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Open question: is there a common subject that meeting 2 + 3 could work on?
Open question: is there a common subject that meeting 2 + 3 could work on?
Maybe:
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/97/pg97.html Edwin Abbott's Flatland], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland Flatland]
* Eames Powers of 10


== Meeting 1: 15 April ==
== Meeting 1: 15 April ==
History of platform & relation to scale
History of platform & relation to scale


10-13: Barend
10-13: Barend: [[File:Scaling_Platform-_A_Cinematic_History.pdf]]


14-17: Michael
14-17: Michael: [[Scaling + Platform: A Computational History]]


== Meeting 2: 22 April ==
== Meeting 2: 22 April ==
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Michael: Workshop: Scalability on the Web
Michael: Workshop: [[Navigable SVG Workshop]]


* Programming navigable (information) spaces
* Programming navigable (information) spaces
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Prepare a short (15 min) presentation that applies the course to your own research which demonstates the concept of scaling and platform-specificity.
Prepare a short (15 min) presentation that applies the course to your own research which demonstates the concept of scaling and platform-specificity.
== Resources ==
* [http://relearn.be/media/relearn-2013.pdf Relearn 2013 Publication] in particular the topic "Can it scale to the universe"
* [http://www.powersof10.com/ Eames Powers of Ten]
* [http://www.maedastudio.com/1997/cal2/index.php?category=all&next=exists&prev=exists&this=line_calendar John Maeda's Shisedo Calendar]
* [http://www.graffitimarkuplanguage.com/kml2gml/ FAT Labs Graffiti Markup Language]
* [http://www.inventinginteractive.com/2010/02/01/information-landscapes/ Muriel Cooper's VLW / Information Landscapes]

Latest revision as of 16:05, 6 April 2015

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This module explores the history of platforms and the relation to scale, in terms of image size, audience size, networks, and economics. Looks critically at the myths & promises of immersion. Challenges participants to consider the impact of their chosen media and distribution to make work thats platform-specific.

Open question: is there a common subject that meeting 2 + 3 could work on? Maybe:

Meeting 1: 15 April

History of platform & relation to scale

10-13: Barend: Scaling Platform- A Cinematic History.pdf

14-17: Michael: Scaling + Platform: A Computational History

Meeting 2: 22 April

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Michael: Workshop: Navigable SVG Workshop

  • Programming navigable (information) spaces
  • Visuals for different screen sizes / modes of navigation ?
  • Vector graphics

Meeting 3: 6 May

Barend: Workshop: making content for different screen sizes / modes of address / Multiscreen.

Meeting 4: 16 May

10-17: Final session

Prepare a short (15 min) presentation that applies the course to your own research which demonstates the concept of scaling and platform-specificity.