Moving Parts is a technical workshop guiding each student as they create and problem solve mechanical movements to serve their aesthetic concerns in their own work. By looking at some historical and cultural context about the uses of automata/mechanisms across history and relevant contemporary works, so that one will develop their own ideas for the unique mechanical object they will create in the course. Both manual and automatic analog mechanisms will be addressed in the course so that students will have the choice to create either interactive objects or self moving ones. Deliverables consist of: thematic practice based assignments (both theoretical and physical), a research notebook with sketches/notes/ideas, and a final project consisting of a physical working object with a detailed overview of the process. This course is designed for beginners, but welcomed to all who wish to expand upon their current mechanical practice.
PRD-222A: Moving Parts
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