Professor: Rebeca Méndez rebecam (at) ucla (dot) edu
Visiting Professor: Nathan Thompson nathanthompson (at) ucla (dot) edu
TA: Justin Lui jlui1200 (at) ucla (dot) edu
Class meeting: Monday, Wednesday, 2:00 - 14:50 PM, Broad Art Center, Room 5240
Office Hours: Rebeca Méndez, Mon 9-10am, Broad Art Center, Room 5260
Studio, six hours; outside study, nine hours. Preparation: completion of perparation for the major courses. Enforced requisite: course C101 or 104 or C106, and 154A. Integration of print and digital information technology, with continued emphasis on fuly integrating visual vocabular with mastery of conceptual and creative procedures. P/NP or letter grading.
Classroom time will be used primarily to review work either as class discussion or individual meetings. Every week you will have a new assignment due the following class. Work is to be presented according instructions by 2:00 pm.
This course focuses on contemporary design and art theories, strategies and practice that continue to emerge from the interplay between the physical sciences and arts, and in particular, the trans-disciplinary practices unfolding amongst design, computation, media art and architecture.
Studio, six hours; outside study, nine hours. Preparation: completion of perparation for the major courses. Enforced requisite: course C101 or 104 or C106, and 154A. Introduction to environmental communication design through experience in design studio. Focus on aesthetic issues concerning creation of design elements incorporating concepts of spatial dimension, human/environmental scale, motion and time. Overiew of history, technologies, and future of environmental graphics. P/NP grading. The first four exercises are quick projects focusing on learning how to express of visual communication concepts through motion. For the final project each student will select an excerpt of a dialogue or speech and animate it to reveal the voice of the speaker(s). These assignments deal with how controlling the typographic presentation in time can affect how we percieve and read textual messages.
The Spring 2009 course project focuses on research and design of immersive spaces with emphasis on 'light'. The students will begin by learning theories and practice around 'vision and seeing' and will be exposed to designers, scientists and media artists relevant to the class project. These include, United Visual Artists, James Turrell, Dan Flavin, Erwin Redl, Olafür Eliasson, Lászlo Moholy-Nagy, and many others. Through a series of exercises, they will become familiar and create works with various strategies and lighting technologies. For the final project the class will focus on developing ideas for light installations in relation to mobile devices.
Attendance is mandatory. Each unexcused absence will lower your grade one partial grade (A to A-). More than three absences without the instructors' permission (medical certificate might be requested), before the class meetings, will result in a 'fail' grade in the class. Class begins promptly at 2pm. At 2:05 you'll be marked 'tardy'. Three 'tardy' marks will be considered as one unexcused absence. Students must attend at least three D|MA-sponsored lectures during Spring quarter 2009.(F).
Each class you will be evaluated based on their concept, aesthetic qualities, and execution. All exercises must be completed in order to pass the course. Late assignments will reduce the assignent's grade by one partial grade (B to B-) each class they are late. Exercises are only considered as complete when they are accessible from the course website.
15% Participation, Attendance, and Research Report. 60%: Exercises 1,2,3 and 4 (15% each). 25% Final Project.
Required:
Your attendance is required in at least 3 lectures offered by the DMA during the fall quarter. The class T. A. and/or I will record your attendance.
Turn off cell phones during class
No food in class.
No text messaging, ichatting, skyping, or emailing during class.
