysheet below)
LAB: Lynda.com tutorials: introduction, opening/closing documents, about the document, interface and palette tour, undo and history

14/15 February :: no class, FHT at College Art Association meeting
LAB: in lieu of class, you must COMPLETE these Lynda.com tutorials:
Resizing, Cropping and Rotating, Image Adjustments, Saving Your Files, Selections, Layers
HW: post to your blog about Dada. Explore the following website from the National Gallery of Art. Read all 10 descriptions of the 10 art TECHNIQUES used by Dada artists:
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2006/dada/techniques/
Then, choose an artist from list in the BIOGRAPHIES section of the site. Discuss how she or he used the techniques by analyzing at least 2 of his/her pieces. Use the site to zoom in on the images for more detail. Some of the examples also have audio descriptions that will give you more insight about the work. I will be grading these while I'm away so make sure you have posted by your class time otherwise they will be considered LATE.

19/20 Feb
-HW: Read imaging info, pg 2-17 (until figure 13) of this PDF. Write the answers for the review questions 1-20 that are listed in the back of the chapter: I WILL COLLECT THIS. Associated tutorial exercises are not required, but may be helpful to you. Find them here: "Chapter 2: Fundamentals of Digital Imaging"
-in-class: Finish the tutorials and be prepared to discuss the Dada art and techniques that you blogged about last week
-intro to exercise + project 1

21/22 Feb
-HW: each of you will demonstrate a Photoshop technique to the class
1-gradients: Cassie, Winnie
2-brush tool: Gina, Merry
3-clone stamp: Tom, Anne
4-lasso + magnetic lasso: Teresa, Marc
5-quick mask: Emily, Alice
6-eraser + erase to history: Ashley, Shinae
7-healing brush + patch: Elizabeth, Rachel
8- sharpen + smudge + magic wand: Casey, Mike
9-dodge, burn, paint bucket: Alexis, Carly

schedule for 24/25 Jan - 7/8 Feb

W/Th 24/25 Jan
-Bart Simpson audacity tutorial due. Unless you are working from home on a PC you can skip the part about installing the program.
-blog about one of the sound art projects listed above, under "sound art links"
-in-class: intro to audio principles slide show and digital basics, continued

M/Tu 29/30 Jan
Mon. Jan. 29, 4:30 pm LIBRARY 321 - Lance Winn: drawing, robotics, sculpture
exercise 1 due: an audio re-mix using 3 samples from The Freesound Project. You will need an account to download the audio files. Requirements: You may only use .WAV or .AIFF files - no MP3s. Final mix-down will be at least 30 seconds long, with at least 2 tracks of audio. Bring your WAV/AIFF file and the original 3 files to class saved to your flash drive. The attribution aspect of the Creative Commons license requires you to give credit to the original authors, so you will need the names of the users who provided the files for your project. The easiest way to keep track is to make sure that you don't re-name the files you download from Freesound.

W/Th 31 Jan/1 Feb
-writen concept summary + proposal for audio project due - post this to your blog
-Lynda.com tutorial fee due

M/Tu 5/6 Feb
- Gather sounds for your project. Equipment may be checked out from Media Services for recording.
- Post to your blog about the Janet Cardiff radio interview (#1 below) and respond to how she uses the three-level spatial structure in her piece (#2 below). This is described on the class handout. Do not multitask while you do this. Treat it as if you are studying an essay. Folding your socks is possible, but trying to write email or do other homework while you listen is not OK.
-in class: discussion about Janet Cardiff & studio time to work on projects
1- radio piece about Janet Cardiff
2-her project for Whitechapel Gallery in London

W/Th 7/8 FEBRUARY
final audio project due (see post with project description)