Schedule

Updated Sched­ule—Classes, Read­ings, and Assignments

sub­ject to change; con­sult main page
— updated March 28; orig­i­nal sched­ule here

M 12-Jan                 First Class   Dis­cuss: Syl­labus + Course Goals

W 14-Jan                Tech­ni­cal Setup:   Word­Press Tuto­r­ial    Review: Course Goals & Tasks

F 16-Jan                 Read & com­ment: Droit­cour, “Why I Hate Post-Internet Art” (2014) blog entry

M 19-Jan                 No Class—Martin Luther King, Jr. Day                                        

Due: Blog entry (artist state­ment draft)

W 21-Jan                Choose 1 Artists Papers (e.g.  “my auto­bi­o­graph­i­cal media his­tory”) from Women, Art, and Tech­nol­ogy (2003)

Activ­ity: Per­sonal nar­ra­tive warm-up

* Final­ize groups + setup sites

F 23-Jan                   Due: Exer­cise 1

Act I                Art in Media Ecol­ogy — Project: Analy­sis Webtext

M 26-Jan                 Dis­cuss: PBS Dig­i­tal Stu­dios: “The Art of Glitch” video  Images: Glitch Safari

+ Owens: “Glitch­ing Files for Under­stand­ing” The Sig­nal: Dig­i­tal Preser­va­tion (2012)

+ Emer­son: “Glitch Aes­thet­ics” (2014), entry in The Johns Hop­kins Guide to Dig­i­tal Media

W 28-Jan                Dis­cuss: Con­nor, “What’s Postin­ter­net Got to do with Net Art?“ (2013) Rhizomes.org

Focus/Activity: Art & Tech­nol­ogy relationship—new gen­res, medi­a­tion, audi­ence (for group site)

F 30-Jan                  Draft Group­Site “cura­tory vision”
* Begin net­work curat­ing (post­ing to group site)

M 02-Feb                Dis­cuss: Intro­duc­tion to Media Archae­ol­ogy by Huh­tamo & Parikka (2011) * excerpt online

Activity/use: “Met­ro­pol­i­tan Museum of Art Releases 400,000 Images Online”    Colos­sal

W 04-Feb               CU Library Research Info. Ses­sion (meet in Norlin)

Blog entry: Research/Article

F 06-Feb                  Activ­ity: Project Research, Library Resources—espe­cially Oxford Art Online

Due (S 2/07): Anno­tated Bib­li­og­ra­phy (5 points)

M 09-Feb                Activity/focus: Infor­ma­tion Lit­er­acy & Data­base Aesthetics

via CULi­brary: Grove Art Online, Ency­clo­pe­dia of Aes­thet­ics, The Oxford Com­pan­ion to West­ern Art

W 11-Feb               Work­shop: Essay preparation—organization (cre­ate draft outline)

—use excerpts from Short Guide to Writ­ing About Art (Bar­net) PDF

F 13-Feb                  Activ­ity: eval­u­at­ing materials—reviewing & updat­ing Annot. Bib. sources

M 16-Feb                (work­shop) Peer Review         * Draft prepared

                                                Activ­ity: Review Effec­tive Com­pos­ing Tech­niques for Project

W 18-Feb               (work­shop) Project Lay­out (Dig­i­tal Rhetoric: Inven­tion + Arrangement)

Blog Entry: optional / extra credit

F 20-Feb                  Due: Project work in progress (to dis­cuss & trou­bleshoot in forum)

                                Due (S 21-Feb): Project 1—Analytic Webtext 

Act II              Data­base Aes­thet­ics — Project: Group-Curating Wrap-Up (components)

M 23-Feb                Mini-lecture: Tech­no­log­i­cal Media                           

Discuss/activity: Data­base Aes­thet­ics (using Project ideas)

W 25-Feb               Parikka, “Cir­cuit Bend­ing Media Archae­ol­ogy into an Art Method” Leonardo (2012)

+ PBS Dig­i­tal Stu­dios: “Will 3D Print­ing Change the World?” (2013) video

Blog Entry: project 1 reflection

F 27-Feb                  Activity/discussion: Group curat­ing materials/examples

