Intermediate New Media in Art • ART 340 (FIST 340) Advanced New Media in Art • ART 540 (FIST 540) Spring Term III 2019 • Monday & Wednesday 8:30-12:00 • Hurvis 013 http://www.digitalprocesses.blogspot.com CONTACT: Instructor: John Shimon, Associate Professor of Art Email:
[email protected] (best way to reach me outside of class) Office: Wriston Art Center 109, 920.832.6534 Office Hours: Tuesdays 10-12 AM or by appointment. ART 340 COURSE DESCRIPTION: A continuation of ART 240 and A RT 245 using new media within a contemporary art context. Digita l photography, experimental video, social media, performance, and installation are covered while using the Internet and campus spaces as venues for projects. Contemporary art discourse is examined through projects, readings, lectures, discussions, critiques, and visiting artist presentations. Mac-based. (6 units). PREREQUISITE: ART 240 or ART 245. Limit 9. ART 540 COURSE DESCRIPTION: A continuation of ART 340 using n ew media at an advanced lev el. Digital photogra phy, experimenta l video, social media, performance, and installation are covered while using the Internet and campus spaces as venues for projects. Contemporary art discourse is examined through projects, readings, lectures, demonstrations, discussions, critiques, and visiting artist presentations. Mac-based. (6 units). PREREQUISITE: ART 340. Limit 5. LEARNING OUTCOMES (students should be able to): 1. Understand how artists have used digital media since it first emerged in the late twentieth century, and how interdisciplinary and intermedia practices have transformed art production. 2. Produce digital media works/documentation with solid concepts demonstrating a serious exploration of new media theory and history, within a fine art context. 3. Use Web 2.0 platforms to make your art and ideas available online and establish an artist identity. 4. Explore modes of collaboration collaboration with peers. 5. Examine the proliferation of technology, information, and images while considering the ways perceptions of time, space, memory, and human experience have changed as a result. 6. Develop strategies for negotiating the constantly evolving digital environment by sharing your knowledge, collaborating with peers, using online discussions and tutorials, and dialoging with librarians, tech support staff and others. CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION: 1. Attendance (15%): Attend and be on time for ALL class meetings and PAY ATTENTION as a great deal of material is covered rapidly. Only ONE excused absence is allowed. Email instructor in advance of missing a class indicating reason and how you will handle missed class work. NOTE! Working at a computer during discussions; leaving the lab more than once per class; texting, playing video games, Facebooking or emailing; or arriving late/leaving early will cause you to be marked absent for the day. Repeated absences and habitual lateness adversely affect your attendance grade (e.g. an A gets lowered to a B if two (2) absences, to a C if three (3) absences, etc.). 2. Participation (15%): Participate Participate in discussions discussions and contribute to the ongoing dialog. Your ability to help others, lead a discussion, articulate your ideas and observations, and define your own work is important. Readings and discussions are designed to enhance your learning outside of class and give you the intellectual tools to produce, critique, and discuss works of art. Most class meetings include work time at the end of class. Always have raw material with you to facilitate your ability to work on projects "
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during class time. Remember that no digital project is ever really finished and that the more you tweak it, the more effective it will be. Projects (60%): Complete 3 mini-projects, worth 5% each, a report worth 10%, with the final project being worth 35% reflecting your creative, in-depth investigation of an idea and the development of your digital skills. Projects must be finished along with a 150-word blog post reflecting on your process (including hyperlinks, visuals, video clips in addition to your text is mandatory) along with comments posted on 2 classmates blogs and presented at the beginning of the class on due date. Late Projects receive a lowered grade for each class meeting they are late (e.g. an A gets lowered to a B if 1 class late, to a C if 2 classes late, etc.). NOTE: ART 540 students must exhibit more savvy and sophistication and must lead discussions and critiques to demonstrate growing knowledge of both historic and contemporary art. assigned/required ARTIST Reflection Blog Posts (10%): Write 2 REFLECTION POSTS on 2 assigned/required LECTURES worth 5% each. Posts will be graded !+ (A), ! (B), !- (C). Jot down notes to remind you of the points you found most compelling. Engage artist in individual conversation if possible. Analyze how the artist presents issues related to their work and how their work relates to issues covered in this course. Posts should be finished and presented at the beginning of the class immediately following the lecture. Late posts receive a lowered grade (see above). Honor Code: Please reaffirm the LU Honor Code in writing.
