Expanded Web

Catalog description

This course draws from net art, physical computing, and post-digital / post-internet practices to explore interactions that bridge screen and the physical. Students are led to conceptualize and develop custom interfaces (in the widest sense), in which either aspects of the web "seep out" into the physical world, or – conversely – websites are being engaged with in novel ways that acknowledge the user's physical and bodily existence. A reflection of the medium web, its vernacular, and practical daily use is the starting point of this project. The students’ work is additionally being informed by analysis of select examples from art and design, exemplary for ways of re-framing the technical everyday. This course will make use of web technologies (p5.js, Node.js), and physical computing techniques – and introduce students to various ways those can be technically, and conceptually, combined. Students must have previous creative coding experience (ideally using p5.js). Prerequisite: None. Fulfillment: IMA elective; IMB major IMA/IMB elective.