Fall 2022, Monday 12:10 - 2:40 PM in Room 411

(Class on 10/10 Indigenous Peoples’ Day will be rescheduled)

Instructor: Nuntinee Tansrisakul (Nun), [email protected]

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Code: https://editor.p5js.org/feelingpatterns/sketches

• Link to weekly classes

Course description

• Recognizing patterns is how we make sense of the world. It is this that distinguishes signal from noise, sense from senselessness, and one feeling from another.

This class investigates the emotional impact of patterns in our lives, computational techniques in crafting patterns, and ways in which these patterns can be translated into experiences that can be felt. We will play with our brains’ trained pattern recognition mechanisms such as time, grid systems and musical patterns.

Blogs (please provide links to your blogs)

Aga, Adnan

Elix, Sarah

Cyr, Stephen

Hodge, La'Kay

Hu, Bei

Huang, Tuan

No, Chaski

Lan, Yi-Chun

Lee, Yu-Ying

Lu, Julia

Makin, Priyanka

Sodre, Pedro

Wai, Daniel

Whelihan, Gracy

Zhao, Keer

Assignments

Readings and videos: These materials are mandatory. We will be discussing and dissecting them in class.

Weekly observations: Write up a few sentences about an observed pattern.

Assignment I. STUDIES: Materialize your observations.

Assignment II. FINAL PROJECT: Decode a pattern and create an experience to reveal it, or create composition.

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• What is the pattern?
• What is interesting about this pattern? How does it make you feel?*
• What is the nature of the pattern e.g. repetition, sequence, variation?
• How might you make this pattern more perceivable?
• How might you recreate this pattern in code?

• Putting this into words will help us articulate the intangibles, define focus, and engage with the gist or the magic of the material.

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