Srishti Manipal Institute · Interim 2026 · Studio handbook

Computationally Yours

Out of One's Place. Twenty students each author an identity, a practitioner with a name, an origin and a position on the world they are about to enter, and build the computational system through which it speaks.

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Dates: 23 Nov – 18 Dec 2026
Hours: 9:30 – 3:30, Mon–Fri
Cohort: 20 students
Facilitator: Ujjwal Agarwal
Exhibition: An Atlas of Elsewhere

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The idea

Not learning to make pictures with code, but learning to stand somewhere else, and to build the rules through which that position can speak.

Every student leaves with three things: an authored identity, a working generative system, and at least one exhibition-quality physical artefact. The artefact can be a plot, a print, a resin object, or any combination; no one has to make all three. AI image generation alone is not a generative system. Students must be able to explain the logic of their own code. Read the introduction →

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Three pillars

Displacement

Leaving the familiar coordinates of place, time, language, role or species, and using that distance to see a real condition more clearly.

Identity

An authored identity with a name, an origin, a 150-word manifesto, beliefs and rules. It is a serious authorial position, not a costume.

Computation

An original system: parameters, rules, constraints and controlled variation, producing many outputs in a recognisable language.

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Also: Foundations, a primer on pixels and vectors, CPU and GPU, rendering and file formats, to read in Week 1.