62-362 IDeATe Portal: Spatial Storytelling and Computational Landscapes
12 units, Carnegie Mellon University
Electronic Logics Creative Practice investigates the fundamentals of electronic computation as metaphors for art and interaction. Students explore technology through a creative lens, as conceptual and physical material to be manipulated and synthesized, by examining the basis of digital computation alongside contemporary and new media art practices. There are three main units Gates the logical building blocks of computers, Flow ways in which signals flow through physical and electronic systems, and Arrows the stacked layers of indirection used in modern computer systems. These major themes are addressed through lecture, readings, and the creation of individual and collaborative works. Throughout the semester students complete a series of quick thematic exercises and three largerscale projects these works are reviewed through meetings, group critique, and documentation. Our toolbox includes 7400series logic chips, the Arduino electronics platform, software, wood, laser cut acrylic, found objects, props, projections, and glue. We address technical engineering subjects e.g. Karnaugh maps alongside art and performance theory. Students deepen conceptual skills while increasing the scale and ambition of creative output. The course culminates in an endofsemester showcase where students publicly exhibit their work.
Prerequisites: none listed
Offered: Spring 2027
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