Gears & Gadgets Online - Interactivity for Artists
Gears & Gadgets Online – Interactivity for Artists, is an introduction to the fundamental concepts and skill sets needed to create your own kinetic and interactive objects. Students will be instructed in the basics of programming for microcontrollers, making and understanding DC circuits, basic 3D modeling, lightweight construction with at-home materials and the foundational principles of functional mechanics. The class focuses on dialogue, hands-on problem solving and equipping the students with practical knowledge that enables them to work safely in a variety of electronic media. Students will be presented with a variety of artist’s work in the field, and are encouraged to experiment, express and invent new ways of modeling their artistic ideas in this unique vocabulary.
