WEEK 01current
Course Introduction
Understand how the course works, meet the studio community, and leave with a realistic environment-readiness plan.
COURSE SYSTEMLIVING STUDIOTOOL READINESS
OrientationOpen week →
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15-week course / staged development
Weekly Course
Each week combines context, guided practice, a website action and an after-class task. Week 01-06 contain developed teaching materials; Week 07-15 retain the shared structure while their detailed course content is prepared.
WEEK 02upcoming
Introduction to AI Art: From Generative AI to Agents
Move from probabilistic generation to AI art as a historical, artistic and critical field, then turn that understanding into a plan for a personal Living Studio website.
INSIDE THE MODELAI × ARTBETTER STORIESLIVING STUDIO
Seminar + WorkshopOpen week →
WEEK 03upcoming
Net Art & Creative Coding I
Read the network as artistic material and produce a small p5.js system whose behaviour you can explain.
NET ARTP5.JSINTERACTION
Seminar + WorkshopOpen week →
WEEK 04upcoming
Animation, 3D & Video Art I
Read moving images as artistic systems, then turn one AI-assisted 3D asset into an authored Blender scene.
VIDEO ARTANIMATION3D CGI
Seminar + WorkshopOpen week →
WEEK 05upcoming
Interactive Art & Game Art I
Read interaction, interfaces, rules and play as artistic material, then enter Unreal Engine as a multidisciplinary real-time studio.
INTERACTIVE ARTGAME ARTUNREAL
Seminar + WorkshopOpen week →
WEEK 06upcoming
Idea Presentation
Make one developing project idea public, ask one useful question, and establish a Working Log that can carry the project forward.
IDEA PRESENTATIONOPEN QUESTIONWORKING LOG
Presentation + WorkshopOpen week →
WEEK 07upcoming
AI Art II: Models, Agents & Artistic Practice
Move from deep-learning models to contemporary agents, then examine how AI systems reorganise artistic research, production and human agency.
TRANSFORMERSAI AGENTSARTISTIC AGENCY
Advanced Seminar + Individual TalkOpen week →
WEEK 08upcoming
Reading Week
No scheduled class. Use the week to develop the project, complete outstanding reading work, and bring the Living Studio records up to date.
READING WEEKPROJECT DEVELOPMENTCATCH-UP
Independent Study / No ClassOpen week →
WEEK 09upcoming
Net Art II: Post-Internet & AI-driven Creative Coding
Examine Post-Internet conditions and advanced creative-coding practices, then develop browser work through p5.js and AI-assisted experimentation.
POST-INTERNETCREATIVE CODINGP5.JS + AI
Advanced Seminar + WorkshopOpen week →
WEEK 10upcoming
Video Art II: AIGC 3D & Video Art
Deepen the relationship among AIGC 3D, animation and contemporary moving-image practice through advanced Blender techniques and artist cases.
AIGC 3DVIDEO ARTBLENDER
Advanced Seminar + WorkshopOpen week →
WEEK 11upcoming
Interactive Art II: Game Art & AI-driven Prototyping
Analyse contemporary interactive and game art, then translate one artistic interaction into a small AI-assisted Unreal prototype.
INTERACTIVE ARTGAME ARTAI-DRIVEN PROTOTYPING
Advanced Seminar + WorkshopOpen week →
WEEK 12upcoming
Project Progress Review
Work independently while the instructor reviews each project, then prepare an online test and a clear way to collect useful feedback.
PROGRESS CHECKDEPLOYMENTFEEDBACK
Open Studio + Individual ReviewOpen week →
WEEK 13upcoming
Academic Writing & Practice-based Research
Turn the developing artwork and its evidence into a clear practice-based argument, then build the essay structure in Overleaf.
PRACTICE-BASED RESEARCHACADEMIC WRITINGOVERLEAF
Seminar + Writing WorkshopOpen week →
WEEK 14upcoming
Final Presentation
Present the Living Studio and final artwork as one concise account, then record feedback for the last round of revision.
FINAL PRESENTATION5–6 MINUTESPEER FEEDBACK
Presentation + Peer FeedbackOpen week →
WEEK 15upcoming
Final Submission Deadline
Complete, verify, back up and upload the full course submission package by the published deadline.
NO CLASSFINAL UPLOADVERIFY + BACK UP
No Class / Independent CompletionOpen week →