Posts From April 2015

Art Praxis

Act III   Post-Internet Art
Project: Praxis Proposal

» Project 3 due 4/27 (start of class)

 
M 27-Apr   Pre­sen­ta­tions (infor­mal) — Illus­trated Pro­posal
 

  • Illus­trated Pro­posal (website/pages) due 4/27 (20 points); post link on your blog
  • Poet­ics (5 points, 500 words; due 28-Apr; post on your blog)
  • Reflec­tion (5 points, 500 words; due 28-Apr; post on your blog)

    • → see instruc­tions below

 
 
 

W 29-Apr   Dig­i­tal Media & Net­work Rhetoric review (“writ­ing in the visual arts in 21st cen­tury”)
 

 
» Blog Entry (optional / make-up):

  • dis­cuss imple­men­ta­tion / appli­ca­tion of your pro­posal or classmate’s — in terms of discipline/field con­ven­tions and con­tem­po­rary conditions
  • or: attend ATLAS Tech­nol­ogy Expo Spring 2015; dis­cuss fur­ther ideas for new/updated art praxis in net­work media ecology

 

 
 
F 01-May   (Meet 12pm)   Work­shop: CraftScreen Pub­lish­ing (Exer­cise 4, due 5/2)

    ** Prepa­ra­tion: Work-in-progress for feedback/critique & tech/design support

 
 
» Optional Exer­cise (Extra Credit points): due 5/3
— Rhetor­i­cal Analy­sis (Genre & Audi­ence) of Class Writ­ing (3 Projects)

  • also, reminder: if revis­ing Project 1, con­tact about post­ing dur­ing finals week

 
 

 
 
Con­tinue Read­ing ‘Art Praxis’

Project Composing Guide

Act III   Post-Internet Art
Project: Praxis Proposal
  • Upcom­ing: Project 3 due M 4/27
     
  • Dis­cuss ideas through­out work­shops week in com­ments
    → prepa­ra­tion: please review inven­tio activ­ity & coor­di­nate (post topic/idea you will dis­cuss dur­ing class)

Project Devel­op­ment (Wed-Sun) — see guide/notes below

 

 
» Project 3 due 4/27 (start of class) for Pre­sen­ta­tions (informal)

  • Illus­trated Pro­posal (website/pages) due 4/27 (20 points); post link on your blog
  • Poet­ics (5 points, 400–500 words; due 28-Apr; post on your blog)
  • Reflec­tion (5 points, 400–500 words; due 28-Apr; post on your blog)

 
— look­ing ahead:

  • Exer­cise 4: CraftScreen (artist web­site) due 5/2
  • Optional Exer­cise (Extra Credit points): due 5/3
    — Rhetor­i­cal Analy­sis (Genre & Audi­ence) of Class Writ­ing (3 Projects)

 
 
Con­tinue Read­ing ‘Project Com­pos­ing Guide’

Post-Internet Art

Act III   Post-Internet Art
Project: Praxis Proposal

 
 
M 13-Apr Work­shop led by Groups 1 & 2 (see below)

  • activ­ity: Project Brain­storm (Praxis Pro­posal to artists)
    — using prepa­ra­tion response; plus, ideas from Exer­cise 3, Group­Site curat­ing, other classes/experience, field knowl­edge (dis­ci­pli­nary con­ven­tions, trends, innovations)
  • focus: art tech­niques in and for con­tem­po­rary con­di­tions (Post-Internet, Post-Digital, UbiComp)
  • going for­ward: refin­ing (narrow/expand) & devel­op­ing idea for mul­ti­me­dia illus­tra­tion web­site (for audi­ence = artists)…

 
 

W 15-Apr Work­shop led by Groups 3 & 4 (see below)

  • Work­shop activ­ity: Develop/refine topic & approach
    — offer ideas & feed­back about project com­pos­ing (topic & design)
     
  • focus: mul­ti­modal com­pos­ing for audi­ence & pur­pose
    — using Word­Press Pages; or Wix.com (rec­om­mended), Wee­bly, or another web­site
     
  • going for­ward: con­tinue devel­op­ing & start com­pos­ing project

 
» Blog Entry: Project Prospectus

  • “treat­ment” (con­cise, 2–3 sen­tences): idea for innovate/update + strategy/approach for mul­ti­modal com­pos­ing (pur­pose = illus­trate, sim­u­late, demon­strate pro­posed praxis)
  • class­mate com­ment: reply to idea (con­struc­tive feed­back) and/or sug­gest design/media ideas, appli­ca­tion, approach (recommended)

 
 
» Check­point Work-in-Progress Fri­day (request feedback)

Project Devel­op­ment (Wed-Sun) — see guide/notes here

  • Dis­cuss ideas, feed­back, sug­ges­tions in com­ment thread

    •  
    — look­ing ahaed: Project 3 due 4/27 (start of class) for Pre­sen­ta­tions (informal)

 
 
 
Con­tinue Read­ing ‘Post-Internet Art’

UbiComp

Act III   Post-Internet Art
Project: Praxis Proposal

 
 
M 13-Apr Hybrid Activ­ity: Read & dis­cuss Fibrecul­ture issue 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)

 
 

Hybrid Activ­ity (Wed-Fri): optional dis­cus­sion thread — Exer­cise 3 & Project ideas

 
Due (S 19-Apr): Exer­cise 3 (Pro­posal: Art­Praxis Update)

    — look­ing ahead: Work­shops led by groups (4/20 & 4/22)
    — brain­storm & communicate/comment (coor­di­nate?) over week­end, using Exer­cise 3 as warm-up

 
 

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Con­tinue Read­ing ‘UbiComp’

Aesthetics Distributed

Act III   Post-Internet Art
Project: Praxis Proposal

 
 
M 06-Apr Read/discuss: Fibrecul­ture issue 7 *choose 1 article

  • see list of 9 under “Arti­cles”: Tofts, Mun­ster, et al through Arm­strong
    → please post your selec­ted article

  • dis­cuss: inno­vat­ing dis­ci­pli­nary con­ven­tions + art dis­course
    — for Exer­cises 2–3 & Project 3

 
 

W 08-Apr               Dis­cuss: Fibrecul­ture arti­cles (cont’d)
+ “Net Art 2.0” from remixthebook.com

  • Activity/Focus: “Dis­trib­uted Aes­thet­ics” (cont’d) and
    → new con­sid­er­a­tions for review? (art event)

 
 
» Blog Entry & Response: optional / extra credit (toward par­tic­i­pa­tion)
 
 
 
Due (S 4/11): Art Event Review (Exer­cise 2) — Instruc­tions Below
 
 
 
 
— via Colos­sal:


Pixel — extraits from Adrien M / Claire B on Vimeo


 

Con­tinue Read­ing ‘Aes­thet­ics Distributed’