Praxis

 
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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Database Aesthetics

 
Act III   Post-Internet Art
Project: Praxis Pro­posal
 
AZArt
 
M 01-Dec   Overview: Project 3

  • Discuss/Activity: Pro­posal Exer­cise (ideas), field trends, dis­ci­pli­nary con­ven­tions & innovations

 
 
 
W 03-Dec   Work­shop project devel­op­ment activ­ity — led by Groups 1 & 2

  • Prepa­ra­tion for every­one: items (4 brief notes) listed below
  • For assigned groups: dou­ble par­tic­i­pa­tion credit — post ideas before/after class for project devel­op­ment
    → Coör­di­nate in com­ments below what you will dis­cuss in work­shop (re: objec­tives, gen­er­at­ing ideas, approach, etc.)

 
 
 
» Blog entry: project prospec­tus

    — class­mate com­ment: respond to “treat­ment” (con­cept);
    or, sug­gest design/media ideas, appli­ca­tion, approach (rec­om­mended)

 
 
 
F 05-Dec   Work­shop (Project devel­op­ment) led by Groups 3 & 4

    • Dou­ble par­tic­i­pa­tion credit: post before/after class
    • Addi­tional focus: Mul­ti­modal com­pos­ing + Web design (Wix, Wee­bly, other)
      review & expand design tech­niques & soft­ware from project 1
    • Gen­eral project devel­op­ment notes/suggestions (for Fri-Mon) below — add spe­cific ideas or questions/responses in com­ments

     
     
    » Project 3 (Illus­trated Pro­posal) due W 10-Dec
     
     
     

      Poe­me­dia 2.0: Free and open to the pub­lic.
      7–9 p.m. Fri­day & Sat­ur­day, Dec. 5 & 6, ATLAS Black Box

     
     
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    Analysis: Art+Tech

    » 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

     

    Tech

     

    » Essen­tial / Rec­om­mended Soft­ware & Ser­vices for upcom­ing semes­ter (see below)
     
    — please sug­gest more in com­ments!
    (we should com­pile an updated list of use­ful free pro­grams and mobile apps…)

     

    related read­ing:

     
     

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