1109GFS and trying to explain (art == data)

This is the last weekend before I start teaching at QCA. This year between working full time making games, I'll be teaching two classes called 1109GFS and 1112GFS. They have been titled something like "Programming for Artists 1 & 2" but I prefer to call them 1109 and 1112.

The formal structure of the class will be teaching processing to students of the games design degree. But the subtext of whole thing is to try to show that you can view art as a form of data. It's a different approach and one that takes understanding before you can appreciate all the ramifications of what that approach means. Consequently when I talk about this idea at work they smile politely and nod. There is a lot of scratching and shaking of heads, and it mostly finishes with everyone agreeing that I'm on to something, we just can't put a good finger on it.

First class is on Tuesday night. Wish me luck.