Capturing Motion
Nell Breyer
Thu Jan 20, 27, 02-04:30pm, N52-2nd floor
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 20-Jan-2005
Limited to 10 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Please bring digital video / operable camera of choice (webc
Whether enabled by mechanically-driven gears or the most advanced image capture technology, kinetic art forms speak to the space-time dimensions of human experience. This two-part session provides a historic framework for visualization and interpretation of body motion, and introduces novel video-based concepts for motion capture. Invited artists will share their unique perspectives on the role of body movement in kinetically-inspired art. Participants will prepare individual works and conceptual models for public presentation and critique during the end of session two.
Web: http://emergingtech.mit.edu/iap05/
Contact: Stephanie Hunt, N52-231, x3-4405, sdh@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Center for Advanced Visual Studies
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Duct Tape Delusions
Amy Fitzgerald, Amy Smith, Amy Banzaert
Thu Jan 27, Fri Jan 28, Sat Jan 29, 02-04:00pm, 4-402, Final session at MIT Museum
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Who can make the coolest stuff out of duct tape? Come to the Edgerton Center and make your duct tape dreams come true. We'll provide the duct tape, you provide everything else. Entries will be judged in a variety of categories. The kickoff will be Thursday, at 2:00 p.m. in 4-402. The rolls of tape will be given out at the kick-off but will also be available to latecomers on Friday from 2:00-4:00 (4-402). Final entries will be due between 1:00 and 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. The Awards Ceremony will be held at the MIT Museum at 2:45 on Saturday, but come ahead of time and we'll have extra duct tape to play with!
Web: http://web.mit.edu/edgerton/outreach/duct_tape/
Contact: Amy Fitzgerald, 4-406, x3-7931, amyfitz@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Edgerton Center
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Holography Studio Series
Betsy Connors
Tue Jan 18, Wed Jan 19, Thu Jan 20, 12-02:00pm, MIT Museum
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 8 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: 5.00 for materials fee
Each session of this series will introduce you to a different holographic technique or application.
Session 1: Laser Transmission Holography
Tue Jan 18, noon - 2:00 pm, MIT Museum
Session 2: White Light Transmission (Rainbow) Holography
Wed Jan 19, noon - 2:00 pm, MIT Museum
Session 3: Holographic Shadowgrams
Thurs Jan 20, noon - 2:00 pm, MIT Museum
Web: http://emergingtech.mit.edu/iap05/
Contact: Stephanie Hunt, N52-231, x3-4405, sdh@mit.edu
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Investigating a Renaissance Architectural Drawing
Gary van Zante, Larry Sass
Thu Jan 20, 10am-12:00pm, MIT Museum
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 18-Jan-2005
Single session event
Prereq: n/a
The session examines a sixteenth century architectural drawing in the MIT Museum collection attributed to Baldassare Peruzzi, one of the most important architects of the Italian Renaissance. We will study the origins of the paper, the drawings' conservation over 450 years, construction of the architectural perspective and the architectural imagery. We will also discuss the digital projection of the perspective and 3D modeling of the architecture.
Contact: Gary van Zante, N52-211, x3-2825, vanzante@mit.edu
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Teaching Physics Since WWII: A Panel Discussion
Stephanie Hunt
Wed Jan 26, 03-04:30pm, N-52 2nd floor
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Everyone knows about the Nobel Prizes won by MIT physics professors, but do you know how the department invented and reinvented new approaches to introductory physics? Every MIT undergraduate takes physics, and while some of the basic experiments haven't changed in 150 years, the way the class is taught has been revolutionized. The last 60 years have seen the most dramatic of these changes to the landscape of physics education.
Web: http://emergingtech.mit.edu/iap05/
Contact: Stephanie Hunt, N52-231, x3-4405, sdh@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Physics
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The Art of Traditional Boat Design
Kurt Hasselbalch, Reuben Smith, Antonio Dias
Wed Jan 19, Thu Jan 20, Fri Jan 21, 10am-05:00pm, Meets in N51-160
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 19-Jan-2005
Limited to 10 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: None
Fee: 15.00 for Materials cost
MIT Museum’s new nautical skills course! This class in traditional hands-on design practice will help you better understand the coding of CAD applications. Skilled instructors will teach you how 3-D models are used in the design process. The instructors will guide the class in the drafting procedures traditional builders use when working from a model to develop lines plans and/or a full-scale lofting in preparation to building a boat. Small teams will produce their own lines plans from a model and learn ways to develop other useful design data.
Contact: Kurt Hasselbalch, N52-223A, x3-5942, kurt@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Architecture
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