Lecturers
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Corona update: At home 
and here: https://zhdk.zoom.us/j/4710337215
Initial information before Corona curfew: ZT 4.K16. (on some few days: 5.K07). Additionally, we have a reservation of Modellbau Projekte ZT 2.E20-UU.
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The module 'Spatial Interaction' challenges students to deepen their practical and conceptual knowledge of human interactions in their immediate surroundings. Starting from a location in Zurich where public life and „tamed nature“ overlap, they will develop spatio-technical frameworks for situated interactions. The student projects will connect people and environmental processes with the aim of investigating local impacts of urban (or everyday?) behavior as well as long-distance effects of individual actions. They will learn how to interface the present mesocosm (collecting environmental data, identifying relationships) and how to experiment with advanced techniques like remote sensing or machine vision. Designing in such situations requires the development of strategies for public outreach and communication as well as basic knowledge about intervening in complex systems. In addition, students learn how to connect spatial and conceptual complexities and structure their approach in relation to their project goals while iteratively adapting their methods. Students will work in groups and in a form of self-governed organization developed specifically for this course.
Schedule
(to be developed on the fly due to the circumstances.)
upcoming ZOOM meetings:
Zoom with Theun, Wednesday, march 25, 10:00
Zoom with Florian, Friday, march 27, 10:00
meetings on zoom: https://zhdk.zoom.us/j/4710337215
past meetings:
Kickoff Q&A sesssion on Tuesday, March 24, 12:15-13:00
| Week 2 | Tuesday, 24.03. | Wednesday, 25.03. | Thursday, 26.03. | Friday, 27.03. |
| morning | - read introduction paper 12:15 ZOOM | 10:00 ZOOM Workshop Theun Karelse | Workshop Theun | 10:00 ZOOM Input: Technology 1 |
| afternoon | read Maedows "Leverage Points" | Workshop Theun | Workshop Theun | Input: Technology 2 Computer Vision (YOLO & Pose Estimation) |
| Week 3 | Tuesday, 31.03. | Wednesday, 01.04. | Thursday, 02.04. | Friday, 03.04. |
| morning | Input: Technology 3 IoT and Communication Protocols (OSC, MIDI, MQTT) | presentation task | presentation of phase 1 group building via interests.presentation of phase 1 | 09:00 2 groups present: what, where and how (basic outline of plan) 10:00 - 12:00 intense mentoring → concrete plan |
| afternoon | Input: Kaspar König: Deep Listening (maybe 1h maybe longer) task "Leverage Points" | phase 1: action- effects research + related art & design projects (in groups of 2) | phase 2: concept development: think of how to make these effects directly experienceable (visualisation as exception) | Input: Technology 4 Data Analysis / Sensor Networks (Data Aggregation) |
| Week 4 | Tuesday, 07.04. | Wednesday, 08.04. | Thursday, 09.04. | Friday, 10.04. |
| morning | to be determined.. | KARFREITAG | ||
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| Week 5 | Tuesday, 14.04. | Wednesday, 15.04. | Thursday, 16.04. | Friday, 17.04. |
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| Week 6 | Tuesday, 21.04. | Wednesday, 22.04. | Thursday, 23.04. | Friday, 24.04. |
| morning | 11:00-13:00 final presentations | documentation | ||
| afternoon | 14:00 feedback session | documentation |
Literature
- Theun Karelse: Spatial Interaction Random Forests Reader.
- Donella Meadows: Leverage Points - Places to Intervene in a System.
- Franinovic & Kirschner: Microbiospherians. (to come)
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- Extended Conceptual Speed-Dating (Flusser vs. Massey)
- Spatial Analysis (Taking Perec on a tour)
- Space-Intervention-Matrix
Mentoring
We will prepare doodles for mentoring with time slots of different length depending on the progress of the overall project. Reserve your slot and try to be on time. Questions can be asked anytime – also via email.
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