MATERIALS REQUIRED: 1. Book (required): Image-Music-Text Image-Music-Text by Roland Barthes 2. Mobile Hard Drive (required): LaCie or Seagate work well with Macs. Check Target, Best Buy, amazon.com, LaCie.com etc. for best prices. 3. Headphones with 1/8” mini-plug (required): Conventional light-duty or noise-canceling closed-type for high intensity listening (from $25). Available online or at Target, etc. 4. Smart Phone projects encouraged. HURVIS 013 & WRISTON MAC LABS: 1. LAB ACCESS: You will have access to 2 digital labs except for times used by other courses. LU student ID card will be activated and a building pass provided for term. Hurvis 013 and the Wriston Digital lab have 24/7 swipe card access. (Photoshop , InDesign, etc.), Premiere, Mac iLife 2. APPLICATIONS: Labs are equipped with: Adobe CS (Photoshop, (GarageBand, iMovie, iDVD), BookWright, Microsoft PowerPoint, etc. 3. HARDWARE: HURVIS LAB : 15-iMac computers and M-Audio Midi keyboards. WRISTON LAB : 3-iMacs, Wacom drawing pad, 3-Epson scanners (scans film/reflective art up to 13x17”), Epson photo quality inkjet printer. An Epson 44” wide-format photo quality inkjet printer are also available for advanced work. 4. CAMERAS/CAMCORDERS/VR GOGGLES: Canon Digital SLRs, Sony NEXs, VR gear and tripods available for check out via Siso. 5. EDITSHARE MEDIA SERVER: 1 TB storage space for class video and audio projects. situation work habits. Be considerate considerate of other students/faculty students/faculty 6. LAB ETIQUETTE: Maintain good group situation using facilities by working quietly and using headphones when editing sound/viewing video. No eating/drinking while working. Leave your workstation clean! INFO/RESOURCES: 1. Hardware/Software Educational Discounts: (10% off Macs and 50% or more off software) http://www.lawrence.edu/dept http://www.lawrence.edu/dept/ITS/servic /ITS/services/purchase es/purchases.shtml s.shtml 2. Supplies Locally: MURRAY PHOTO for cameras, media (10 College, 920-733-5885, murrayphoto.com), OFFICEMAX for cameras, DVDs, storage sleeves (4693W. College, 920-830-9300, officemax.com), TARGET for cameras, external drives, media (target.com, 4301 W. Wisconsin, 920-7315566) 3. Supplies Online: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/ for cameras, media, drives, eBay for for used equipment, props (ebay.com), APPLE STORE for Mac accessories, drives (800-692-7753 apple.com), FREESTYLE for cameras, media (800-292-6137 freestylecamera.com). 4. Services Online: GOTPRINT.COM for post cards, BLURB.COM for print on demand books, FLICKR.COM for sharing images, YOUTUBE.COM for sharing videos, ZAZZLE.COM and CAFEPRESS.COM for cards, posters, and merch, SHUTTERFLY.COM for color prints. 5. Art/Tech Info Online: wired.com, luminous-landscape.com, kenstone.net, Lynda.com, codeacademy.com, mediacollege.com, webofstories.com (see class blog for more suggestions) 6. Mudd Library Periodicals (Level A): Art A): Art Calendar, Art in America, Art Forum, Art News, Bust, Flash Art. #
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Academic Accommodations for Students with Disabilities: Students who have a disability covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act are entitled to academic accommodations. accommodations. Students must initiate all requests. Please contact the Office of Student Academic Services (ext. 6530) for info and advice.
