Creative Coding 7,5 Credits

Course Contents

In this course you will learn how to use code as creative medium to develop your ideas and turn your thoughts and feelings into expressive artwork.
You will use your previous knowledge about event-driven and object-oriented programming as a foundation to explore information visualization, generative art, and interactive installations. Question the meaning of art, design, and aesthetics in correlation to the society, programming, and to yourself. Explore and experiment with your aesthetics in a digital interactive environment.
You will also learn how to question the meaning of art, design, and aesthetics in correlation to
society, programming, and yourself as well as to explore and experiment with your aesthetics in
a digital interactive environment.

The course includes the following elements:
- Design and build autonomous systems to create generative art
- Explore and find patterns and rules to translate aesthetic principles into computer generated art
- Use appropriate data structures to handle data by parsing or recording, storing, and manipulating it
- Work with data from external sources, like APIs, cameras, or other sensors
- Evolve your own aesthetics manifest while experimenting in the digital art space
- Explore different ways to connect sound and visuals

Prerequisites

General entry requirements and taken courses Web and User Interface Design, 15 credits, Foundations of Programming 7,5 credits and Some Graphic design/aesthetics course, 7.5 credits or the equivalent.

Level of Education: Undergraduate
Course code/Ladok code: TCCK13
The course is conducted at: School of Engineering Last modified 2024-04-11 12:55:50