School of Architecture and Planning

EMERGENCY POWER OUT: CHECKOUT PHOTO ROOMS AND DARKROOM ACCESS DENIED

Due to an emergency electrical situation in e15, the Card readers are not working for the e15-068 (darkroom), e15-056 (soundroom), e15- 060 (checkout room) and e15-054 (photo classroom).

However, E15-001 the cube, E15-95 IEL are still functional.
We are working with facilities to get the problem resolved.
However, they have to address this problem or the all of e15 will be down.

As of now I have the darkroom door propped, so you should be able to get access.
Please schedule your work time to tomorrow afternoon.
Also checkout will be closed, all returns that are late as a result of this closure will be forgiven.

When the situation changes, I will immediately relay this information to you.

Announced on 29 April 2016  1:06  p.m. by Madeleine Gallagher

Turning a sphere inside out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6g3ZcmjJ7k

Announced on 20 April 2016  4:39  p.m. by Gedney H Barclay

Reciprocity failure

http://filmphotographyproject.com/content/howto/2011/10/what-reciprocity-failure

"Whether you’re using a lower speed film in daylight, trying to maximize your depth of field in a landscape, or just setting up the camera for an exposure at night, sooner or later you’re going to start pushing the limits of your film’s light gathering ability. As light becomes more scarce, the silver halide grains residing in your film will be less uniformly struck by photons, causing a steep drop in density after a few seconds of needed exposure. This exponentially diminishing response to low light levels is more popularly known as a film’s reciprocity failure. Not all films are created equal, and some will respond better than others, but here’s what you can typically expect:

B&W Film - exposures in excess 1-2 seconds will result in reduced density, yielding very thin, if not non-existent shadows.

Color Negative Film - exposures in excess of 20 seconds will result in color-shifting, as dye layers of the film will absorb light unevenly over the prolonged exposure.

Slide Film - exposures in excess of 5 seconds have color shifts similar to color negative. In high saturation films such as Fuji Velvia, this shifting is much more extreme."

Announced on 20 April 2016  3:16  p.m. by Gedney H Barclay

Office Hours Friday April 22

Hi All,
I will have office hours on Friday from 1:30-5:30 if you would like to meet to discuss your project due next week. Please schedule ahead of time via email.
Thanks!

Announced on 19 April 2016  4:10  p.m. by Kelly Ann Nipper

Class This Week

Hi Chenxue, Sivan, and Hanwei,

Tomorrow we will discuss the Bateson and Berardi readings. Please have three discussion points ready. After we will touch base about your models and performance. On Thursday we will go to the ICA Boston to see the Geoffrey Farmer exhibition curated by Dan Byers and the talk https://www.icaboston.org/events/art-talk-kaja-silverman-geoffrey-farmer-and-dan-byers

I would like to leave MIT 6/6:15pm in order to see the exhibition before the talk. Please let Gedney know tomorrow if you are able to go at this time. We cover travel to and from the ICA however we will be leaving early.

Looking forward to seeing all of you tomorrow.

All my best,

Kelly

Announced on 19 April 2016  12:44  p.m. by Kelly Ann Nipper