Fall 2005, Art 104
HOMEWORK
1)Create a blog at blogger.com
2)Join the art104 mailing list and post the URL for your blog to the list.
3)Read Semiotics Article. Post in your blog about the reading.
4)Read and comment on 2 other student blogs (to facilitate this I shall post a list of all blogs to bloglines) http://www.bloglines.com/public/rubaiyat
I shall post new blogs as they come in, you may need to reload the link to see them or you may use the links posted to the art 104 list serve.
the optional text for this course is by Stephen Wilson, also students should browse rhizome
greensheet:
Art 104 Interdisciplinary Seminar in Art and Technology
Professor Susan Otto, Assistant Professor susan at cadre.sjsu.edu
Teaching Assistant: James Morgan james at factorynoir.com
Fall 2005 Hours: M 7:00-9:50 PM
Office Hours: Art 325 wed 9:30-12:30
Course Description: Investigation of theoretical topics in digital media art and analysis of contemporary technology research issues. Emphasis on language and mobile computing, with a specific focus on technology based communication, information design and critical theory.
Required text: Membership to rhizome.org and blogger.com
Also: http://www.netzwissenschaft.de/mobi.htm#culture
http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B/sem09.html
http://www.free-culture.cc/freecontent/
Course Objectives: Exploration of aesthetic, cultural and social implications associated with new information technology. This seminar reviews historical and contemporary theoretical topics shaping the discourse in digital media art. A cross section of current creative and research activities are reviewed.
Topics to include: blogs, hybrid performance, locative media, mobile entertainment, space, surveillance, sms and information design. Students will participate in directed research, field trips and “one off” projects. Students will work individually and in groups as assignments dictates.
Class Pre-requisites: Upper Division standing in Art or permission of Instructor. Admission priority: CADRE undergraduate majors, graduating seniors in art, graduate students
Assignments: Students will participate in directed research, and explore technology-based methods of writing a research paper. Students will keep a weekly blog of research, writing and collections of audio, video and text.
Student Responsibilities: Students are responsible for all material presented in class and all assigned reading. Students are expected to fully participate in class discussions in support of a seminar format. Assignments are due on specified dates.
Evaluation criteria include: well developed concepts, thorough preparation, qualitative research methods and presentation.
General Class Participation will be evaluated on engagement, ability to communicate ideas and raise pertinent questions that contribute to the class' understanding of concepts and issues.
Writing will be evaluated on clarity and understanding of the topic(s).
All students will receive access codes to the lab. Building access cards will be available for weekend and night access. All lab policies must be observed at all times.
Individuals with disabilities may contact the Disability Resource Center on campus, 924-6000, Administration Building 110, for a variety of formats such as Braille, large print, sign
SCHEDULE
Wed Aug 29 Introduction : homework: http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B/semiotic.html
Mon. Sept 5 Labor Day
Mon. Sept 12 Semiotics. The Semiotics of Morrisey.
Mon. Sept 19 Class presentation of work
Mon. Sept 26 Class presentation of work Home work: What is Digital Cinema? www.manovich.net
Mon.Oct 3 Digital cinema
Mon. Oct 10 Hypertext. Language as Code.
Mon. Oct 17 Powerpoint is evil
Mon. Oct 24 Research #1
Mon. Oct 31 Research #1
Mon. Nov 7 Individual meetings
Mon. Nov 14 Free Culture/Virilio
Mon. Nov 21 Presentation of Blog / Research
Mon. Nov 28
Mon.Dec 5
Class presentation will be a presentation of creative works by students.
Research #1: please assign a reading for the class one week in advance and present research that relates to your creative work.
Presentation of blogs will encompass a semester’s worth of research developed on one of the below topics:
artificial life; audio/sound; biology; body; broadcast; browser; censorship; cinema; community; email; free software; game; gender; hacker; identity; immersion; interactive; interface; Internet; machine; media activism; net.art; open source; performance; robotics; social networks; social space; space; surveillance; tactical media; teleprescence; television; utopia; virtual reality; visualization of information; wireless
1)Create a blog at blogger.com
2)Join the art104 mailing list
3)Read Semiotics Article. Post in your blog about the reading.
