First-Year Studies Project: Art, Technology, and Power

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Using small, hands-on projects, this project aims for digital and computational literacy in interactive and installation art. Discussions and prompts survey foundational concepts of these new art forms, including noise, feedback, emergence, and generative artificial intelligence. This project is required for first-year students in architecture, drawing, new genres, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture. In fall and spring, students will meet weekly as a group, alongside corequisite First-Year Studies ARTS course. First-Year Studies Project: Expanded Material Practices