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Praxis

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Act III   Post-Internet Art
Project: Praxis Pro­posal
 
 
M 08-Dec   Project Workshop

  • Activ­ity: Peer Feed­back on Work-in-Progress Project
    — dig­i­tal rhetoric: mul­ti­modal com­pos­ing & media effects (e.g. illus­trate, sim­u­late, convey)
  • Dis­cuss: design ideas + tech sup­port (Wix, Wee­bly, Word­Press, other)
    — design & media appli­ca­tions (post sug­ges­tions in comments!)

 
 
 
W 10-Dec   Due: Project 3 (Illus­trated Pro­posal for ArtPraxis)

  • Activ­ity: Stu­dent Pre­sen­ta­tions (show & dis­cuss projects)
  • Note: only pro­posal illus­tra­tion (mul­ti­me­dia assem­blage) is due at class-time
    → Poet­ics due Wed pm; Reflec­tion due Thurs

    • → see prompts below

 
 

 
 
» Blog Entry optional (extra credit / make-up):

 
 
 
 
F 12-Dec   Dig­i­tal Media & Net­work Rhetoric review (“writ­ing in the visual arts in 21st century”)

  • Review lessons of semes­ter + projects
  • Activ­ity: exam­in­ing fea­tures & sites (Wee­bly, Word­Press, etc.) for pro­fes­sional artist site
    → CraftScreen (Exer­cise 4)
    — dis­cuss ideas for com­po­nents, from exam­ples observed, in com­ments

 
» CraftScreen due S 14-Dec — Instruc­tions Page
 
* Optional com­po­si­tion: Writ­ing Reflec­tion (due finals week)
 
 
 

    per­for­mance and instal­la­tion of 12 mul­ti­me­dia artists.
    Free and open to the pub­lic. 7 p.m. Wednes­day, Dec. 10, Black Box theater


 

    site-specific instal­la­tion, Tun­nel (by Megan Gafford)
    Sat­ur­day, Dec. 13 12pm (free food!)


 
 
 
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Analysis: Art+Tech

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» over week­end: begin/prepare out­line (ini­tial)

  • con­nect­ing & arrang­ing sec­tions by topic:
    — art­form, medium, tech­nol­ogy (hard­ware, soft­ware, delivery/platform),
    artist (exam­ple), spe­cific art­works, his­tor­i­cal con­text, aes­thetic movement/trends
  • inte­grat­ing sources (into topic dis­cus­sions): 3 schol­arly + 2 pop­u­lar (min­i­mum / rec­om­mended)

 

M 29-Sep   (work­shop) Review com­pos­ing tech­niques (& resources) for ana­lytic essay (web­text)

      » Dis­cuss Assign­ment objec­tives & guide

 

  • Activ­ity: develop/revise out­line
    → devel­op­ing ideas toward ana­lytic thesis

* Com­ment thread below to dis­cuss (ideas & ques­tions) all week (par­tic­i­pa­tion credit)

 

W 01-Oct   Draft Essay — share Doc (G.Drive)

  • Con­sult com­pos­ing guide & resources

 
Blog Entry: optional / extra credit

 
 
F 03-Oct  * Meet in KTCH 117 (cpu lab) *

Project Work­shop (Dig­i­tal Rhetoric: Web­text Arrange­ment + Using multimedia)

      — work in progress, for peer feed­back
       
      and tech sup­port: design/revise in class

 
 
Due (S 05-Oct): Project 1 — Analy­sis Essay Webtext

 

GIF by David Szakaly

Hyp­notic GIFs by David Szakaly

 

Researching InfoMilieu

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    over week­end: begin research (browse + search; start log; check 2 data­bases)
    — post short blog entry detail­ing 1 search activ­ity (specify)

 
M 22-Sep   Activity/focus: “Infor­ma­tion Lit­er­acy” skills cont’d

    » Dis­cuss “best prac­tices” + research activ­i­ties (in-progress log, toward Anno­tated Bib.)
    — includ­ing results from try­ing search + browse + resources
    via CULi­brary: Art Full Text, ART­bib­li­ogra­phies Mod­ern, Pro­quest Art His­tory,
    Oxford Art Online (“Includes the Grove Dic­tio­nary of Art, the best source for ency­clo­pe­dia entries on artists, styles, peri­ods, mate­ri­als or tech­niques.” + Ency­clo­pe­dia of Aes­thet­ics + The Oxford Com­pan­ion to West­ern Art)
     
    — pro­tip: off-campus access help

 
» for “Research Log”: use Google Docs (rec­om­mended), Ever­note, Zotero (other appli­ca­tions?)

    Ini­tial Research (focused search & browse) areas/categories:
    — art­form, medium, tech­nol­ogy (hard­ware + software/process), his­tor­i­cal con­text
    optional: artist (exam­ple), spe­cific art­works, movement/trends

 

 
W 24-Sep   Con­tinue research: update log (and share with GH)

  • class prepa­ra­tion: have 1 aca­d­e­mic arti­cle to dis­cuss (read/notes)
    — research with focus (keywords/abstracts) + in addi­tional areas (7 cat­e­gories)
     
    » Activity/Groups: eval­u­at­ing com­piled mate­ri­als (toward bibliography)

 
 
Blog entry (due Thurs): dis­cuss 1 aca­d­e­mic arti­cle from research

    — dis­cuss how might use in project (toward anno­ta­tion in Bib.)

  • Con­tinue research (+ update log!)

 

     
     
    F 26-Sep   Read: excerpts from Short Guide to Writ­ing About Art (Bar­net) — PDFs in Drive + D2L

      — read for discussion/activity: Art His­tory Paper (brief guide) PDF
      » Activ­ity: Essay preparation—organization (cre­ate draft out­line)
      → Pur­due OWL pages: Out­lines

     
    Due (S 9/28): Anno­tated Bib­li­og­ra­phy (5 points) — instruc­tions below
     
     




     
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    Mediated Research

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    * note updated schedule

      * reminder: begin “net­work curat­ing” (group posts)
      — share group site/s & begin seek­ing audience

     
     
    M 15-Sep     Intro­duc­tion to Media Archae­ol­ogy by Huh­tamo & Parikka (2011)

    Parikka

      » Focus/Discuss: his­tor­i­cal con­text, media, and research method(s)
      — notes/quotes from Huh­tamo & Parikka here (below)
       

        optional: Parikka & Hertz, “Archae­olo­gies of Media Art” CTheory.net (2010)

     
     

    W 17-Sep     Library Ses­sion: Nor­lin E260B

    • Focus/Activity: Infor­ma­tion Lit­er­acy, Skills, Begin­ning Research

     
    » Blog Entry due (11pm); plus class­mate com­ment (due Thurs.)

     
     
    F 19-Sep   Con­nor, “What’s Postin­ter­net Got to do with Net Art?“ (2013) Rhizomes.org

      Discuss/Activity: Research (toward Annot. Bib)
      Using Library Resources—espe­cially Oxford Art Online

        “Met­ro­pol­i­tan Museum of Art Releases 400,000 Images Online”
        Colos­sal