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Week 2 & 3: Program Major: KINETIC IMAGING
About this class
This is a major course for the Summer Art and Design Program 2023. This course cannot be taken separately.
In this course, participants will be invited to unravel the exciting world of Kinetic Imaging—a dynamic fusion of art and motion. As Kinetic Imaging is a new discipline introduced at VCUarts Qatar starting in Fall 2024, this program will embark on a creative adventure, delving into various aspects of kinetic art, creative coding and moving images. Participants will be provided with a solid foundation, combining theoretical insights with hands-on projects that encourage experimentation and innovation.
Class Outline
Classes 1 & 2: Introduction to Kinetic Imaging
- Overview of Kinetic Imaging and its applications
- Exploration of contemporary kinetic artwork
- Introduction to basic animation principles
- Workshop: Ideas Bank exercise + brainstorming session.
Classes 3 & 4: Moving images : Video + Gifs
- Understanding video footage + gif techniques
- Workshop : Shoot simple video footage
- Workshop: Creating a gif
- Introduction to basic video editing
Classes 5 & 6: Konnectivity
- Workshop: Simple circuits connections.
- Workshop: Light pulse simple animation
Classes 7 & 8: Intro to Creative Coding
- Introduction to basic coding
- Workshop: Create a simple interactive artwork using HTML
- Workshop: Create a simple interactive artwork using JavaScript
- Discussion: The intersection of coding and art
Classes 9 & 10: Final Project and Presentation
- Discussion: How to artists and designers think?
- Work on final projects with guidance from the instructor
- Presentation and showcase of final course outcomes
Materials needed
Please note: Do not purchase materials until VCUQatar has sent final course confirmation.
Participants are encouraged to have the following materials:
- Laptops or computers for video editing and software applications
- Creative Cloud ( Adobe Pr + Adobe Ae + Adobe Ps + Adobe Ai)
- Phone Camera
- A Sketchbook + Pencils + Pens
- Circuit Kit * This will be provided by VCUarts Qatar
Where to buy your materials
Most of the materials are available from any art supply shop, for example:
- Cass Art (Fire station)
- Jarir Bookstore: on Rayyan Road or Salwa Road
- Color Note: on Al Nasser Street
- Ibn Al Qayyim: at Markhiya Roundabout
- Al Rawnaq
Schedule
Start: Sun, 14 Jul, 2023
End: Thu, 25 Jul, 2023
Lessons: 10
Days: Sunday through Thursday
Time: 10 am to 1 pm
Location: VCUarts Qatar Campus
Instructors
Reham Mohamed (b.1995)
Multidisciplinary Designer, Artist, and Educator from Sudan based in Doha. Reham holds a Masters of Fine Arts–MFA in Printmedia from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a Bachelors of Fine Arts–BFA in Graphic Design from Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar. Reham engages with the ambiguity of the defined, labeled, and provable existence of the self in relation to the existence of physical and hypothetical matter, corresponding to her fluid personal in-between state. To acknowledge the open-ended generative process of creation and existence, she creates remixed forms and scenes by composing visual graphics of: collected objects, written texts, typographical letterings, captured images, mundane thoughts, played sounds, reconnected histories, and documented archives. Through a speculative process Reham explores betweenness as a wandering space of the infinite everything, through infinite possibilities of making, learning and unlearning. Using methods of layering, overlaying, and reduction she toggle these scenes between recognition and obscurity to create reconfigured visuals. Printed matter, editioned objects, sculptural forms, and digital play is how her work exists. Rehams’ work has been exhibited locally and internationally, including solo and collaborative projects, Her collaborative print work has been shown in artist book fairs in New York and Los Angeles and is included in several international artist book collections. Rehams’ current practice explores betweenness as a wandering space of the infinite everything,