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
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)