Makerspace and 3D Printing The main purpose of the Makerspace is for Lawrence students to gain handson learning experiences and have the opportunity to develop a concept from an idea to a physical object. http://guides.lib.lawr http://guides.lib.lawrence.edu/c ence.edu/content.php?pid= ontent.php?pid=676795&sid=560999 676795&sid=5609996 6 BIBLIOGRAPHY: (on reserve or available at the Mudd Library) Image, Music, Text by Roland Barthes (1977) The Films of Kenneth Anger 1&II by Kenneth Anger (2006, DVD) Simulations by Jean Baudrillard (1983) Relational Aesthetics by Nicolas Bourriaud (1998) The Pictures Generation, 1974-1984 by Douglas Eklund (2009) Color Rush: American Color Photography from Stieglitz to Sherman by Lisa Hostetler (2013) Art Safari series by Ben Lewis (DVD, 2005) The New Media Reader by Noah Wardrip-Fruin & Nick Montfort (2002)
ART 340/540–INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED NEW MEDIA COURSE CALENDAR + PROJECTS WEEK 1 MAR 25 (M)
INTRODUCTION: Instructor/student introductions, syllabus review (key dates), course format, materials required (book, external drive, headphones) and camera options. DIGITAL MEDIUM CAUTION: Be prepared for problems that can arise while working on large complex projects that could prevent you from meeting deadlines. Pro Tools, PhotoShop, and GarageBand can “unexpectedly “unexpectedly quit” and you can lose your work. Accept this and begin employing good disaster-management disaster-management strategies strategies to spare frustration and disappointment: disappointment: Save Often – Keep a back-up copy before making a radical change. – Save your file as follows: myProject01, myProject02, myProject03, etc. This way, Save Incrementally – if a file becomes corrupt or mysteriously vanishes, you can reload previously saved version. savin g to your external ex ternal drive, save s ave to Back up saved files to more than one media – Besides saving cloud space, especially raw data such as audio, video, and stills. p resentation or o r deadline, test tes t QuickTime files f iles and pptx ppt x to make sure su re they’ll Test video files – Before a presentation open and that the audio and visual components are there. Make sure your PPTX videos are saved independently on same media. HAPPENINGS PPTX: The mid-20th century art phenomenon that set the tone for transforming the role of the art spectator. BLOG UPDATE WORKSHOP: Re-Design - refine template, color palette, font, update profile/portrait, add Favicon, use hyperlinks, etc. Email instructor
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FINAL PROJECT– SELF-DESIGNED NEW MEDIA WORK Develop a ‘new’ media project that works as art based on a new or previously developed idea. Possibilities include: a video (either a longer piece or a cohesive series of two or three shorts, soundscape, internet site, photo book, portfolio of inkjet prints, drag show, music group, altruistic cooperative, group meal/radical hospitality, video/performance/installation piece, etc. Collaboration among students in the class is encouraged. Projects should be more AMBITIOUS for ART 540 students . by Roland Barthes p. 32-51, 142-148, 149-154, 155-164. Respond to the issues covered in READ: IMAGE-MUSIC-TEXT by relation to your solutions for this project in your final blog post. LEARNING OUTCOMES (students should be able to): 1. Conceptualize, research, research, and plan then cultivate the skills necessary to work independently on a self-designed project. 2. Use a computer and readily available software and free online platforms to produce a digital object as art/documentation. art/documentation. 3. Understand digital media and how they can be used in your art practice. REQUIREMENTS CHECKLIST: 1. Write a 2-page typed project proposal (with workflow/timeline and bibliography) then create a PPTX presentation explaining your idea and approach (include up to 2 alternate ideas if uncertain). Describe your concept then quantify it (e.g. stating exactly how many and what kind of art you’ll make). Address how the project builds on prior skills, interests, and work. List weekly goals with individual action steps in a timeline. Be as specific and realistic as possible. List theory/history and one contemporary artist related to your work to research and examine. Create a 150-word blog post (including hyperlinks, visuals, or video clips to illustrate your text) that briefly summarizes your project. DUE: Mon Apr 1 . 