Undergraduate: 4.s37 | Graduate: 4.s33

This hands-on studio class will expose students to the technical skills needed for successful screen printing. Students will produce single and multicolor prints on paper and fabric using a variety of methods.

4.s33 + 4.s37 Syllabus (MIT Certificate Protected)

Undergraduate: 4.s30 | Graduate: 4.s32

Introduction to Interactive, Participatory and Generative Art Making introduces the basics of creating art projects that interact with participants and/or environment using a variety of code and hardware based solutions.

Divided into 3 sections:

1. Max/MSP/Jitter: is a graphical object based coding environment with virtual buttons, switches, timers, counters and many other modules, and the ability to communicate with other devices - one of the best way to 
create virtual and physical spaces with interactive A/V components without having to write code and as such is used extensively by musicians, interactive installation artists, VJs and more worldwide. Can be exported as an app for sharing and distribution

2. Physical computing using Ardiuno technology: using input sensors whose data can be interpreted and used to create interaction. Control or interact with anything from lights, speakers, motors to communicating with Max or Processing or P5.js and more.Processing and P5.js will be included as alternative code environments.

3. Web based interactivity using CSS and Javascript, for interactive animation and all the types of interactivity based on mouse and touch based input for screens and mobile devices. We will explore how AI can help generate, correct and validate code in this space and how it can be leveraged for interactive art purposes.

4.s30/4.s32 Syllabus (MIT Certificate Protected)

9/12/23 note: Schedule change to 2M 2-5, F 10-1

Explores the theory and criticism of intersections between art, culture, and technology in relation to contemporary artistic practice, critical design, and media. Students consider methods of investigation, documentation, and display and explore modes of communication across disciplines. Students develop projects in which they organize research methods and goals, engage in production, cultivate a context for their practice, and explore how to compellingly communicate, display, and document their work. Regular presentation and peer-critique sessions, as well as reviews involving ACT faculty and fellows, and external guest reviewers provide students with ample feedback as their projects develop.

4.390 Syllabus (MIT Certificate Protected)

Introduces foundational texts in contemporary theory and criticism at the intersection of art, culture, and technology. Through presentations and discussions, students explore the necessary methodological perspectives required of an interdisciplinary approach to artistic practices. 

4.387 Syllabus (MIT Certificate Protected)

4.373 U / 4.374 G

Investigates conceptual and formal issues in a variety of media. Explores representation, interpretation and meaning, and how these relate to historical, social and cultural contexts. Helps students develop an initial concept for a publicly situated project. Includes guest lectures and visiting artist presentations. Additional work required of students taking graduate version.

4.373/4.374 Syllabus (MIT Certificate Protected)

Note: 8/16/23 - schedule change from M 2-5 to W 2-5

4.344 U / 4.345 G

PHOTO FUTURES is a hybrid seminar-studio course looking at potential futures of photography. Divided into three “post”s--post-photography, post-truth, and post-human--we will work with both “traditional” ideas of image making and “emerging” methods of reproduction such as photogrammetry, 3D printing, and projection mapping. Emphasis will be placed on the politics of representation and art making.

Course is centered around developing individual projects of students’ choosing. No prior experience in photography is necessary, and students from all disciplines are encouraged to apply.

Additional work required of graduate students.

4.344/4.345 Syllabus (MIT Certificate Protected)

4.341 U / 4.342 G

PPPPP is a studio course and ongoing research seminar about understanding the ways photography is and has been defined by its socio-technical contexts. In this course we will think about photography as an unstable site of contradiction that is best understood through serial negotiations between photography and other concepts, forces, and disciplines.

Course content includes lectures, readings, screenings, workshops, and creative projects, and will culminate in a self-directed project of students’ choosing.

Additional work required of students taking the graduate version.

4.341 Syllabus (Membreno-Canales; MIT Certificate Protected)
4.341 Syllabus (Aasen: MIT Certificate Protected)

Introduces artistic practice and critical visual thinking through three studio-based projects using different scales and media, for instance, "Body Extension," "Shaping Time," "Public Making," and/or "Networked Cultures." Each project concludes with a final presentation and critique. Students explore sculptural, architectural, performative artistic methods; video and sound art; site interventions and strategies for artistic engagement in the public realm. Lectures, screenings, guest presentations, field trips, readings, and debates supplement studio practice. Also introduces students to the historic, cultural, and environmental forces affecting both the development of an artistic vision and the reception of a work of art.

9/12/23 note: Schedule change to F 10-12

Series of tutorials that includes regular presentations of student writing in group critiques and supports independent thesis research and development by providing guidance on research strategy and written presentation. Sessions supplemented by regular individual conferences with thesis committee members.

4.387 Syllabus (MIT Certificate Protected)