Code

Sculpture can be a medium for the deaf mute, 
which challenges us physically.   
Emotion is palpable through objects stubborn presence 
within our space. 
The physical bar graph by Joshua Callaghan called 
“Very concerned, somewhat concerned, 
Not at All concerned” which apes the nomenclature from 
a social science survey loads potentially abstract minimalist forms with a visceral urgency.  
A back-story provides a conceptual code, which elevates and make it’s meaning 
apparent.  
The strangeness of a sudden vertical shape arising out of middling shape is read bodily 
as we identify its height change towards the vertical as strangely analogous to our own uncanny verticality.  Such a  
threat is worth closer scrutiny.
http://www.joshuacallaghan.com/Graphs.htm

0000 - Looking Outwards I: How are artists/designers/architects using code?

Statement:All assignments numbered 00X are due Wednesday, September 3.

Look around at the world of digital art, software art, computational design, etc. Find a project which interests your curiosity, and which you'd like to discuss further. Upload the URLs into the area normally provided for the "description field" (You may need to add line breaks!). Write a paragraph (about 100 words) about why it interests you.

Here are some places you can look to get started:

To put things in some critical perspective, be sure to have a look at Antoine Schmidt's Essential Questions for Media Art and Jim Campbell's ironic "Formula For Computer Art".

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