HOMEWORK ALWAYS DUE ON DATE AT LEFT

september 7

CLASS 1

overview

Get required text: New Media Reader (Utrecht $48 or Amazon used for $23)

Setup annual membership to Rhizome.org ($5 donation)

Read 2 articles:
• Borges (Garden of Forking Paths, NMR p.29-34)
• Benjamin, Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, sections I-IV, click to read online

september 14

CLASS 2

the web: Myth, metaphor, meaning

Graduate meeting @ 4:30pm, MI-507, Presentations 4:30-5:45

Read 2 articles, SKIM 1:
• Marshall McCluhan's The Medium is the Message, NMR p.203-209.
• Stuart Moulthrop's You Say You Want a Revolution?, NMR p.691-704.
• SKIM Tim Berners-Lee + others' "WWW", NMR p.791-797.

CLASS VISITOR SHELLY SILVER! See her also at Conversations at the Edge, Gene Siskel Film Center, September 15th.

september 21

CLASS 3

Human-computer interfaces (HCI)

Art:

Katie + Sandra

1) Read 3 articles:

• Bush (As we may think, NMR p.35-47)
• Manovich (NMR p.13-25)
• David Rokeby's online Transforming Mirrors (click link and read intro through conclusion)

2) Locate an artwork OR an object with an interactive interface that you can classify (using Rokeby's system) as one or more of the following: navigable structure, invented medium, transforming mirror, or automaton. Be prepared to show and discuss this artwork (via URL or from the object itself) in class.

september 28

CLASS 4

lecture 4:30

october 5

CLASS 5

VR + HCI

Class leaders:

Sandra + Seth

Art: Andrew + Kathryn

1) Read:

• Myron Krueger's Responsive Environments in NMR, p.377-389
• Alan Kaprow's Happenings in the NY Scene, NMR, p.83-88.
• Four Selections by EAT, NMR p.211-226.

2) DUE: Preliminary artist's statement

october 12

CLASS 6

robotics + ai

Class leaders:

Katherine + Matt + Sinae

Art: Rani + Seth

Read:

•Turing's Computer Machinery and Intelligence, NMR p.49-64.•Turing's Computer Machinery and Intelligence, NMR p.49-64.
•Lucy Suchman's Plans and Situated Actions, NMR p. 599-611.
•SKIM Lynn Hershman's Fantasy Beyond Control, NMR p.644-646

october 19

CLASS 7

electronic play: Chat, blog, game

Class leaders:

Fi

Art: none signed up but suggest Brett and Charles

1) Read:
• Rhizome.org's reprinting of the Game Show catalogue essay
• Sherry Turkle's Video Games and Computer Holding Power in NMR p.499-513

2) Optional Read:
• Tiffany Holmes's Arcade Classics Spawn Art? Current Trends in the Art Game Genre (Link to download PDF)

3) Bring a URL for an online game or play experience that holds your attention for a particular reason-Bring the URL and your reason for selecting this link to class.

october 26

CLASS 8

Information visualization

Visitor: Aaron Gach

Class leaders:

Andrew Hicks

Art: Brett + Charles (switch to oct 19)

•Online: Lev Manovich outline to Info-Aesthetics: and his chapter, Post-Media Aesthetics (online link to LM (scroll down OR download a pdf copy)

•Ivan Sutherland's Sketchpad, NMR p.109-117 ONLY.

november 2

CLASS 9

electronic activism

Class leaders:

Sam + Charles

Art: Sinae + Zach

Read 2 articles:
• Critical Art Ensemble's Nomadic Power and Cultural Resistance, p.781-790.
• Critical Art Ensemble's "Chapter 6 Contestational Robotics" from Digital Resistance. Available online: http://www.critical-art.net/books/digital/

november 9

CLASS 10

Surveillance

Class leaders:

Zach

Art:

Jaemin + Matt (suggest move to nov 16)

GUEST LECTURE, 5-6pm: Simone Osthoff, Assistant Professor of Critical Studies in the School of Visual Arts, at The Pennsylvania State University. Her research and publications focus on Latin American Visual Culture and New Media Art and have appeared in the New Art Examiner, Leonardo, and World Art. Osthoff is a member of the Leonardo Digital Review panel. Among recent and forthcoming book chapters are: "Women and Media Arts in Brazil," in Women in New Media, ed. Judy Malloy, (MIT Press 2001); "Lygia Clark and Hélio Oiticica: a Legacy of Interactivity and Participation for a Telematic Future," in Corpus Delecti: Performance Art of the Americas, ed. Coco Fusco, (Routledge, 2000); "Hélio Oiticica's Parangolés: Nomadic Experience in Endless Motion," in Diaspora and Visual Culture, ed. N. Mirzoeff, (Routledge, 1999). Among her recent symposia presentations are the College of Art Association, The International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, and the International Symposium on Electronic Art.

Read 3 pieces:
• Philip Agre's Surveillance and Capture, NMR p.737-757.
• Please familiarize yourself with the Steve Kurtz "Biotech Blunder" ongoing court debacle (online link to CAE).
• Carnivore at Rhizome: Click for online access: http://rhizome.org/carnivore/How_We_Made_Our_Own_Carnivore.txt

november 16

CLASS 11

Biotechnology

Class leaders:

Brett + Jaemin

Art: Sam

1) Read:
• Eduardo Kac's Transgenic Art (online)
• Donna Haraway's Cyborg Manifesto, NMR p.515-537
• SKIM SubRosa's Glossalalia (online biotech glossary)

2) Write/type preliminary lecture outline (see final project link for a demo)

november 23

no class

Holmes in Switzerland at Viper/Znode meetings. Work on final presentations. Individual meetings available November 15th.

november 30

class 12

FINAL PROJECT ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• Bring 20 copies of final artist's statement to class

december 7

no class

No class critique week

december 14

CLASS 13

FINAL PROJECT ORAL PRESENTATIONS + COURSE EVALUATIONS

• Bring 20 copies of final artist's statement to class