Workshop: "See Pixel: Computational and Visual Processing"

Date: January 21-24,  2013
Place: santralistanbul Campus, Faculty of Architecture -Atelier E3-104   

The workshop organized by İstanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Architecture concentrates on division of labor between computers and designers. Humans and machines perform differently for different types of calculations, and their respective capacities can be highlighted in regard to their respective natures. Instead of replicating each other’s functions, computational and visual calculation, in the case of drawing, can be used in harmony.

This workshop concentrates on coupling the eye of the drafter with a computational camera. The recording of the drawing process, once analyzed gives a narrative about the drawing sequence, and help extract layers of information along the act of drawing.

TEAM

Executive:
Onur Yüce Gün (MIT Design and Computation Group (website)) 

Organizers:
Şebnem Yalınay Çinici (İstanbul Bilgi University) 
Benay Gürsoy (İstanbul Bilgi University) 
Mete Tüneri (İstanbul Bilgi University) 
Emre Erkal (Erkal Mimarlık)

WORKSHOP CONTENT

We will:
-Learn Processing [http://processing.org/] [if you know it, we will support you in learning additional libraries]
 -Focus on image and video processing. Videos and images will relate to drawings, drawing processes and design.
 -Develop novel methods to re-interpret, re-visualize and analyze our drawing processes.
 -Discuss differencess between hand and “algorithmic” drawing for design.
 -Build hand-drawings in their own “time-space”.

APPLICATION

 E-mail to: seepixel@gmail.com

 1.  Send one A4 size PDF with selected work. Show us your work: whatever visual material you can think of that relates to design:
 -handdrawing / painting / algorithmic (scripted) work / photos / collages / renders
 2.  Tell us what grade you are (undergraduate 3rd year? masters 2nd year? phd?)
 3.  Write a couple of sentences about yourself if you like. (in Turkish or English)

 For application and detailed information: http://seepixel.wordpress.com/info/