Blog site for 'La Academia', a non-profit art+tech educational component at the Boys and Girls Clubs of San Dieguito.

Thursday, November 16, 2006

Arte

Este dibujo... Todo un mundo super-energía pop-wow extraterrestre de acción.

Art

Wonderful art by one of our contributing members. The details are very well done, and the images are fun too!



Arte

¡Ya llega el otoño !!! Para celebrar, los miembros aprendieron a crear superficies 'organicas', mezclando pinturas parcialmente. Fantástico para crear hojas multi-color.



Monday, November 06, 2006

Ubiquitous

Lesson 3- Translation:
(links: lesson, quiz)
This is the 3rd lesson of the term, introducing a new important concept in 'technology art': 'translation'. As opposed to 'transfer', where the artistic and technological focus is on the physical translation of images, 'transfer' concerns itself with conceptual ('instructional') translations. For this, the ideal focus is the 'instruction' concept of programming, which, over several lessons, will highlight a range of activities, from programming of graphics software and robots, to various methods of 'communicating' with robots in the physical world. Today we begin with the students leading a 'Scribbler Robot' to design an image of a 'family tree'.

Ubicuo

Lección 1- Introducción:
(ligas: lección, examen)
Disculpen que esta lección esté fuera de orden, pero hemos estado inventando todo, en estos primeros meses. En este primer taller presentamos los conceptos de 'tecnología ubicua' y 'arte tecnológico', resaltando la importancia de los siguientes aspectos: la comunidad de Eden Gardens, conocimientos sobre electricidad, microprocesadores, y arte contemporáneo.

Monday, October 30, 2006

Ubiquitous

Lesson 2- Transfer:
(links: lesson, quiz)
On this 'ubiquitous' workshop we started to make 'technology art' by applying the concept of TRANSFERENCE, while reviewing the importance of 'family trees' in the community of Eden Gardens. Here you see one family tree, going through the process of invention, duo-toning, silk-screening, and re-application:



Arte

Las arañas tejen sus telarañas, con mucha maña... ¡ en jalogüin !!!



HW

We also do a lot of homework at La Academia!

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Arte

¡Este dibujo está muy padre! Miren cómo el edificio de 'perros-policía' queda completamente pintado por 'huellas de perro' (y hasta la puerta parece 'mini', para visitantes caninos).

Art

Check out these pumpkins. Using clothes-dryer flexi-tubing and a little paint and creativity, the result is a very contemporary-looking art piece.