Week 1
Introduction
Course outline review
Links
The Future of
Art, KS12 collective
Hans
Rosling, TED 2006
House of
Cards, Radiohead music video
Forever by
Universal Everything at the V&A Museum
Data Portrait assignment
Portrait1. a likeness of a person, especially of the face, as a painting, drawing, or photograph: a gallery of family portraits.
Data
1. Facts and statistics collected together for reference or
analysis
2. The quantities, characters, or symbols on which operations
are performed by a computer, being stored and transmitted in the
form of electrical signals and recorded on magnetic, optical, or
mechanical recording media
3. Things known or assumed as facts, making the basis of
reasoning or calculation
For this assignment, you will create an unusual portrait of
someone
using data. You could also do a self-portrait. Think about how
data
about someone can also tell a story about who they are. Use this
data
to create your portrait. You can use any medium or technology
you like.
Post the results on your class webpage, along with a short
explanation. (200-250 words)
Ayca
Akin - Dear Diary
grocerylists.org/
Mycrocosm
This assignment is worth 10% of your final
grade. You will be assessed mostly on the quality of your
concept (appropriate use of data, is your piece a portrait, etc.), as
supported by your execution/implementation and written
explanation. The standard
Ryerson grading scale will be used to assign your grade
(eg: excellent: 8-10, good 7-8, satisfactory 6-7, marginal 5-6)
Other Class Business
Update your class webpage. Send me a 64x64 pixel JPEG
photo/thumbnail of yourself before next week.
Please name your photos like this: lastname.jpg.
Make sure the link on the students page for your name points to
your site, otherwise let me know and I will fix it.