internet art II

course description

Though the web was originally conceived as an online space for sharing hyperlinked documents, the modern Web browser has evolved into a creative coding playground capable of producing all manner of networked art and algorithmic compositions. In this course we'll learn JavaScript, the Web's defacto programming language. Throughout the quarter we'll experiment with various different Web APIs for creating generative and interactive Internet art including HTML5 video, Canvas (2D/3D animations) and Web Audio. We'll learn how to produce work that responds to various input sources (trackpad/mouse, touchscreen, keyboard, cameras, microphones) and how to fetch and incorporate data from external APIs elsewhere on the Internet. This course counts towards the Media Practice and Design requirement for the MAAD program.

learning goals

• Foundational understanding of web programming concepts, tools and working knowledge of the JavaScript programming language.
• General understanding of the web's creative potential, by learning how to produce interactive and generative compositions using the browsers native APIs (which may include the DOM, Canvas, WebGL, WebXR, WebAudio among others) as well as through creative libraries (which may include p5.js, three.js, tone.js, aframe among others)

notes

• Prologue HTML && CSS (Core Concepts)


• Randomness JavaScript (Core Concepts)
• Case Study Algorithmic GIF Compositions
• Instruction Sets Conceptual Art
• Libraries They Myth of Writing Code from "Scratch"
• Review Mid-Quarter Tutorial Video
• Fetch API Working With Data
• Hypermeida non-linear / interactive media
• Case Study Beyond the Window
• Machine Learning AI as Interface


• Assignments how to submit projects