Schedule — Original

Ten­ta­tive Sched­ule—Classes, Read­ings, and Assignments

sub­ject to change; con­sult this page

 

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

 

W 01-Apr               “Artis­tic Inquiry” cont’d—Dis­cuss: writ­ing con­ven­tions / con­ven­tional writ­ing (dis­ci­pli­nary discourse)

Review/Discuss: Exer­cise 2 (Event Review) + Exer­cise 3 (Post-Internet Update)

F 03-Apr                 Due: Art Event Review (Exer­cise 2)

 

 

M 06-Apr               Read/discuss: Fibrecul­ture issue 7 (2005) *choose arti­cle              Dis­cuss: Project 2 (intro)

 

W 08-Apr               Dis­cuss: Fibrecul­ture issue 7 arti­cles (cont’d)       Focus: “Dis­trib­uted Aes­thet­ics” & Project         Due: Blog entry

 

F 10-Apr                 Activity/discuss online: “An Exer­cise in Net Art 2.0” from remixthebook.com

Due (S 11-Apr): Exer­cise 3 (ArtEvent Update)

 

 

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

 

W 15-Apr               Dis­cuss: Fibrecul­ture issue 19 arti­cles (cont’d)     Focus/activity: Ubi-Comp & Project ideas

 

F 17-Apr                 Activity/discuss online: “Exer­cise in Post­pro­duc­tion Art and The­ory” from remix­the­book (warm-up toward project)

 

 

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

Due: Prospec­tus (brief project pro­posal)  

 

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

 

F 24-Apr                 Due: Project progress                     * Optional Exer­cise (Extra Credit) or Revised Essay

 

 

M 27-Apr               Due: Project 2                        In-class:  Pre­sen­ta­tions

 

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

 

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