Due (S 28-Feb): Optional Exer­cise  (extra credit): Critique

M 02-Mar               Cramer, “Post-Digital Aes­thet­ics” e-permanent   (video lec­ture)          Focus/Issue: Dis­course Communities

W 04-Mar               View/Discuss:  Amerika, “Museum of Glitch Aes­thet­ics”   (Review)                       Due: Blog entry

F 06-Mar                 Activity/discussion: Group curat­ing materials/examples

*use CFP: Dig­i­tal Embod­i­ment,” “Visual Art and Mate­ri­al­ity,” “Vir­tual Con­fig­u­ra­tions in Con­tem­po­rary Art and Museums”

M 09-Mar               Dis­cuss: Prada, “Web 2.0 as a new con­text for artis­tic prac­tices” Fibrecul­ture 14 (2009)

W 11-Mar               Activ­ity: Rhetor­i­cal Analy­sis warm-up (see com­piled guides PDF)  * Post exam­ple sites to use

F 13-Mar                 Focus: Group curat­ing materials/examples

Due (S 14-Mar): Rhetor­i­cal Analy­sis (project component)

M 16-Mar               (work­shop) Group Col­lab­o­ra­tion Activ­ity: Project Com­po­nents (Anno­ta­tions; using Rhet. Analysis)

W 18-Mar               Pre­sen­ta­tions: Group curat­ing (discussions/videos of sites)

F 20-Mar                 Due (F 20-Mar): Anno­ta­tions (of Posts on Group-Authored site)

Due (S 21-Mar): Reflec­tion & Proposal

Spring Break No Class (Mon 23-Mar – Fri 27-Mar)

 

 
 
 
Act III             Post-Internet Art—Project: Praxis Proposal

M 30-Mar               Acts I-II recap; Intro/Overview Project 3 & Exer­cises 2 + 3 (Event Review + Post-Internet Update)

W 01-Apr               Garrett-Petts and Nash, “Re-Visioning the Visual: Mak­ing Artis­tic Inquiry Vis­i­ble” Rhi­zomes 18

• Dis­cuss: writ­ing con­ven­tions / con­ven­tional writ­ing (dis­ci­pli­nary discourse)

Blog entry: “Artis­tic Inquiry” in your field/discipline

F 03-Apr     Hybrid dis­cus­sion: respond to classmate’s blog entry (com­ment)
* and post about find­ing online Art Event to attend for review           

M 06-Apr               Read/discuss: Fibrecul­ture issue 7 (2005) *choose arti­cle             
Dis­cuss: Project 3 (ini­tial ideas; syn­the­size Projects 1 & 2)

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

Activity/Focus: “Dis­trib­uted Aes­thet­ics” & Project

 
» Blog Entry & Response: optional / extra credit (par­tic­i­pa­tion)
 
 
Due (S 4/11): Art Event Review (Exer­cise 2)

M 13-Apr               Read/discuss: Fibrecul­ture issue 19 (2011) *choose 1 article

W 15-Apr               Dis­cuss: Fibrecul­ture arti­cles
+ “Exer­cise in Post­pro­duc­tion Art and The­ory” from remix­the­book
Focus/activity: Ubi-Comp & Project ideas (warm-up toward exercise/project)

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

 
Due (S 18-Apr): Exer­cise 3 (ArtEvent Update)

M 20-Apr               work­shop: Led by Groups 1 & 4

Due (classtime): Prospec­tus (brief project pro­posal)

W 22-Apr               work­shop: Led by Groups 2 & 3

Hybrid Activ­ity (Wed-Fri): dis­cus­sion thread — Project ideas/development/composing
Due (F 4/24): Project progress

* Optional Exer­cise (Extra Credit) or Revised Essay

M 27-Apr               Due: Project 3                        In-class:  Pre­sen­ta­tions

W 29-Apr               Activ­ity: CraftScreen Review/Warm-up
Blog Entry: optional / extra credit

 
Hybrid/Thursday Artist Web­site Progress (design/feedback dis­cus­sion thread)

F 01-May                 Due: CraftScreen Exer­cise
(pro­fes­sional web­site: C.V. + Artist State­ment + Portfolio/sketch)