In March 2014, I taught the 28 hour Developing Interactive Systems course, part of Human Computer Interaction MA of Tallinn University. The course focused on mobile development with openFrameworks and iOS.
Photos and videos from the course:
The project “AVVX – Web Platform and Workshop” concluded with a workshop taking place 10-13 February 2014 at Aalto University’s Media Factory. Media Factory also provided the financial support for its production. Nuno Correia (Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture) and Jari Kleimola (Aalto University School of Science) formed the team responsible for the project.
During the project, an entirely new version of the earlier AVVX (AudioVisual Vector eXchange) software was developed. The main additions were:
In February 2014 I taught one week of the Information Visualization Design course at Media Lab Helsinki (Aalto University, ARTS), dedicated to Augmented Reality. Students developed their projects using web/mobile solutions such as Wikitude and Flayar. More on the course (and the technologies used): http://mlab.taik.fi/mediacode/c/courses-projects/ivd2014
Software Studies for Media Designers, Part 1 – Processing:
- 07 Jan 14 – Kickoff, Processing basics
- 08 Jan 14 – Math, Interactive sketches
- 09 Jan 14 – Flow control, functions
- 10 Jan 14 – Arrays, Strings, type conversion, exporting
- 14 Jan 14 – Processing.js
- 15 Jan 14 – Revisions exercise
Introduction presentation: available here
Exercises are available at my OpenProcessing page.
Processing: http://processing.org/
Introduction videos: http://hello.processing.org/
Recommended book: Reas, C. & Fry, B., 2010. Getting started with Processing
Main course blog: http://softwarestudies.mlog.taik.fi/ (currently offline due to server move)
Multimedia Authoring at Media Lab Helsinki (Aalto University, ARTS) focuses on audiovisual compositions and explorations with code, namely C++/openFrameworks.
Projects by: Akshay Roongta, Ari-Pekka Leinonen, Issey Ishikura, José Jacomé, Juuso Patrikainen, Karina Jensen, Maja Dika, Régis Frias, Taavi Varm, Thomas Thibault, Ville Kuvaja
Thank you: course participants, openFrameworks community
More info and outcomes from the course: mlab.taik.fi/mediacode/c/courses-projects/multimedia-authoring-2013b
Source code: mlab.taik.fi/mediacode/coursefiles/course_2013_MMA_B
I presented two publications, Chion’s “Audio-Vision” and Ali Yuksel et al.’s “An Interface for Emotional Expression in Audio-Visuals”. I also presented my AVVX work and thesis book, and recent relevant audiovisual art works.
AVVX Visual Music workshop @ CC4AV, Riga 1-5/Oct/2013
Links
Audio-visual composition: theory, history and state of the art
- Notes on “Audio-Vision” (pdf)
- Persona opening sequence
- Audio-Visions Vimeo channel
- Audio-Visions YouTube playlist
- Interactive Audiovisual Objects book
Workshop links
I presented two publications, Chion’s “Audio-Vision” and Ali Yuksel et al.’s “An Interface for Emotional Expression in Audio-Visuals”. I also presented my AVVX work and thesis book, and recent relevant audiovisual art works. I proposed an assignment, and gave advice on the final projects. I also gave advice on the workshop structure, and took care of video documentation.
Links
- Audio-Visions Vimeo channel
- Interactive Audiovisual Objects book
- Notes on “Audio-Vision” (pdf)
- Notes on “An Interface for Emotional Expression in Audio-Visuals” (pdf)
Audio-visualization of emotions – short assignment
Prepare a short video (around 30s-1m) audio-visualising two of the basic emotions identified by Dr. Paul Ekman (ideally a transition of one to the other), as presented by Sasa Kerkos.
The video should use as its starting point the previous assignment by Sasa Kerkos (emotion visualisation). Take care in combining audio and image, and aim to create added value as defined by Michel Chion.
The video and its sound can be made with original material or reusing material by others. Link to free media resources on the web: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Free_media_resources
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2013/05 Coaching at AppCampus Finland
On 23/5/2013, I participated in the AppCampus initiative, as a coach. From www.appcampus.fi: “AppCampus is an €18 million joint project of Aalto University, Microsoft and Nokia. We offer financing and coaching in mobile technology, design and usability to Windows Phone developers.”
I coached 4 teams, 2 hour sessions for each. The teams were mostly developing music related apps. The coaching was done together with Gokce Taskan, who I have collaborated in different projects in the past. We gave the teams advice regarding interaction design and user experience.
Updated September 2013: I coached a second wave of AppCampus teams in September 2013, in a longer coaching process (5, 12 and 19 September).
Between March and May 2013, I taught the 28 hour Developing Interactive Systems course, part of Interactive Media and Knowledge Environments MA of Tallinn University. The course focused on mobile development with openFrameworks and iOS (although 2 of the 7 projects used other technologies).
