Final assessment rubric. The month is assessed in three submissions: A1 at the end of Week 1, A2 at the end of Week 2, and A3, the final, at the opening. Each has its own criteria, weighted towards the final mark.
Percentages of the final mark.
| Submission | Weight | Due | Assessed at |
|---|---|---|---|
| A1 · Identity | 20% | Day 5 · Fri 27 Nov, 3:30 | Critique 1 |
| A2 · System | 30% | Day 10 · Fri 4 Dec, 3:30 | Critique 2 |
| A3 · Final | 50% | Day 20 · Fri 18 Dec, morning | The exhibition and a conversation at your zone |
By A3, every submission must meet these before the rubric is applied.
identity.md: the completed identity worksheetmanifesto.md: version 2, 150 words or fewerreferences.md: at least 15, checkedcandidates.md, metaphors.mdlog.md for Days 1–5Who is speaking? What do they care about? Would this voice matter outside the studio?
| Criterion | Exceptional | Accomplished | Developing | Beginning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position6% · the condition | A precise, researched condition the identity stands in a distinctive relation to. | A specific, real condition clearly tied to the identity. | A specific condition, loosely connected to the identity. | A broad theme ("the environment") rather than a condition. |
| Voice6% · the manifesto | A voice no one else could have written: it commits, refuses and sets rules. | Speaks as the identity, commits, with few generic lines. | Speaks as the identity, with hedged or borrowed lines. | Describes the identity from outside, or sounds borrowed. |
| Evidence4% · research | Checked sources visibly shaping every part of the identity. | Fifteen checked references, most of them used. | Fifteen references, some only loosely used or unchecked. | Few references, mostly images. |
| Substance4% · distance | A position of real weight, honest and precise about its distance from the student. | Serious, with the distance from the student stated. | Serious, but the distance from the student is unclear. | Reads as a costume, a joke, or the student under another name. |
src/, with config/params.jsonoutputs/digital/, named by seedsystem.md: the system worksheetdiagram/authorship.md and log.md to Day 10Does the system speak in the identity's voice, or could anyone's rules have made this?
| Criterion | Exceptional | Accomplished | Developing | Beginning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rules10% · from the manifesto | Original rules that are the identity's argument. | Every important rule traces to the manifesto. | Some rules trace to the manifesto; others are the technique's defaults. | Rules come from a tutorial or the technique's defaults. |
| Range8% · twenty outputs | Wide variation in one unmistakable language. | Real variation that stays recognisably the identity's. | A recognisable language with limited range. | Near-identical outputs, or no common language. |
| Explanation7% · understanding | Explains every rule and parameter; reproduces any output from its seed. | Explains the system fully; outputs reproducible. | Explains the main rules; parts unclear or not reproducible. | Can't explain the system without the screen. |
| Authorship5% · working with Codex | A sharp record of decisions, including reasoned rejections. | A clear record of what Codex did and what was rejected. | A thin record with few decisions against its suggestions. | No record, or the system is mostly the machine's. |
process.md, final-statement.md, reflection.mdtests/TESTS.md and photographs in docs/photos/Does the physical work embody the system, and does it let a visitor follow the identity's position from rules to object?
During the walkthrough or straight after, a short conversation at your zone: walk through the system and answer questions about any part of it.
| Criterion | Exceptional | Accomplished | Developing | Beginning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artefact and material18% | The material is part of the argument; resolved, exhibition-ready craft. | A well-made object in a fitting material. | An object made, with problems of craft or finish. | Unfinished, or not exhibition quality. |
| Fidelity8% · the system, embodied | Unmistakably the system's output, translated into material with care. | Clearly produced by the system. | Made from the system's file, but the link is partly lost. | A picture of an output, adjusted by hand. |
| Exhibition8% · the zone | The zone reads as a whole, with a clear order and the atlas connection made visible. | All elements present, well placed and legible. | Elements present but crowded, unclear or untested. | Elements missing; QR or labels don't work. |
| Documentation10% · the record | A complete, honest record; process.md would teach a stranger how the work is made. | Log, tests, process and photographs all present and specific. | Gaps in the log, or documents written thinly at the end. | Little record of how the work was made. |
| Authorship6% · the conversation | Explains every line and decision with ease; the reflection is sharp and honest. | Explains the system fully; a clear reflection. | Explains most of it; the reflection is general. | Can't explain the code, or the work is mostly the machine's. |