Alternative Art Education

Arts Education 2.0: Exploring Alternative Education Models
May 21, 2014
Taeyoon Choi
http://www.meetup.com/Arts-Culture-and-Technology/events/182862522/

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1. Arts Education 2.0: Exploring Alternative Education Models
   May 21, 2014
   Taeyoon Choi
   http:/
   /www.meetup.com/Arts-Culture-and-Technology/events/182862522/
   

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2. There is poetics in the space where electricity meets logic (circuits),
   

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3. and the moment where language meets math (programming).
   

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4. As an artist, I am intrigued by computation and build simple and complex machines,
   

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5. for Installation in gallery and
   performance in public space.
   Speakers Corners, Eyebeam, 2012
   

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7. Anti-Manifesto, Taeyoon Choi, Design by Hyo Kwon, Shanghai Biennial 2012
   

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8. Activist Technology Demo-Day, The Public School New York and Eyebeam, 2012
   

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9. Dark Nights of the Universe, The Public School New York and Recess, 2012
   

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10. School for poetic computation
    

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11. Co-founded by Zachary Lieberman, Amit Pitaru, Jen Lowe and
    Taeyoon Choi in 2013.
    Announced call in June and received 65+ applicant.
    Started 10 weeks program in September 15 at 33 Flatbush Ave,
    Brooklyn.
    

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12. 2013 Fall
    10 weeks,
    4 teachers,
    1 administrator,
    2 guest teachers
    25+ guest speakers
    ______________
    15 students
    $5000 tuition/student
    75K total budget
    10K profit*
    *returned to students
    

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17. SFPC The First Class at Eyebeam, 11,2013
    http:/
    /sfpc.io/thefirstclass
    

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19. v
    Hazeᯣ by Paul Chang
    http:/
    /www.ooxxv5.com/Haze
    

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20. Talking by Ishac Bertran and Jon Wohl
    http:/
    /talking.jonwohl.com/
    

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22. Open learning
    

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25. https://sfpc.hackpad.com/Circuits-4-zJbsDvclB0T
    

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26. Open Finance
    https:/
    /github.com/SFPC/finance-and-administration/tree/master/01
    

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27. Casey Gollan, SFPC Administrator
    

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30. 2014 Spring
    2 weeks,
    4 teachers,
    1 administrator,
    4 guest teachers
    10+ guest speakers
    ______________
    15 students
    15K budget
    2K loss*
    *Loss is not entirely appropriate term for various reasons
    

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31. Zach Lieberman
    Tega Brain Jonathan Dahan
    Taeyoon Choi
    

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33. Hiroaki Yamane
    Hiroaki Yamane
    Balance Ball game by Hiroaki Yamane
    http:/
    /mnmly.com/
    

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36. Interviews of SFPC participants by Oscar Schawrz
    

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37. We tend to make divisions between fine art materials and technical
    materials.
    Approaching technical materials in a poetic way allows me to forget about
    these divisions and just think about what makes something interesting, and
    how tools can be used as tools, and not as means to ends.
    Daniel Wilson, Spring 2014
    

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38. The logic gate stuff, for sure. That was challenging, but good. I appreciate
    knowing that. I have no idea what I’m going to do with it, and I’ll probably
    lose it. But learning about circuits... it’s one thing to just hook up an
    Arduino (like I did in college) but I liked how we really learnt what a chip is
    doing.
    Zak Greene, Spring 2014
    

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39. My understanding of poetic computation is that the rules we learn to use
    these tools, even if they conform to the laws of science and mathematics,
    are still created by people, so they are embedded with all of our
    aspirations and dreams and needs.
    Ida Benedetto, Spring 2014
    

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40. I feel like in my life my best teachers have been those who I have felt like
    are learning with me, who are still exploring. I feel like with these teachers
    the passion is passed on to the students, because you want to keep
    learning, because they are still learning. It feels like this is what Zach and
    Taeyoon have that quality. They are still exploring. That is this school’s
    special aspect.
    Tharit Firm Read Tothong, Spring 2014
    

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41. Artists working with technology have enjoyed sharing, teaching
    and giving away everything. It is the best way of pushing the boundary
    of what is possible and create community of support.
    

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42. http:/
    /www.audiovisualizers.com/toolshak/vidsynth/sandin/sandin.htm
    Dan Sandin. Image Processor 1971~74
    

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46. Taeyoon Choi
    http:/
    /taeyoonchoi.com
    http:/
    /sfpc.io
    taeyoon@sfpc.io
    

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