I have given a lecture and workshop about generative art, named “Generative Art: From Handcraft to Digital”, at Queens Museum on March 5th. It’s a pretty new art form to most of people. I felt surprised that it was a … Continue reading Generative Art: From Handcraft to Digital
Week 5 marked the mile stone of this Quantified Selfie production workshop. At this point, our students had accumulated 5 weeks worth of self-tracking data that in some way represent who they were as individual, for example: health, routines, interests, diet, learning, … Continue reading SELF PORTRAIT SERIES; WEEK 5
I began the workshop today by introducing two artists to the students. First, artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg, and her project, Stranger Visions, In this well-made documentation video on her project ,Dewey-Hagborg created portrait sculptures from analyses of genetic material collected in … Continue reading SELF PORTRAIT SERIES; WEEK 4
We started off the class with a group exercise in the park this morning, It’s an activity that I borrowed from Jose Duarte‘s data viz workshops. I asked the students to draw a a few large circles (ie, bubbles) with … Continue reading SELF PORTRAIT SERIES; WEEK 2
It was very hard to leave the workshop today and we ended up staying longer after the workshop ended. The students had a million questions to ask the speakers about DIY projects — they did a lot of learning today. … Continue reading Make!Do! Week 7
When confronted with a problem, have you ever stopped and asked why five times? It is difficult to do even though it sounds easy. For example, suppose a machine stopped functioning: 1. Why did the machine stop? (There was an … Continue reading Assemble
HOMEWORK 1. Defect 2. Object 3. Document the Travel from Home to the Museum 4. Buckminster Fuller 5. Deconstruct 6. Observe 7. Document the Travel from Home to the Museum 8. Useful tool 9. Document Walk Between the Museum and … Continue reading Play
HOMEWORK 1. Defect 2. Object 3. Document the Travel from Home to the Museum 4. Buckminster Fuller 5. Deconstruct 6. Observe 7. Document the Travel from Home to the Museum 8. Useful tool 9. Document Walk Between the Museum and … Continue reading Research
DEFECT I’m like puzzle in a dis-orderly way, lets me explain why: You know a puzzle is a collection of pieces that putting together in a orderly and proper fit its going to represent something. If I have a project … Continue reading Organize
USER IS IMPORTANT “When Im working on a problem, I never think on its beauty. Only think on how to solve the problem. If when I finish, the solution is not beautiful, I know its wrong. Richard Buckminster Fuller WHAT … Continue reading Explore
