Computational Art and Design

Important links #

Content #

This course introduces creative coding not just as a tool but also as a creative medium in itself. The course consists of joint lectures for all students and additional excercise groups that students choose based on their previous experience, skill level, and interests.

Topics covered in the course:

Historical and contemporary examples of computational art and design
The role of computation in interactive, generative, and immersive artworks
Fundamental computational thinking
Data types and structures
Flow control statements (loops, conditional execution)
Basics of object-oriented programming
Best practices (commenting, formatting, structuring)

Learning Outcomes #

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Apply their technical knowledge and skills in computational art and design to create artworks, experiences, services, tools, and other creative productions.
Apply basic programming concepts and techniques, such as variables, functions, flow control, comments, types, objects and arrays.
Describe, discuss, and demonstrate uses of code as a creative medium.

Schedule | Autumn 2022 #

Period I #

Week 1 | Introduction #

TIME	MON 05/09	TUE 06/09	WED 07/09	THU 08/09	FRI 09/09
09:15–12:00				Drawing with Code	Animating with Code
12:00–13:00	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕
13:15–15:00
15:15–17:00	Lecture: Introduction

Week 2 | If This Then That #

TIME	MON 12/09	TUE 13/09	WED 14/09	THU 15/09	FRI 16/09
09:15–12:00				Conditional Statements	Conditional Statements
12:00–13:00	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕
13:15–15:00
15:15–17:00	Lecture: History of programming

Week 3 | Loops & Arrays #

TIME	MON 19/09	TUE 20/09	WED 21/09	THU 22/09	FRI 23/09
09:15–12:00				Loops	Arrays
12:00–13:00	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕
13:15–15:00
15:15–17:00	Lecture: Interactive art

Week 4 | Working with Media #

TIME	MON 26/09	TUE 27/09	WED 28/09	THU 29/09	FRI 30/09
09:15–12:00				Working with Media	Sound Visualizations
12:00–13:00	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕
13:15–15:00
15:15–17:00	Lecture: Generative art and design

Week 5 | Functions #

TIME	MON 03/10	TUE 04/10	WED 05/10	THU 06/10	FRI 07/10
09:15–12:00				Functions	Functions
12:00–13:00	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕
13:15–15:00
15:15–17:00	Lecture: Hard and soft ware

Week 6 | Objects & Classes #

TIME	MON 10/10	TUE 11/10	WED 12/10	THU 13/10	FRI 14/10
09:15–12:00				Objects & Classes	Objects & Classes
12:00–13:00	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕
13:15–15:00
15:15–17:00	Lecture: AI/Machine Learning in Art and Media

Week 7 (Workshop week) #

TIME	MON 17/10	TUE 18/10	WED 19/10	THU 20/10	FRI 21/10
09:15–12:00
12:00–13:00	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕
13:15–15:00
15:15–17:00

Period II #

Week 8 #

TIME	MON 24/10	TUE 25/10	WED 26/10	THU 27/10	FRI 28/10
09:15–12:00				Advanced Animation	DOM Elements
12:00–13:00	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕
13:15–15:00
15:15–17:00

Week 9 #

TIME	MON 31/10	TUE 01/11	WED 02/11	THU 03/11	FRI 04/11
09:15–12:00				Working with Data	Working with Data \| FFT
12:00–13:00	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕
13:15–15:00
15:15–17:00

Week 10 #

TIME	MON 07/11	TUE 08/11	WED 09/11	THU 10/11	FRI 11/11
09:15–12:00				Introduction to other creative coding environments: Processing	Introduction to other creative coding environments: TouchDesigner, Project Proposals Deadline
12:00–13:00	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕
13:15–15:00
15:15–17:00

Week 11 #

TIME	MON 14/11	TUE 15/11	WED 16/11	THU 17/11	FRI 18/11
09:15–12:00				Working with Hardware (serial, OSC)	Machine learning with ml5.js
12:00–13:00	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕
13:15–15:00
15:15–17:00

Week 12 #

TIME	MON 21/11	TUE 22/11	WED 23/11	THU 24/11	FRI 25/11
09:15–12:00				3D \| Project Work and Tutoring	Project Work and Tutoring
12:00–13:00	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕
13:15–15:00
15:15–17:00

Week 13 #

TIME	MON 28/11	TUE 29/11	WED 30/11	THU 01/12	FRI 02/12
09:15–12:00				Project Work and Tutoring	Project Work and Tutoring
12:00–13:00	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕
13:15–15:00
15:15–17:00	Lecture: AI/ML & Art

Week 14 (Workshop Week) #

TIME	MON 05/12	TUE 06/12	WED 07/12	THU 08/12	FRI 09/12
09:15–12:00
12:00–13:00	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕	🥗🍜🍱🍝🍕
13:15–15:00
15:15–17:00