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Project Theme: the garden as performance space
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Project Goals
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| Grads |
Develop a physical/digital performance space that can interact with the audience in real-time and
can also be controlled via remote graphical interfaces. |
| Undergrads |
Develop the means to capture a performance unfolding in the garden space in real-time via remotecontrolled
webcams in the space, and stream the video for display in online communities.
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Project Timeline
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Stage 1: Jan 9 - Feb 7
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| Grads |
Goal: develop a unified project proposal for the garden installation/performance, including the design
of the physical form, the visual look, the remote-control, and the audience interaction.
- Students are divided into teams based on their skills/interests, each team focuses on a different
aspect of the piece (to be determined based on class discussion) and develops a proposal
describing their part of the project and how it fits into the larger piece
- Initial design and research should involve conceptual and visual designs, testing of materials and
hardware components, and design of software and communication protocols (coordinated with
the NYU students)
- Initial project design must be documented on a unified project website that will be completed by
the end of the semester
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| Undergrads |
Goal: working together with the grads, develop a proposal for how a performance in the garden
space will be captured in real-time via remote graphical interfaces for camera control
- Initial design and research should involve conceptual and visual designs of the camera setup,
testing of cameras, hardware and controls, and design of software and communication protocols
(coordinated with the NYU students)
- Initial project design must be documented on a unified project website that will be completed by
the end of the semester
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| Feb 8 |
Design presentation (present the initial design of the overall piece)
- Overall design: look and feel, physical setup, audience interaction, remote control
- Show early visual/physical designs and prototypes (visual aids are important here!)
- Describe the user interaction (both with collocated audience and remote-controlled)
- Describe the proposed hardware and software design, demo any early tests or mock-ups
- Present the first version of the project website (should be completed by end of semester)
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Stage 2: Feb 9 - Mar 14
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| Grads & Undergrads |
Iterative development and testing of all project pieces
- Physical installation setup and fabrication - it must be a beautiful garden!
- Camera setup - these must fit in the garden space!
- Hardware development, including audience interaction with garden via sensors, remotecontrolled
elements in the garden, camera controls
- Software development, including remote-control/communication and video capture (working with
NYU students)
- Website and documentation updates
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| Mar 15 |
Prototype demo presentation (present a work-in-progress demo of the entire piece)
- Show the physical setup, hardware, software, audience/remote interaction, and a preliminary
choreography of an example performance
- Present the updated project webpage and documentation materials
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Stage 3: Mar 16 - Apr 23
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| Grads & Undergrads |
Finalize development and testing
- Delivery and documentation of the piece
- The documentation must include the project website with images and a demo video, as well
thorough documentation of the physical fabrication (materials, assembly, etc.), hardware design
(including demo instructions) and software design (including demo instructions)
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| Apr 26 |
Presentation of the final piece, as a choreographed example performance
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| May 2 |
Presentation of the installation at IDT demo day
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