In Class on Tuesday, Jan 13

It was assumed that you all would secure your lockers in the room. Make sure your locker locks up and that you can tie it to a desk or a buddy's locker. People will steal things. Those of you who left stuff in the room, we hid your stuff behind the grey metal lockers in the room. Those of you that are thieves- there are cameras all over the buildings and digital records. If you are found thieving then you'll be out of the university. Don't even look like you're stealing. I recommend a cheap cable lock and drilling a hole in the rubbermaid type tubs to run the cable through.

You'll need everything- computer, printer, "stuff"- in class on Tuesday. You'll work mostly with your TAs on Tuesday so come to class ready to work or to be sent away so we can work without you gumming our work up. Those of you who have temporary computer issues can go use the computer lab- if it is free.

We'll fix any Form•Z issues you all may have at the start of class.

Ex#1: Texting Movement

First, download and read the class syllabus and familiarize yourselves with it. On Tuesday ask your TA any questions you have about the syllabus.

The real exercise, as they all will, is available as a pdf for download to the left. This entry is just the background material referenced for the exercise.

The movies are linked to the left as well. There is a zip file containing all three versions for those who want it on their machines.

Our first major question for the semester is: How is movement (four-dimensional) or the image of movement (three-dimensional) translated into two-dimensions?

References:
To see other ways of notating, tracing or “witnessing” a scene, ways that have already been devised, consider (research) the methods of:
• The Choreographer
Labanotation:

• The Painter
"Nude Descending a Staircase" by Marcel Duchamp
• Time-Motion Study
Frank Gilbreath Motion Study
Therbligs
• Photographic Locomotion Study
E.J. Marey

Eadweard Muybridge