Act III Post-Internet Art
Project: Praxis Proposal
» Project 3 due 4/27 (start of class)
M 27-Apr Presentations (informal) — Illustrated Proposal
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
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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
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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
http://www.mteww.com/nad.html
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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
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Act I Art in Media Ecology
— Project: Analysis Webtext
M 26-Jan Discuss: Owens: “Glitching Files for Understanding” The Signal: Digital Preservation (2012)
+ Emerson: “Glitch Aesthetics” (2014), entry in The Johns Hopkins Guide to Digital Media
- Watch for discussion: PBS Digital Studios — “The Art of Glitch” video
- View more images at Glitch Safari
* Ideas for group topic/focus — post/discuss below
W 28-Jan Discuss: Connor, “What’s Postinternet Got to do with Net Art?“ (2013) Rhizomes.org
Focus: Art & Technology relationship—new genres, mediation, audience
(considerations for group site, working toward curatory vision)
- Activity: Finalize groups (for curation project / group-author site)
- Groups (tentative) listed here
- contact GH ASAP to change groups
Blog entry (due 10pm): ideas/draft for group curation (to share with group for collaboration)
- classmate comment (by Thursday): respond to group member’s entry
F 30-Jan (hybrid participation — collaborative)
Draft GroupSite “curatory vision” (compose & share GoogleDoc)
* Begin network curating (posting to group site)
» For Friday 16-Jan
- Read Droitcour, “Why I Hate Post-Internet Art” (2014) blog entry
(also check out the comments responding to the entry)
- By end of class time Friday, post comment below
(brief, 1–2 sentences; responding to reading and/or discussing with classmates)
— discussion prompts, responding to reading and each other; any (not all!) of these topics, along with other points of interest for you:
- Droitcour’s main argument? discussion about art itself or the discourse (the way it is described/talked-about)?
- any specific art-discipline writing? most thought-provoking point or sentence? how distinguished as a “blog entry” vs. a “scholarly article”? (and does this matter?)
- what does the post do or accomplish or generate? (check out the comments; what are responders reacting to?) does this get you thinking (newly) about art + technology connection? (if so: implications? if not: is this debate relevant to artists?)
Bonus / Optional check out Droitcour’s article “The Perils of Post-Internet Art” in Art in America magazine (30-Oct 2014)
- Not to compare/contrast, but we read a blog entry by Droitcour (a curator and critic) — which he cites in his article. what do you think of the distinct writings in terms of publication, purpose/message, audience, impact (note the comments on the magazine article versus blog!)…?
Reminder: