DDA500: Creative Practice with AI (Fall 2026)
Course Overview
DDA500 explores Artificial Intelligence (AI) as both an instrument and a medium for artistic expression. Students develop an empirical understanding of how AI systems function and integrate them into their creative practice. The curriculum spans natural language prompting, agentic coding, orchestration, local model hubs, node-based generative pipelines (ComfyUI), and critical inquiries into authorship, agency, and latent space aesthetics.
Structure
- 🔒 DDA500 Course Syllabus (Password Protected)
Happenings
A continuously updated feed of selected AI stories, projects, papers, videos, and posts used as discussion material in class.
Assignments
Studio project briefs exploring problem-solving, custom tool creation, multimodal pipelines, critical interventions, frontier research, and final capstone realization.
- A01: Problem Solving & Situated AI Study (Due Week 3)
- A02: Creating and Using Tools (Due Week 5)
- A03: From Prototype to Outcome (Due Week 8)
- A04: But Is It (Good or Legal) Art? (Due Week 10)
- A05: Research the Frontier (Due Week 12)
- A06: Final Project & Documentation (Due Week 15)
Readings & Bibliography
A curated bibliography of books, foundational papers, critical essays, and technical references on creative AI and machine aesthetics.
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