Raspberry Pi: Interactive Video and Sound with Processing and Pure Data

January 13 - February 17, 2019

Sundays, 2 pm - 5 pm
7 class sessions + open house exhibit March 2, 2019

$300 class fee + $65 material fee

ABOUT THIS CLASS

Processing is an application/platform for creating graphics and animation for interactive video projects. With a large community of users, it can now run on the Raspberry Pi! Pure Data (PD) is an open source visual programming language for sound and multimedia (very similar to Max). It also works on a Pi which is very exciting! Why? Because you no longer need to run your projections, sound, and interactive artworks off of a laptop or a desktop which is very expensive and prone to crashing.

In this course, we will all be running our Pis off of a preloaded Raspian OS disk image optimized for creating standalone projects with Processing and PD. You will be up and running within one hour or less. Over the course of seven classes, we will cover how to pass values between software, generate graphics and animation with code, integrate sensors to modulate sounds and visuals and trigger events, learn video projection techniques, generate and manipulate sounds, and control output devices like servos and lights. Through all of these class experiments, you will discover possibilities for a final project and many future projects to come.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

Raspberry Pi Raspian OS

• Programming with Java on the Processing platform
• Visual programming with Pure Data
• Programming with Python
• The Linux OS
• Programming graphics, sound, and interactivity
• Integrating sensors with the Pi’s GPIO
• Integrating servos and LEDs with the Pi’s GPIO

• Raspberry Pi microcontroller
• SD Card
• Short Ethernet Cable
• Short Micro USB Cable
• USB Audio Adapter
• Mini Servo
• Breadboard and Jumper Cables
• LEDs, Sensors, and Misc Components

REQUIREMENTS

• No electronics experience required
• No programming experience required

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Matthew Steinke is a practicing artist working with video animation, interactive programming, and homemade electronics. Over the past twenty years, he has exhibited and performed with his robotic musical inventions throughout the US, Canada, and Europe. He holds an MFA in Art and Technology Studies from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His work has been featured in Wired, Artweek LA, The Village Voice, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, Hackaday, and on the cover of Tape Op.

FYI

Refund Policy
Students can receive refunds up to 7 days before the class start date.

Class Minimums
If the class minimum has not been met, the class will be canceled or rescheduled. Those who have pre-paid will be notified in advance and will have an option to receive a class credit or a full refund.

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