Summer Workshop on Miniature Interactive Worlds @ Anderson RanchI'll be teaching again at Anderson Ranch this summer, within the summer workshops in the sculpture/digital arts areas. Here's the low-down:
Workshop Title: Miniature Worlds: Movement, Light, Gesture And Electronics When: Jul 09, 2012 - Jul 13, 2012 Where: Anderson Ranch @ Snowmass, Colorado Media and Techniques: Electronics, Arduino-based micro-controllers, electromechanics (motors, solenoids and servos), dynamic lighting, software and programming (Arduino IDE, Cycling '74 real-time programming and Max/MSP/Jitter). Concept: This workshop takes an interdisciplinary approach to working with live electronics, kinetics, light and imagery. Students explore the basics of electronics work with micro-controllers and strategies for using light and movement to animate a miniature space. The metaphor of a miniature world invites students to integrate their own creative practices (in two- or three-dimensional media) into mixed-media interactive installations. Course Web-Page: here Work samples: check out all the final project videos from last year's course blog!
This workshop shares much of its concept/content with a course that I teach at CMU called "Animated Theater". Look at the blog from this course to get a better sense of the approach.
Here are a few of my favorite final projects from last year....
Teaching at Carnegie Mellon UniversityI joined the faculty at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Art in the Spring of 2012. I'll be documenting all of my teaching at http://teach.alimomeni.net.
plis/replisArchitectural sound installation
The Tragedy of the CommonsInstallation with kinetic sculpture, electronics, video and a colony Leafcutter ants
Battle of EveryouthParticipatory street performance with miniature and large scale projection
The Body of Iranian Contemporary Art [circa 2011]I gave a lecture on "The Body of Iranian Contemporary Art" as a part of the "Shared Cultural Spaces" conference held at the University of Minnesota in February 2011, using the the prezi.com Prezi presentation below. I am indebted to the community of artists, some of whose work are included in this lecture, for providing me with the material and inspiration to pursue this research.
The MournersArchitectural projection and vocal music performance
aLib-M4LA collection of Max for Live devices for Ableton Live. The [finger] Tippler
Animal Warmth #12Video Installation with Live Sound
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