Course Name: Organic Form

This course was was erroneously postered/listed as 'mas964', it is MAS961.

Description:

This course will examine the nature of symbolic descriptions that are creatively coerced into representations that react to both internal changes in state and external changes in environment. The primary focus will be on developing the basic vocabulary of constructs that govern symbolic media, together with exploration of the phenomena that emerge from their combination.

Limited Enrollment.

Units: 3-0-9 Graduate Course

Where: E15-054

When: MF 10-11:30AM

Reading List:

Maeda, J. Design By Numbers. MIT Press, 1999. (optional)
Burnham, J. Beyond Modern Sculpture. George Brazilier, 1965. (optional)
Popper, F. Art of the Electronic Age. Abrams, 1994. (optional)
Moholy-Nagy, L. Vision In Motion. Theobald, 1947. (optional)

Grading:

30% Class participation + 40% Homework + 10% Midterm portfolio + 20% Exhibition

Statement:

This course meets twice a week with regular, weekly problem set assignments. Prior knowledge of some programming language is useful and recommended.

Syllabus:

  9.10 F
Orientation/PS1 handed out.
     
9.13M
PS1 due/PS2 handed out.
9.17F
PS2 due/PS3 handed out.
  11.1M
Portfolio (PS6) cont./PS7 handed out
11.5F
Python cont.
9.20M
Paper Studio/Focus crit
9.24F
PS3 due/PS4 handed out.
  11.8M
PS7 due/PS8 handed out.
11.12F
Lecture
9.27M
Paper Studio/Focus crit
10.1F
Guest (TBA)
  11.15M
PS8 due.

11.19F
Exhiition Prep/Final Exhibit out (PS9)

10.4M
PS4 due/PS5 handed out.

10.8F (ADD DATE)
Paper Studio/Focus crit

  11.22M
Exhibition Prep.

11.26F
Thanksgiving

10.11M
Holiday: Columbus Day
10.15F
PS5 due/Portfolio A spec handed out.
 

11.29M
PS9 due/Exhibition coordinate

12.3F
Exhibition coordinate
10.18M
TBA (DL?)
10.22F
Sensables
  12.6M
Exhibition work due
12.7 or 8
EXHIBITION
10.25M
Consortium (NIF)

10.29F
Portfolio (PS6 due).