IFD:SFIO SoSe24

Projektmodul / Project Module
Sustainable Futures - Interactive Objects
Instructor: Prof. Martin Hesselmeier
Credits: 18 ECTS, 16 SWS
Capacity: max. 14 students
Language: english, deutsch
Date: Plenum: Tuesdays, 09:15-12:30; Consultations by appointment
Location: Online/Marienstraße 7b,104
First Meeting: 16 April 2024, 09:15
(More information regarding the first meeting will be sent to accepted participants by email.)
BISON Course

Description

In the project module (Sustainable Futures - Interactive Objects), we will search for the mysterious, playful, humorous and imaginative use of renewable energies to enable artefacts to become self-sufficient. One focus is on generating energy with the help of the sun. The sun is the closest star to the earth and forms the centre of the solar system. Theoretically, it provides enough energy in one hour to cover the world's energy needs for a year. For this reason, the focus is on the discourse, questioning and discovery of this form of energy from a creative and artistic perspective.

In the course of the project module, we will design reactive and interactive objects that feed exclusively on solar energy. This can lead to uncontrollable, complex superimpositions that can astonish, surprise or even disturb us in their appearance, both visually and sonically. The independent life of things, their autonomy and self-sufficiency are at the centre of their presence. This allows projects to emerge that pursue very different approaches and take their own positions. A joint exhibition of the objects is planned for Summaery 2024 and will be developed in the project module. The project module is aimed at Bachelor's and Master's students and offers self-motivated and self-organised projects a place for discussion, production and debate.

Keywords: interactive art, sustainability, AI, renewable energies, movement, sound, solar energy, reactive objects, autonomy, self-life

The following teaching formats are offered:

Lecture: A lecture series is offered to accompany the professorship's Bachelor's and Master's projects. This deals with various creative and artistic positions and provides an insight into tools and methods for the conception and design of interactive and reactive objects, artefacts and their interfaces that deal with the topic of solar energy. In addition, we will be visited by interesting designers and artists who will give an insight into their work and working processes. The language of instruction will be English.

Workshop: Christoph Noe will offer a workshop to accompany the project module and will give us an insight into his working methods and production processes.

Artisttalk: We will receive visits from interesting designers and artists who will give an insight into their work and working processes.

Consultation: Individual projects and your own professional development can be discussed by appointment.

Excursion: In order to explore the design and artistic approaches under real conditions and to gain further impulses for the development of the project, we will go on an excursion from 17-21 June 2024. All students from the project module are invited to take part.

Admission requirements

Prerequisites for participation in the project module are the completion of two accompanying specialised modules in Interface Design. The following modules are offered:

• Physical Computing: Harvesting Sustainable Futures by Brian Larson Clark

• Solar Sound by Clemens Wegener

• Digital Realms: Photogrammetry and Sustainable Narratives by Jesús Velázquez

Application and registration procedure

• Registration via the BISON portal

• Please send a one-page letter of motivation explaining your interest in the course, your choice of accompanying modules, as well as your level of knowledge and background to:martin.hesselmeier@uni-weimar.de

Eligible participants

BFA MFA Medienkunst/-gestaltung, MFA Media Art and Design, MSc MediaArchitecture, BFA MFA Produkt-Design candidates

Syllabus (subject to change)

09:15-12:30h, Marienstraße 7 B - Seminarroom 104

16.04.2024 Welcome, Introduction, Course Organization

23.04.2024 sustainable futures 1: Solar Power - Solar Art a historical review

24.04.2024 Workshop: Shaper Origin by Christoph Noe

30.04.2024 Artist Talk: Alex Nathanson

07.05.2024 on site visit spiegelarche

14.05.2024 sustainable futures 2: Interact with the sun

21.05.2024 Project work

28.05.2024 Project work

04.06.2024 Midterm Presentations

11.06.2024 Projectwork

17.06.-21.06.2024 Excursion, Haus Rosenbaum (not yet confirmed)

25.06.2024 free work (no official class)

02.07.2024 Project work. prepare exhibition

06.07.2024 SA Exhibition at Spiegelarche

11.07.-14.07.2024 Summaery 2024

Platforms and Tools

This Wiki
BigBlueButton
Raindrop
Mattermost Please CLICK HERE to get an introduction to mattermost
Figma

Literature

• A History of Solar Power Art and Design / Alex Nathanson 2021 ISBN 9781003030683
• JunkBots, Bugbots, and Bots on Wheels: Building Simple Robots With BEAM Technology / David Hrynkiw Link
• Energy and Civilization: A History / Vaclav Smil 2018 Link
• Designing interactions / Bill Moggridge 2007, ISBN 9780262134743
• Design noir : the secret life of electronic objects / Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby 2001, ISBN 3764365668
• Solar Futures : how to design a post-fossil world with the sun / van Aubel, Marjan 2022 ISBN 9492852659
• Advanced Energy Harvesting Technologies / Zhu, Dibin 2022 ISBN 9783036538297
• Energy harvesting technologies / Priya, Shashank, Inman, Daniel J. [2009], © 2009 ISBN 9780387764641
• Waves - the Art of the Electromagnetic Society / Hartware MedienKunstVerein 2008 ISBN 9780387764641
• Vom Experiment zur Idee : die Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts im Zeichen von Wissenschaft und Technologie ; Analysen, Dokumente, Zukunftsperspektiven / Davis, Douglas 1975 ISBN 3770108116
• The design of everyday things / Norman, Donald A. 1990 ISBN 0385267746
• Uncanny Interfaces / Hg. Konstantin Daniel Haensch, Lara Nelke, Matthias Planitzer, 2019 ISBN 9783864852176
• Parasitäre Strategien / Kunstforum, 185 Link
• Joseph Weizenbaum / Die Macht der Computer und die Ohnmacht der Vernunft 1978 ISBN 3518278746
• Jeff Johnson: Designing with the Mind in Mind / 2014 Link
• Gerhard M. Buurman / Total Interaction – Theory and Practice of a New Paradigm for the Design Disciplines 2005 Link