4)Read and comment on 2 other student blogs (to facilitate this I shall post a list of all blogs to bloglines) http://www.bloglines.com/public/rubaiyat
I shall post new blogs as they come in, you may need to reload the link to see them or you may use the links posted to the art 104 list serve.
the optional text for this course is by Stephen Wilson, also students should browse rhizome
greensheet:
Art 104 Interdisciplinary Seminar in Art and Technology
Professor Susan Otto, Assistant Professor susan at cadre.sjsu.edu
Teaching Assistant: James Morgan james at factorynoir.com
Fall 2005 Hours: M 7:00-9:50 PM
Office Hours: Art 325 wed 9:30-12:30
Course Description: Investigation of theoretical topics in digital media art and analysis of contemporary technology research issues. Emphasis on language and mobile computing, with a specific focus on technology based communication, information design and critical theory.
Required text: Membership to rhizome.org and blogger.com
Also: http://www.netzwissenschaft.de/mobi.htm#culture
http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B/sem09.html
http://www.free-culture.cc/freecontent/
Course Objectives: Exploration of aesthetic, cultural and social implications associated with new information technology. This seminar reviews historical and contemporary theoretical topics shaping the discourse in digital media art. A cross section of current creative and research activities are reviewed.
Topics to include: blogs, hybrid performance, locative media, mobile entertainment, space, surveillance, sms and information design. Students will participate in directed research, field trips and “one off” projects. Students will work individually and in groups as assignments dictates.
Class Pre-requisites: Upper Division standing in Art or permission of Instructor. Admission priority: CADRE undergraduate majors, graduating seniors in art, graduate students
Assignments: Students will participate in directed research, and explore technology-based methods of writing a research paper. Students will keep a weekly blog of research, writing and collections of audio, video and text.
Student Responsibilities: Students are responsible for all material presented in class and all assigned reading. Students are expected to fully participate in class discussions in support of a seminar format. Assignments are due on specified dates.
Evaluation criteria include: well developed concepts, thorough preparation, qualitative research methods and presentation.
General Class Participation will be evaluated on engagement, ability to communicate ideas and raise pertinent questions that contribute to the class' understanding of concepts and issues.
Writing will be evaluated on clarity and understanding of the topic(s).
All students will receive access codes to the lab. Building access cards will be available for weekend and night access. All lab policies must be observed at all times.
Individuals with disabilities may contact the Disability Resource Center on campus, 924-6000, Administration Building 110, for a variety of formats such as Braille, large print, sign
SCHEDULE
Wed Aug 29 Introduction : homework: http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B/semiotic.html
Mon. Sept 5 Labor Day
Mon. Sept 12 Semiotics. The Semiotics of Morrisey.
Mon. Sept 19 Class presentation of work
Mon. Sept 26 Class presentation of work Home work: What is Digital Cinema? www.manovich.net
Mon.Oct 3 Digital cinema
Mon. Oct 10 Hypertext. Language as Code.
Mon. Oct 17 Powerpoint is evil
Mon. Oct 24 Research #1
Mon. Oct 31 Research #1
Mon. Nov 7 Individual meetings
Mon. Nov 14 Free Culture/Virilio
Mon. Nov 21 Presentation of Blog / Research
Mon. Nov 28
Mon.Dec 5
Class presentation will be a presentation of creative works by students.
Research #1: please assign a reading for the class one week in advance and present research that relates to your creative work.
Presentation of blogs will encompass a semester’s worth of research developed on one of the below topics:
artificial life; audio/sound; biology; body; broadcast; browser; censorship; cinema; community; email; free software; game; gender; hacker; identity; immersion; interactive; interface; Internet; machine; media activism; net.art; open source; performance; robotics; social networks; social space; space; surveillance; tactical media; teleprescence; television; utopia; virtual reality; visualization of information; wireless
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