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UNRAVEL the CODE 2018 is an interdisciplinary course at the Maryland Institute College of Art that draws upon traditional crafts to explore emerging technologies of making. We pair weaving with digital algorithms, origami with parametric laser cutting, and handwork with cybernetic systems of control. The first half of the semester features hands-on workshops led by visiting experts. These inform student’s research-based projects that become the focus of the second half of the semester. The course concludes with a public presentation of this exciting array of projects.

FACULTY:

Annet Couwenberg: Artist/ Faculty; Wearable Technology, Smart Textiles, and Internationalization

Ryan Hoover: Experimental forms of 3D printing

Technical Assistance:

Alan Grover: Software,

Margaret MacDonald – Art Historian, Scientist, Cultivation Museum, Curator

Paul Mirel: Principal Systems Engineer for NASA PIPER and BOBCAT Missions, Visiting Engineer at MICA

Sylvia Eken: Photographer, International Educator

 

August 29 dFAB Orientation with Ryan McKenzie

 

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton

Art by El Anatsui

“Unravel the Code” is an interdisciplinary course at the Maryland Institute College of Art that draws upon traditional crafts to explore emerging technologies of making. We pair weaving with digital algorithms, origami with parametric laser cutting, and handwork with cybernetic systems of control. The first half of the semester features hands-on workshops led by visiting experts. These inform student’s research-based projects that become the focus of the second half of the semester. The course concludes with a public presentation of this exciting array of projects.
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Project Research:

My interest lays with Balinese offerings

Decoding the World f Balinese Offerings

Waking up in Bali, Indonesia in 1978 at the crack of dawn with the smell of incents lingering in the garden as soon as I stepped outside my room. The Hindu population of Bali makes their daily offerings early morning to honor their forefathers. These offerings placed in their family temple are a way to meditate, and these little tokens are a form of a selfless act. There came a time that the Balinese didn’t collect their own flowers in 2000 and bought them in the morning market before going to work, while nowadays almost all offerings are for sale. In a way, you hope that these traditions of making the ornaments and offerings are being kept.