Computationally Yours · Handbook
Handbook · 03 · Srishti Manipal Interim 2026

Four briefs

What each week asks of you, what you hand in and when, and how it will be read. Each brief builds on the last; nothing is thrown away.

seed briefs · depth 4
Weeks
Four
A1 · 20%
Day 5 · Critique 1
A2 · 30%
Day 10 · Critique 2
A3 · 50%
Day 20 · the opening
Every day
A log entry
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How briefs work

Each week has one brief, one question and a set of daily deliverables. The worksheets are how you do the work; the brief is what the work has to answer.

  • Due by 3:30. Daily deliverables go in your repository by the end of pin-up, with the day's log entry.
  • Three submissions. Weeks 1 and 2 end in A1 and A2, assessed at their critiques. Weeks 3 and 4 end in A3, the final. See Assessment.
  • Late is still useful. If a day slips, hand it in the next morning and say so in the log. Don't skip it.
01

Week 1

Identity — take a position

Days 1–5 · Mon 23 – Fri 27 Nov

Author one identity: a named practitioner tied to a real condition of the world you'll graduate into. Give it facts, beliefs and rules, and let it state its position in 150 words.

DayDeliverableWhere
Day 1Coordinates sheet. Repository set up with a README.Repository
Day 2Three candidate identities, a paragraph each, each tied to a condition.candidates.md
Day 3Identity worksheet complete. Codex metaphor log.Identity worksheet
Day 4Manifesto version 1. At least 15 checked references.Manifesto worksheet
Day 5Manifesto version 2, identity card draft, one-page proposal with an initial generative concept.Identity card
Submission · A1 · 20%

Due Day 5 by 3:30, presented at Critique 1: who is speaking, what do they care about, would this voice matter outside the studio?

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A1 rubric · Critique 1

02

Week 2

Computation — write the rules

Days 6–10 · Mon 30 Nov – Fri 4 Dec

Build a generative system that speaks in your identity's voice: inputs, rules, parameters and seeded chance, producing at least twenty outputs that no other identity's rules could have made.

DayDeliverableWhere
Day 6System diagram on paper. Technique chosen.System worksheet, B–C
Day 7The system runs and exports. Seed logged.System worksheet, D
Day 820 outputs in outputs/digital. Parameter table in the README.System worksheet, E–F
Day 9Authorship log entry. Three promising directions.System worksheet, G
Day 10Pathway or pathways chosen, with a one-page production plan.System worksheet, H
Submission · A2 · 30%

Due Day 10 by 3:30, presented at Critique 2: does the system speak in the identity's voice, or could anyone's rules have made this?

03

Week 3

Materialisation — give it a body

Days 11–15 · Mon 7 – Fri 11 Dec

Carry the system into material. Learn your medium's constraints, test it against the idea, build a prototype, and lock a production file whose material carries the identity's position.

DayDeliverableWhere
Day 11Production spec sheet for your medium.Plotter · Resin · Archival
Day 12First file passes its checks: path-optimised, watertight or 300 PPI.Production guides
Day 13Test log with photographs and notes.tests/
Day 14Prototype, and a process.md draft.Documentation
Day 15Final production file locked. Exhibition proposal.Exhibition
Critique 3 · feedback

Not marked. Does the physical work embody the system, and does the material carry the identity's position? The answer is assessed in A3.

04

Week 4

Exhibition — stand behind it

Days 16–20 · Mon 14 – Fri 18 Dec

Produce the final artefact, document it, install your zone, and open An Atlas of Elsewhere. Stand beside the work and speak for the position it holds.

DayDeliverableWhere
Day 16Production under way. Artist statement draft.Statement and card
Day 17Identity card, label and QR code, each tested by scanning.QR codes
Day 18Repository complete. Work photographed.Documentation
Day 19Zone installed and checked against the installation checklist.Installation
Day 20Opening. Final submission checklist complete.Opening · Submission
Submission · A3 · 50%

Due Day 20 before the walkthrough: the installed zone and the complete repository, with a short conversation at your zone.