Operative Images workshop

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Subject guarantor:

Eric ROSENZVEIG

Name of lecturer(s):

Eric ROSENZVEIG

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

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Mode of study:

Attended course

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Code/programming - beginner level.

It would be appropriate (but not mandatory!) if the participants know what Processing is, how a Processing sketch is structured and how to launch a simple sketch from it. However, we will also look at techniques where the use of code is not required.

Technical requirements:

A laptop with Processing and Unity3D installed.

Course contents:

The concept of the operative image was coined by media artist, Harun Farocki to describe images that „do not represent an object, but rather are part of an operation“. In other words, images are not only used as visualization for human vision, but also as a source of information for „machine vision“.

With the increased use of surveillance technologies, digital warfare, medical imaging, to name but a few; images provide an important source of knowledge of and insights into our physical world that can then be analysed (along with other sources of data) by a machine and lead to crucial autonomous decision-making.

During this workshop, we will look at and develop simple examples of machine vision techniques (such as objects/facial recognition, blob tracking, use of different web services helping with object detection) in order to understand the means behind operative images and how they can be used a source of information by a system.

The aim of the workshop is also to show participants how they can use these machine vision techniques to develop their own creative projects. Therefore, the workshop will be half about showing various techniques and how to use them and half about participants creating their own project.

Recommended or required reading:

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Assessment methods and criteria:

Attendance at the workshop

Course web page:

Note:

Additional info at info@transmit.org

Lecturer Bios:

Matthieu Cherubini (b. 1984) is currently a PhD candidate in the Design Interactions Department at the Royal College of Art. His research project examines the implications of artificial moral agents on our domestic and everyday lives, both today and in the near future.

His background is in software engineering and media design from HEAD-Geneva. He lives in Shanghai where he works as a freelance creative technologist.

His work has been presented internationally including at the Biennale Internationale de Design, Resonate, NODE15, Lift China, KIBLA Multimedia Center, FACT Gallery and also he has been published in periodicals BBC, WeMakeMoneyNotArt, Wired, FastCompany.

Further information:

This course is an elective for all AMU students

Schedule for winter semester 2015/2016:

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
14.10.2015		12:00–18:00	Eric ROSENZVEIG		České centrum, Rytířská 31, Praha	paralelka 1

Schedule for summer semester 2015/2016:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans: