Assignments:

Prompt I: Due 4/1/03

Make something with your hands. It has been argued that because of new technologies that the body has become obsolete. Some would argue that art has perilously lost the direct connection with the body. At the same time there has been a renewed interest in well crafted "hand made" items. As computer artists how is your expression related to issues of the body? What does hand made mean in our virtual realm of the computer interface?

Prompt 2: Due 5/15/03

Create a project where the interaction mirrors or enacts a psychological condition or emotional state. For the interactive artist the meaning of the work is expressed not only through the images and symbols on the screen but by the kinds of interaction through which viewer/participant engage the work. This project emphasizes the interactivity by asking you focus on how the interactions themselves might express a mental state.