discuss implementation / application of your proposal or classmate’s — in terms of discipline/field conventions and contemporary conditions
M 13-AprHybrid Activity: Read & discuss Fibrecultureissue 19 (2011)
choose 1 article (of 8: Thomsen & Bech through Fritsch)
— identify selection & post notes in shared doc
discuss: “ubiquitous computing” → implications & prospects for art praxis?
W 15-Apr Discuss: Fibreculture articles (continued)
+ Amerika, “Postproduction Art and Theory” from remixthebook
Focus: contemporary conditions for art — “Distributed Aesthetics” + “UbiComp” → Post-Digital / “Post-Internet” Art?
activity: Project ideas (warm-up for Exercise 3 and Project 3)
— from “art scholarship” (discourse) to aesthetic production/innovation (proposal for artists)
— looking ahead: Workshops led by groups (4/20 & 4/22)
— brainstorm & communicate/comment (coordinate?) over weekend, using Exercise 3 as warm-up
Act II“Database Aesthetics“ Project: Group-Curating Wrap-Up
— Last 3 components due
reminders:
Complete GroupSite curatory posting by Thursday!
— update your Participation Log (page) with annotations (Friday)
As site will stay live, plan for posting schedule remainder of term…?
M 16-Marworkshop: Review Project Components
Group Collaboration: using Rhet. Analysis toward presentation & wrap-up components
Activity: create/update Participation Log page — see template
(this is where to annotate your posts)
» Blog Entry: optional / extra credit
Suggested: Discuss curation site/project using term/concept from one class reading (or another course — re: arts discourse
— might use an idea from Rhetorical Analysis to discuss your/group’s activity (e.g. implicit/explicit messages, intended audience, visual arts disciplinary connection)
W 18-MarPresentations
collaborative talks: Groups discuss Curatory Site
— in terms of arts discourse, disciplinary rhetoric, editorial collective, etc.
—note: can split among group, view/read 2 (of 6) sections each
focus/issue: Institutions, Writing, and Network Curation/Archiving
» discuss: Amerika MoGA re: materials/examples & recent curating strategies regarding audience (imagined and real) — discussion part 1, continued Friday
F 06-MarHybrid Activity: discuss group curating materials/examples &rhetorical strategies
Discussbelow: post (brief comment) by 1230pm
— reply to group member (by 130pm)
*use/discussone CFP (see page): “Collaboration in Technology and the Arts,” “ArtsIT,” “Strange New Worlds,” “Digital Embodiment,” “Visual Art and Materiality,” “Virtual Configurations in Contemporary Art and Museums”
as a group, use one as relay to write collaborative a “Call for Submissions” to your site (matching your new Curatory Vision & Editorial Statement)
→ discuss, even if not producing CFW, rhetorical factors and strategies (considering your intended audience & purpose) –or– imagine you were applying to present as “network curators”…? (at conference — and/unlike museum?)
M 23-FebActivity/Focus: GroupSite Work (resume/increase)
Discuss: “Database Aesthetics” (using Project ideas)
— Mini-lecture: Technological Media & Art
Group Activity/Tasks: find/generate audience (share pages, social networks?)
— identify models (sites, blogs, groups) to follow
Refine/update approach (and/or curatory statement?)
→ new direction/focus for GroupSite Curating?
— site progress/update (group coordination): resume posting schedule!
W 25-FebDiscuss: Parikka, “Circuit Bending Media Archaeology into an Art Method” Leonardo (2012)
Activity/Focus: Research + Prospective Art Praxis (application, innovation, invention?)
— example (from Parikka): “zombie media” (arch. research) & “circuit-bending” art
Blog entry (due Wed PM): Project 1 Reflection
» from composing essay/project: insights about field (scholarship = discourse community) and your own artistic practice?
— speculate potential praxis (applied theory) or innovation?
F 27-FebHybrid Activity: group discussion — curating focus, audience, materials/examples
In comments below, post updated/revised curation focus and intended audience of GroupSite — thoughtful comment (2–3 sentences), due by 1230pm (discuss during class time)
Reply to group member(s) — brief yet productive response, due by 130pm. Suggested replies:
revise Curatory Vision and/or Editorial Statement? (how to indicate to readers, especially about future posts?) Site/blog to model? (identify conventions) Appeal to audience from posts thus far? (imagine particular readers in field, i.e. “discourse community”) Potential of creative praxis (from research/curating to art-making?) to interest additional/specialized readers?
Optional Exercise (extra credit): Critique
Due (S 28-Feb); post on personal blog
250 words → 25 words / 140 characters → image
PBS Digital Studios: “Will 3D Printing Change the World?” (2013)