How does bringing an artwork outside change its interaction with people and the environment? What new possibilities exist if we create an electronic artwork that can travel with us and be installed anywhere? Desert Media Art is a production based course where students research, propose, produce, install, and document an electronic artwork designed for Abu Dhabi’s desert. The desert is an iconic landscape with a rich history of use by artists as an alternative to the white box of the gallery. We will study historical and contemporary outdoor art practices as well as local ecology and culture. Students will work in groups to create an electronic artwork that is battery powered and ready to be taken into the field. The project will be installed in the desert, documented, and then presented in an indoor exhibition. Technologies used will include CircuitPython, 3D printing for enclosure design, rapid prototyping using laser cutting, battery power, and video production. Students will not just build a project and install it in the field, but also learn how to communicate their work to the public using video documentation and indoor exhibition.
Desert Media Art (IM-UH 3315) is taught by Michael Ang at New York University Abu Dhabi’s Interactive Media program.
With only a few days left before our desert installation, our project has a long way to go but is coming along. Thanks to Nelson from the Scene Shop, we were finally able to obtain Read more…
We started working on putting our project together a week ago and so far it’s coming along quite well. There are still technical challenges we need to figure out but things look promising. There are Read more…
So far, we made great progress on the StarFall project and have completed steps that helped us move closer to bringing our project to life. Below, we’ve provided a clear breakdown of the things we achieved: 3D-Printed Read more…
