VISUAL LANGUAGE (2D), 510-112-DW FINE ARTS 1 ( Section 1, Mondays, Section 2, Thursdays)

Andres Manniste
Autumn 2009

SYLLABUS (Revised 17/08/09)

Week 1: (August 24, 27)
Introduction to course. Working with programs, entering and exiting files, portable memory, saving work
Reading (about photography): William J. Mitchell (1994) “Intention and Artifice” in The Reconfigured Eye: Visual Truth in the Post-Photographic Era, Cambridge: MIT Press, pp.23-57.

Week 2: (August 31, September 3)
Lecture: Intention and Artifice
Link: Jeremy Shuback: Photoshop Crash Course
Reading: Tribe, Mark and Jana, Reena (2007) New Media Art, "Art in the age of digital distribution", pp.6-9.
Browsing: Digital Art Source http://www.digitalartsource.com/index2.shtml and John F. Simon, Jr. (1997) Every Icon

Labour Day: September 7

Week 3: (September 14, 10)
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop, drawing and painting tools
Project 1 (individual project, line direction, 15%)
Reading: Tribe, Mark and Jana, Reena (2007) New Media Art, "Art in the age of digital distribution", pp.10-13.
Browsing: Shelley Jackson (1997) My Body

Week 4: (September 21, 17)
Working on project 1 in computer lab, image editing, introduction to printers
Reading (about defining mechanically produced art): Walter Benjamin (1936) The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, (Sections I, II, IV, V and XII)

Week 5: (September 28, 24)
Downloading Internet images, file compression, image formats
Links: Apple i.movie tutorials: Apple i-movie tutorial (i-movie HD) i-movie O9
Reading (a historical perspective): Vannevar Bush (1945) As We May Think (Sections, I, VI, VII and VIII)

Week 6: (October 5, 1)
Section 1: Lecture: Benjamin and Vannevar Bush
Section 2: Introduction to simple animation. Quicktime and iMovie.
Project 1 due
Project 2 (15%)
Homework: Write a proposal (5%)
Browsing: http://www.bewitched.com/bewitched,
http://crazyimages.com/

Week 7: (October 14, 8)
Section 1: Introduction to simple animation. Quicktime and iMovie.
Section 2: Lecture: Benjamin and Vannevar Bush
Reading: Natalie Bookchin, Alexei Shulgin (1999) Introduction to net.art (1994-1999) and Tribe, Mark and Jana, Reena (2007) New Media Art, "Olia Lialina", p. 60-61.
Browsing: Olia Lialina (1996) My Boyfriend Came Back From the War
Homework: Simple animation (5%).

Thanksgiving break October 10-13


 Week 8: (October 19, 15, mid term assessment)
Simple animation due (5%).
Lecture: the context for media art.
Reading: Tribe, Mark and Jana, Reena (2007) New Media Art,"Natalie Bookchin", p. 31-31.
Browsing: Natalie Bookchin (1999) Intruder
Jodi (2006) MAX PAYNE CHEATS ONLY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.webloc

Week 9: (October 26, 22)
TEST (10%) On readings, lectures and rowsings to date.
Presentation of proposals. Formation of groups. How to work in groups
How to write a proposal (bis)
Reading: Tribe, Mark and Jana, Reena (2007) New Media Art, "Vuk Cosic", p. 38-39 and "Mark Napier", p. 70-71.
Browsing: Mark Napier (1998) The Digital Landfill and Vuk Cosic (1999) Deep ascii http://www1.zkm.de/~wvdc/ascii/java/

Week 10: (November 2, October 29) (in Lab)
Introduction to Internet, Web workshops
Homework: Simple webpage (5%).
Reading: Tribe, Mark and Jana, Reena (2007) New Media Art, "Mouchette", p. 66-67.
Browsing: Stellarc (1996) Ping Body and Mouchette (Avatar, 1996-present) http://www.mouchette.org/

Week 11: (November 9, 5)
Work session
Reading: Tribe, Mark and Jana, Reena (2007) New Media Art,"Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries", p. 94-95 and "Alexei Shulgin", p. 84-85.
Browsing: Young-Hae Chang Heavy industries (2005) Super Smile. http://www.yhchang.com/SUPER_SMILE.html and Alexei Shulgin (1998) 386DX Cyberpunk rock band  

Week 12: (November 16, 12)
Work session
Browsing: 0100101110101101.org
Reading: Tilman Baumgärtel (1999) Interview with 0100101110101101.ORG and Tribe, Mark and Jana, Reena (2007) New Media Art,"0100101110101101.org", p. 26-27.

Week 13: (November 23, 19)
Simple webpage due.
Reading: Tilman Baumgärtel (1997) Interview with Jodi and Tribe, Mark and Jana, Reena (2007) New Media Art,"Jodi", p. 50-51.
Browsing: Jodi www.jodi.org

Week 14: (November 30, November 26)
Work session

Week 15: (December 7, December 3)
TEST (10%) On readings, lectures and Browsings to date.
Project 2 due, class critique

Supplementary week: (December 14, 2009 at 15:00) Last submission of project 3

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Course outline (pdf)

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