Interactive Performance Technology: Course Schedule

INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGY

DANCE 3560 / THETR 3690 / MUSIC 3441
Spring 2011
Instructor: Allen Fogelsanger
Office Hours: Wednesdays 12:20-1:10 Schwartz 428
Department of Theatre, Film & Dance
Cornell University

Spring 2011 Schedule

Tuesdays will tend to be devoted to going over programming assignments and explaining new Max objects and new computing ideas, while Thursdays will tend to be the day that movement assignments are due, and the day for quizzes on the programming and for discussion of readings and creative issues. Until Spring Break all students will be required to do both programming and movement composition; thereafter the projects are collaborative and students may divide up responsibilities among the members of their group. The final collaborative project will be the focus of the last four weeks of the course, and will be presented publicly a few days after classes end. Information about grading can be found on the course work page.

Programming assignments require using Max 5 Help and Documentation that is available as part of Max 5 and additionally online. The online help documents do not open the tutorial patches, which are absolutely necessary; these come with the Max 5.1 download package. Working through tutorials needs to be done by class on Tuesday, but some assignments are to make patches of your own: these patches are due by midnight Sunday so that the instructor has time to look over them and possibly debug them by class on Tuesday. You are encouraged to e-mail the instructor any time for help; he'll get back to you at his earliest opportunity. It's best to e-mail a copy of your patch so he can see exactly what you've done so far.

Movement assignments will simply require thoughtful composition; they will not be graded on aesthetic quality.

Quizzes on programming will be patches that don't work and must be repaired.

Readings may be found by following the links on this page or in the bibliography, which furthermore includes complete citations. Readings followed by "CUL" are available to the Cornell community through the Cornell University Library and require CUWebLogin. Some files, including pdf files and QuickTime movies, may take some time to download to your computer. If you want to find out more about something covered in one of the assigned readings, check the course bibliography for links that may offer further information.

Paper: there's only one and it is due by midnight on Sunday after Week 12. Take 8-12 pages to develop a response to some subset of the readings and/or discussion.