Project Title: Screen Language
Project Leader: Gillian Moffat
Project Overview: The short film dates back to 1910, when theatres screened short subject films before feature length movies. The format was so well received that many studios had outlets that exclusively featured these one-reel films. The challenge of this project is to create a short film of no more that 60 seconds in length around the theme of HEAT.
HEAT Watch the film
In term one all first year students embark on a 2 week cross-school project based around the City of Glasgow and its suburbs. Students are divided into mixed tutor-led groups of students from across GSA.Teaching is provided through collaboration between the schools and the Department of Historical and Critical Studies.
Project Title: Data Visualisation
Project Leader: Paul Maguire
Project Overview: Data is everything and everywhere. How do we make sense of such “big data”? This project aims to equip students with the ability to visually encode data using procedural methods, exploring different graphing “types”, spacial mapping, and the use of scale, colour and position to create meaningful, interpretative realisations of multi-dimensional information.
Project Title: Vine Video
Project Leader: Paul Maguire
Project Overview: Imposing creative constraints on artists often elicits an ingenious creative response. A 6 second loop of square video created using an app-based proprietary authoring tool and social network? Now there is a constraint! This short project encourages consideration and experimentation: consideration of the core characteristics of the medium; and experimentation with those constraints.
Project Title: 3D Sketching
Project Leader: Gillian Moffat
Project Overview:
Building on the Drawing project from week one select one or two line drawings you made and use these as the starting point for your exploration of ‘sketching’ within the digital three-dimensional environment of Maya. Consider on how the intervention of technology either enhances or is of detriment to these qualities.
Project Title: Introduction to Javascript
Project Leader: Jason Frame
Project Overview: This project requires students to learn the basics of the Javascript programming language and apply this knowledge to create some basic drawings and solve prescribed problems. Finally, students will use what they have learned to create a small interactive program of their own design.
Digital Culture, which launched in 2011, is now entering it’s third year. The first term got off to a great start and all students participated in a week long drawing project. We also welcomed new members of staff who are highly qualified in digital specialisms. With their complimentary expertise students will learn the specialist skillsets required by digital artists and designers.
On Tuesday 22nd January 2013 Yann Seznec gave a very engaging and entertaining lecture about his interactive sound design and performance art to Glasgow School of Art students who are studying the Digital Culture elective. It was generous of him to come on the same day Lucky Frame launched their new game Wavetrip. Wave Trip is a musical arcade game for iPad and iPhone.
Please check it out:
Yann’s artwork can also be found at The Amazing Rolo
Brainstorming sketches looking a irregular geometric shapes and also how to use the umbrella shape in an abstract 3D form.