Week 11

4/9 – 4/12

Assess feelings about critique/project
Email Campaign activity and work on this for the rest of class
Introduce Evolving Website, we’ll look at some examples on Wed and Friday of this week

Create a presentation that introduces three potential ideas for your Evolving Website project (include which API you’re interested in and delve into three separate ideas. Be ready to present your ideas at the start of class). Include at least 3 slides per concept, explaining what it is you’re interested in, any existing projects that do something similar, and a brief exploration of visual research.
Reading: Beyond the Interface
Vesper is discussion leader

A simple website that makes an API call to OpenWeatherMap and retrieves current weather data from a particular location.
Use the data to manipulate your web page in some way. As you check your site throughout the day and week your website should respond to changes in the weather.

Reading: Too Much World: Is the Internet Dead? – Hito Steyerl
Decide on a concept for your project. Create an are.na channel for it where you collect at least 10 references (research, code snippets, existing artists, image ideas). Begin to develop three different design directions for your project and be ready to share progress in class.s

Core Interaction