Analog Assignment: Review lecture info and look at links from Wednesday’s class. Create a Rule Set. The rule set could aim to generate a work of visual or word-based art (like Sol Le Witt’s wall drawings, or Oulipo’s experimental literature), a performance (like the Fluxus event scores), or a certain type of interaction (like Paul Auster/Sophie Calle’s Gotham Diaries or Vito Acconci’s Following Piece). Ideally the rule set should express or explore a concept. Exchange the rule set with your assigned partner. Execute the Rule Set you receive, and document your results (with photos, video, writing, etc).
Code Assignment: Make a few sketches using conditionals and loops. Experiment with Booleans. Please post code assignments by NOON on Tuesday… this will give me a chance to look at them before class. If you are having ANY problems at all, email me with questions. Post your broken sketches, too!
Reading: Sol LeWitt (handout)
Casey Reas on Software Structures
NYT Review of LeWitt at Dia Beacon