Posts with Tag ‘Rhetoric’

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’

GroupSite WrapUp

Act II   “Data­base Aes­thet­ics“
Project: Group-Curating Wrap-Up
— Last 3 com­po­nents due
    reminders:

  • Com­plete Group­Site cura­tory post­ing by Thurs­day!
    — update your Par­tic­i­pa­tion Log (page) with anno­ta­tions (Friday)
  • As site will stay live, plan for post­ing sched­ule remain­der of term…?

 
 
M 16-Mar work­shop: Review Project Components

  • Group Col­lab­o­ra­tion: using Rhet. Analy­sis toward pre­sen­ta­tion & wrap-up components
  • Activ­ity: create/update Par­tic­i­pa­tion Log page — see tem­plate
    (this is where to anno­tate your posts)

 
 
» Blog Entry: optional / extra credit

  • Sug­gested: Dis­cuss cura­tion site/project using term/concept from one class read­ing (or another course — re: arts dis­course
    — might use an idea from Rhetor­i­cal Analy­sis to dis­cuss your/group’s activ­ity (e.g. implicit/explicit mes­sages, intended audi­ence, visual arts dis­ci­pli­nary connection)

 
 
 
W 18-Mar               Pre­sen­ta­tions

  • col­lab­o­ra­tive talks: Groups dis­cuss Cura­tory Site
    — in terms of arts dis­course, dis­ci­pli­nary rhetoric, edi­to­r­ial col­lec­tive, etc.
  • brain­storm & con­sider wrap-up com­po­nents (due Fri-Sat)

 
 

 

Due (F 20-Mar): Anno­ta­tions (of your 10 cura­tion posts)

  • update/finalize Activ­ity Log with anno­ta­tions — text, images, and/or video

 

Due (S 21-Mar): Relec­tion (page) & Pro­posal (page)

 
 
 

Rhetorical Situation

Act II   “Data­base Aes­thet­ics“
Project: Group-Curating Wrap-Up
— First com­po­nent: Rhetor­i­cal Analysis
    reminders:

  • Continue/increase Group­Site cura­tory post­ing!
    — use social net­work­ing to attract read­ers (imagined/new audience?
  • Review Group dis­cus­sion Fri­day — rhetor­i­cal strategies/implications & audience(s)

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

  • issues/focus: new con­text (Web 2.0) for artists & pub­lic; discourse/rhetoric, insti­tu­tional mark­ers; cre­ativ­ity (“ama­teur­iza­tion”? Web & artistry?)
  • look­ing ahead: ana­lyz­ing model site/publication con­sid­er­ing these topics/aspects (rhetor­i­cal fac­tors, activ­i­ties, impli­ca­tions, consequences)

 
 
 
W 04-Mar Activ­ity: Rhetor­i­cal Analy­sis warm-up

 
 
 

F 13-Mar Focus: Sites/publications — to ana­lyze (for assign­ment) and to model for group curating

 

Due (S 14-Mar): Rhetor­i­cal Analy­sis (project 2 component)

  • 10 points; 500–700 words (of analy­sis, omit­ting process); plus visual media
  • assign­ment page

 

 
Con­tinue Read­ing ‘Rhetor­i­cal Situation’