schedule
Select the collapsing/expanding menus below to get more info for work due and reviewed during each class. Remember that each week will list current work for the class followed by work due in next class.
Week one is for reading/viewing projects and thinking about a possible idea for a projects you'd like to create.
Week two is for intents, where you write a paragraph description and produce a visual sketch for your project concept.
Week three you produce your approach, and link to it from your website. You will present intents and approaches to class. Other assignments may also be listed under projects below.
hacktivism
Week 1: Tues Jan 10 & Thurs Jan 12, 2011--introduction
discuss/view:
- ➡occupy & New Media
- ➡They Rule, Josh On
- ➡Refugee Republic, Ingo Gunther
- ➡as is happened—a secret history of hacking
due this week:
- ➡get your dreamhost account
- ➡set up class portfolio with wordpress blog on dreamhost account
- ➡review reading prompts then read/view pariser, crosbie, van Gelder, Korten; you'll respond to prompts in your class blog next week
resources:
- ➡vin crosbie, what is new media?
- ➡eli pariser, the world needs you to see it with fresh eyes
- ➡Sarah van Gelder, How Occupy Wall Street Changes Everything
- ➡w3school html, css, xml reference
Week 2: Tues, Jan 17 & Thurs Jan 19, 2011--reading/viewing
discuss/review:
- ➡code art & perversion : Mez, Jaromil
- ➡hacktivism & execution : Mann, Yes Men
- ➡empire, hierarchy, blasphemy, hacking, transformation
due this week:
- ➡read Edge of Art Ch 4--hacktivist art
- ➡read Augusto Boal, From Theater of the Oppressed in New Media Reader, CH 22
- ➡post replies to reading responses for all readings fro past two weeks on your class blog using categories "responses" and "hacktivism"
resources:
- ➡Blais, Ippolito, Edge of Art Ch 4--hacktivist art; Edge of Art Intro; Ch chapter 1 Code Art
- ➡Yes Men, Yes Men website
- ➡Jaromil, Rasta Software,
- ➡Mez, poetry reviews, Mez _N.hanced_texts
- ➡Stephen Mann, Wearable computing
Week 3: Tues, Jan 24 & Thurs Jan 26, 2011--Intent
discuss:
- ➡hacktivist art & "execution" as a symptom of new media art
- ➡Intro to The Pool
- ➡what is an intent and approach?
view:
- ➡student intents
- ➡more code art & hacktivist projects
due this week:
- ➡come up with 2-3 ideas or intents for your code/hacktivism project
- ➡post your 2-3 intents in The Pool as well as your class blog with category "intents" and "hacktivism"
- ➡review at least 2 classmates' projects in The Pool, selecting from the unrated projects in the left column
- ➡research online, find 2-3 code/hacktivist projects of your own & post to your class blog using category "hacktivism"
resources:
- ➡The Pool
- ➡identify your (and your professors'/classmates') political framework
Week 4: Tues, Jan 31 & Thurs Feb 2, 2011--approach
discuss:
- ➡ political framework and useful feedback for intents
- ➡hacktivism approaches
view:
- ➡student projects approaches
- ➡related art projects
due this week:
- ➡hacktivism approach due thurs (see assignment page)
resources:
- ➡blais & ippolito, at the edge of art, chapter 3--autobotography
- ➡jumplist for projects in chapter 3
autobotography
Week 5: Tues, Feb 7 & Thurs Feb 9, 2011--reading/viewing
discuss:
- ➡bodies, subjectivity, authorship, genius and autobotography
- ➡self vs other, bios vs machine, individual vs community
- ➡Haraway's A Cyborg Manifesto
view:
- ➡Jennifer Ringley, Jennicam 1, 2, 3,
- ➡Stephen Mann, Wearcam and Shooting Back
- ➡Stelarc, and Stelarc 2; and Orlan's Carnal Art
- ➡Han Hoogerbbrugge, Modern Living & Neurotica
- ➡Nobody Here
due this week:
- ➡read Edge of Art chapter 3--autobotography
- ➡read A Cyborg Manifesto, Donna Haraway, in New Media Reader
- ➡post prompt responses for the above readings on your website, category "responses" and "autobotography"
resources:
- ➡blais & ippolito, at the edge of art, chapter 3--autobotography
- ➡jumplist for projects in chapter 3
- ➡Cindy Sherman Untitled Stills and here
- ➡NanGoldin photographs of intimate life
Week 6: Tues, Feb 14 & Thurs Feb 16, 2011--intent
discuss:
- ➡autobotography intents
- ➡networked selves
view:
- ➡Young Hae Chang, Heavy Industries
- ➡Michael Mandiberg,Shop Mandiberg
- ➡Cornelia Solfrank, Female Extension
- ➡0100101110101101.org, Darko Maver
due this week:
- ➡Find an autobotography work to present to class that is NOT in Edge of Art; post Url for project in FC; describe the kind of "self" produced by the specific tech used in this project (describe this on your website as well as in class presentation
- ➡Post an intent for your autobotography in The Pool and on your website
resources:
- ➡jumplist for projects in Edge of Art
