Part Four “Community Database”
M 18-Oct Internet Invention Chp. 7 “History (School)” Online Discussion (see below)
» key topics:
Riddles of Sense & High Concept; “Ficelle,” quilting, conductive logic, syncretism;
Narrative & History {“Donor,” Sender, Receiver, focalization} Value, “interpellation”;
“secondary encounter” (recognition); “cognitive map”; attunement, Stimmung ; “extimacy”
→ closely read: Office, “On the Premises” (191), & all “Comment” sub-sections.
» review Project Two Part II “Community Discourse” (pp.191-2)
- Due: Exercise 3 Assignment (“High Concept” p. 198)
- Screening: Be Kind Rewind (Dir. Gondry, 2008)
W 20-Oct Internet Invention Chp 7 & Jacqueline Goss: “Solstice” (2007) — info
F 22-Oct Jeremy Bushnell, The Imaginary Year (2004)
21-22 Oct » English Graduate Organization Annual Conference:
“Allusion, Adaptation, and Appropriation” — Schedule (PDF)
- attendance/participation extra credit (contact for details)
- Keynote speaker (Thurs 6pm) Douglas Lainer,
author of Shakespeare & Modern Popular Culture (Oxford UP, 2002)
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- Relay The Wilderness Downtown — interactive video for “We Used to Wait” by Arcade Fire.
- Created by Chris Milk (2010) — interview @ Pitchfork.com
“I still find myself remembering new things I forgot about what happened there, though. It’s really the ultimate loaded image. Everyone has a childhood. And for some reason, humans have this funny thing about where we came from– it always has far more emotional weight than where we are.”
- Caveat 1: “This site was designed with Google Chrome in mind and is unable to render properly in your browser. For the best viewing experience, we recommend downloading Chrome and trying this site again.”
Caveat 2: Might not work on all computers (requires high-functioning video card and processor; trying closing all other applications)
» Relay? ”young me / now me” & “Like Mom, Like Dad” series @ zefrank.com
“Write a letter to yourself in childhood…” ?
M 20-Sep Due: Exercise 2 “Memory Glimpse” (p. 90) Prompt & Tips here.
» Independent Work on Exercise & Inventory;
optional Online Discussion period 5 (particip. extra credit; see prompt below)
Screening: Sigur Ros—Heima (Dir. DeBlois, 2007)
“The project is to learn to write with patterns that function
more like music than like concepts.” (91) — Ulmer, Heuretics
Internet Invention Chapter 4: “Cosmogram” (pp. 96-123)
Key Topics (focus): Chora, Cosmogram, “Mapping Diegesis” (popcycle)
“Stimmung,” “String Theory” (ficelle); “syncretism” & “interface metaphor”
» review: “Office” section (pp. 122-3): Mystory, “Widesite”; conduction-inference
W 22-Sep Internet Invention Chp. 4 (96-123) & Not Found by Christophe Bruchansky (2007)
F 24-Sep Sharif Ezzat: Like Stars in a Clear Night Sky & J.R. Carpenter: The Cape
» Due: Weekly Blog Entry: “Mapping Popcycle” (p. 114)
» Due: “Fakebook” (inventory) Update (25-Sep)
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