In MIT, a hackathon other than the standard HackMIT has been developed where students and coders gather to hack the arts. This will probably be of most interest to STEAM enthusiastic like Professor Baldwin himself, and thus, here is the link to the website.
Hacking Arts At MIT
Although we can fiddle with little bits of technology her and there, I believe that a full understanding of graphical and hardware technology such as MAX, the leap motion, the Open BCI project, and the Myo are truly crucial to making fantastic art. Of course, we can settle with integrating with expression our thoughts and emotions through the filter of the most basic of features of this technology, however to break bounds and defy artistic conventions and create ecstatic and lively art that flows well and brings about an impact, I can't help but fall in love with the creations and displays shown on this website.
The energy, the grotesqueness, and the abstraction of this art is purely enthralling. And I as a programmer cannot help but wonder how it was made and what tools I can use to make it. And the same goes with dance. Many times we need a live demonstration of a variety of art in order to figure out which appeals to each of one the most. In addition, adding in a demonstration and a light discussion of the technological backbones of the process will add a fundamental understanding. For me, seeing this art, and possibly hearing about how it was created would only drive me to make my own artistic creation with my flair. But it is only through the physical tangibility of the arts when I see it with my own eyes and feel it with my own fingers, that I can feel myself growing the wings of determination to challenge these arts with my own.
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