Week 7: Tues, Feb 21 & Thurs Feb 23, 2011--approach
discuss:
- ➡autobotography approaches
- ➡digital & networked selves, avatars, cyborgs
view:
- ➡student projects
due this week:
- ➡create autobotography approaches
- ➡read The Fantasy Beyond Control, Lynn Hershman
for next time(after spring break):
- ➡blais & ippolito, at the edge of art, chapter 2 --deep play
- ➡post a URL to a game site or game resource that you think is "deep play" in FC folder "game art examples"
resources:
- ➡blais & ippolito, at the edge of art, chapter 2--deep play
- ➡Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture, Chapter 3—Social Realism in Gaming, Alexander R. Galloway
- ➡At The Edge of Art website
- ➡jumplist for projects in chapter 2
Spring Break: Sat, Feb 25, 2011 to Sun, March 11, 2011
fun, erotics and learning
- ➡spend time outdoors in a natural setting
- ➡get intimate with a non-human
- ➡see week 7 for work due after break
deep play
Week 8: Tues, March 13 & Thurs March 15, 2011--reading/viewing
discuss:
- ➡realism, simulation and wargames
- ➡Edge of Art Ch 2: Deep Play
- ➡Social Realism in Gaming, Galloway
view:
- ➡America's Army, America's Army2
- ➡Kuma War AYBABTU
- ➡Apache Killing Video and related discussion
- ➡sheik attack, eddo sterne; and Under Seige
due this week:
- ➡blais & ippolito, at the edge of art, chapter 2 --deep play
- ➡post a URL to a game site or game resource that you think is "deep play" in FC folder "game art examples"
- ➡ skim No Quarter
- ➡read NMR Ch 34: Sherry Turkle, Video Games & Computer Holding Power
resources:
- ➡blais & ippolito, at the edge of art, chapter 2--deep play
- ➡game resources
- ➡ No Quarter: Demilitarizing the Playground
- ➡Under Seige info
Week 9: Tues, March 20 & Thurs March 22, 2011--intent
discuss:
- ➡game intents
- ➡commercial realism: vice city, state of emergency, etc
- ➡alt games: newsgaming, machinima, game graffiti, humor; cockfight arena, pain stations, crispin jones, go fish; real lives,
view:
- ➡Red vs Blue, Why Are We Here?
- ➡Sept 12
- ➡waco resurrection, and more info and the great game
- ➡world without oil, 3 player chess, Sissyfight, josie true, agora exchange, second life, wild divine
due this week:
- ➡create game intents
- ➡reminder: post more URLs for related projects to FC "game example"
resources:
- ➡under ash, and video; under seige and video
- ➡Velvet Strike screenshots, movies, and flamer responses (the most interesting--read the long last post by vet)
- ➡world without oil
Week 10: Tues, March 27 & Thurs March 29, 2011--approach
discuss:
- ➡game approaches
- ➡serious and humorous play; games to change the world
view:
- ➡play games!!
- ➡Big PictureSmall World, agora exchange, World Without Oil
- ➡game triptich, Owen Smith (click on image for next in series)
due this week:
- ➡create approach: this should be playable as a game, it does not have to be digital
resources:
eco-tech
Week 11: Tues, April 3 & Thurs April 5, 2011--ecotech reading/viewing
students present eco-tech materials
- ➡research and present 2 projects from Green Museum, Green Arts Web, or Eco Art Space
- ➡read Bower and Comp and pick a quote from each to present and discuss in class.
professor presents
- ➡biomimicry, ecological restoration, crowd-sourcing with nature, inter-species intelligence
- ➡co-creation: a new paradigm for art
- ➡Carbon Light Life, Martin Prothero
- ➡Sculpture for Birds, Lynne Hull
- ➡big picture_small world
due this week:
resources:
Week 12: Tues, April 10 & Thurs April 12, 2011--ecotech intent
discuss: collaborating with human nature
- ➡eco tech art intents
- ➡public, environmental , and ecological health
- ➡permaculture design principles
view:
- ➡your chosen eco art projects
- ➡Victory Gardens 2000, Amy Franceschini
- ➡Environmental Health Clinic, Natalie Jeremejenko
- ➡Local Permaculture Gardens, Food Forests, Long GreenHouse
due this week:
- ➡food_consumption collage due--tues
- ➡eco tech art intents due--thurs
resources:
Week 13: Tues, April 17 & Thurs April 19, 2011--ecotech approach
Carrotmob Makes It Rain from carrotmob on Vimeo.
discuss:
- ➡eco tech art approaches
- ➡final project ideas
view:
- ➡eco tech art approaches
due this week:
- ➡eco tech approaches due
- ➡proposal for final project due
resources:
final projects
Week 14: Tues, April 24 & Thurs April 26, 2011--final portfolio and project
discuss:
- ➡how to turn New Media skills into your livelihood
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- ➡portfolio URL & favorite page on your site
- ➡final projects
due this week:
- ➡complete portfolios, with 4 intents and approaches, and at least 1 release; week 1 & week 14 new media definitions, and self-evaluationposted to your portfolio website.
- ➡final projects