This course is designed for both artists and designers with or without prior technological knowledge. We will look at the issue of “e-waste” and how it can be used as an artistic tool and discuss current art practices that deal with this matter. Through hands-on examples we will explore extinct dot-matrix and thermal printers once used in offices and at checkout counters around the world.

This course will introduce you to modern web development basics in a playful approach by (re)creating simple web-based game prototypes. Throughout this course you will develop your own skills to develop websites and simple games that can be run in (almost) any web browser and be integrated into (almost) any web page.

This course offers a comprehensive introduction to coding-related technologies and their applications in the realms of art and design. The primary objective is not to turn you into a coding expert but to equip you with the skills needed to navigate projects that extend beyond graphical user interfaces. You'll gain practical knowledge and the confidence to harness the creative potential of coding.

This seminar explores artistic research methods and strategies, enabling participants to develop their own projects. It covers key concepts, methodological approaches, and the role of digital media in artistic research.

Students who want to realise a project in the field of coding, software art, generative art, generative design, physical computing, machine learning, etc. are encouraged to contact the Coding Lab. Projects are then implemented collaboratively over one semester in individual sessions.

In this course we will cover the practical application of machine learning algorithms in artistic practice. With the help of the programming language Python we will train and use our own algorithms. Based on examples from media art, we will develop and implement your own projects/project ideas.

No previous knowledge necessary, there will be a short introduction to Python and the Command Line Interface. Please bring your own laptop.

Organised by:: Institut for Design

Data increasingly shape our everyday reality, yet their aesthetic and narrative possibilities often remain unexplored. This workshop offers an introduction to the artistic engagement with raw data – from analysis and processing to visualization. Together, we will examine how data can be used as material to create new perspectives and forms of expression.

This seminar provides an understanding of immersive media and virtual reality (VR) from an artistic perspective. The aim is to clarify basic concepts, from virtual reality to augmented reality (AR) to extended reality (XR), and to place them in their historical context. Using artistic examples, we will discuss and explore how immersive technologies create a spatial experience in which the boundaries between the physical and virtual worlds merge and a strong sense of presence can be generated.
We will explore and discuss the differences to conventional images, as in a 360° environment, viewers are no longer distant observers, as they are in front of a ‘flat image’, but become part of the work, a development that was already evident in the panorama of the 19th century (Robert Barker's ‘Panorama’, patent 1787).
We will discuss how this inclusion of the audience in the image presents new aesthetic and receptive challenges.