2. Present your work-in-progress project to the group for critique in a form appropriate to your project (e.g. PowerPoint overview, rough cut video, draft layout, etc.). DUE: APR 10 and MAY 6. 3. Post a 150-word reflection on your blog with links to your project (in appropriate form) and visuals along with your selfevaluation and discussion of your working process. Post two (2) comments responding to classmate projects. Present your work in an appropriate space. Be prepared to introduce yourself and your project and conduct a discussion afterward. DUE: JUN DUE: JUN 5 (W) @ 8 :30-10:30 :30-10:3 0 AM @ TBD
MAR 27 (W)
functions of signs and symbols. DUCHAMP to FLUXUS PPTX: How art subverts the conventional functions
MAR 28 (R) 6:00 PM
LECTURE & OPENING RECEPTION: Mary Griep Artist’s Talk @ WRISTON AUDITORIUM – REQUIRED! Blog-post response: Create a 250-word blog post (including hyperlinks, visuals, or video clips to illustrate your text) DUE: APR 3 (W)
WEEK 2 APR 1 (M)
Presentations in class. Blog post due. PROJECT No. 1 Proposal Due– Presentations BY NEXT CLASS READ Image-Music-Text by Roland Barthes p. 32-51
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Reflection Blog Post No. 1 Due DISCUSS BARTHES p. 32-51: Discuss the ‘Rhetoric of the Image’ in the context of the post/present culture. POP ART AND THE ‘FOUND’ AESTHETIC PPTX: How does ‘fine art context’ transform ‘the linguistic message’ and the ‘non/coded iconic message’
APR 5 (F)
stenciling demo. Nicolas Lampert visit, 1-4 PM Wriston (optional). Talk and mud stenciling
WEEK 3
Presentations in class with blog post and 2 comments (by MINI PROJECT No. 1 Due. Presentations midnight)
APR 8 (M)
FOR NEXT CLASS READ Image-Music-Text by Roland Barthes p. 142-148 APR 10 (W)
CUT-UPS, ETC. PPTX DISCUSS Image-Music-Text p. 142-148 FINAL PROJECT- Update Presentations.
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WEEK 4 APR 15 (M)
Presentations in class with blog post and 2 comments (by midnight) MINI PROJECT No. 2 Due. Presentations
APR 16 (T)
Jordan Fund for the Arts Visiting Speaker – Faythe Levine Wriston Auditorium. – Attendance Required! Reflection Blog Post No. 2 due APR 22 M
APR 17 (W)
Lev ine is the assistant ass istant curator curato r at the Faythe Levine visit – Prepare Prepare a question question for Faythe! – Faythe Levine John Michael Michae l Kohler Arts Center. Cen ter. Her curatorial curat orial vision and an d creative practice pra ctice are focused focus ed on themes theme s of community, creativity, awareness, process, empowerment and documentation. She has made it a priority that her projects stay approachable and accessible to a large audience, interacting with people in a way that establishes creativity as a vehicle towards personal independence. Additional professional information including recent press, exhibitions, film screenings, authored books, published writing, lectures, and awards are available &
on her CV. https://www.faythelevine.com/ BY NEXT CLASS READ Image-Music-Text by Roland Barthes p. 149-154 APR 17 (W) 4:30 PM
Fay the Levine will wil l introduce Sign Painters screening, Wriston Auditorium – Attendance Required! Faythe the film and do a Q&A after.
WEEK 5 APR 22 (M)
Discuss Image-Music-Text by Roland Barthes p. 149-154 Reflection Blog Post No. 2 Due
MINI-PROJECT No. 3 – OPERATING: PLAYING VS. LISTENING VS. ‘ITS OWN EROTIC’ J"%($% (0 ("$D#"= (;#9$ (0 ("$D#"= ;3 70$%"6"%$702 $)% 13"7/*+ .%1#43 #" .##4 #8 ( 8(5#"7$% *#02 D7$)#9$ 9*702 "%/#"4%4 *#904? ,'%%$)#5%0E* 4%(80%** 4%*720($%* $)% 1(/= D)%"%70 "%*74%* (11 *720787/($7#0S *720787/($7#0S 7$ (66%(1* $# ( .9*7/ $)($ 7* 0#$ (;*$"(/$ #" 70D("4+ ;9$ $)($ 7* %04#D%4+ 78 #0% .(3 69$ 7$ 17=% $)7*+ D7$) ( $(027;1% 70$%11727;717$3+ D7$) $)% 70$%11727;1% (* $(027;1%?> '("$)%* :6? RTU< J#0*74%" (66"#(/)%* $)($ ("% 17$%"(1 #" (;*$"(/$? READ AND RE-READ: Image-Music-Text by Roland Barthes p. 149-154. Respond to the issues covered in relation to your solutions for this project in your blog post. LEARNING OUTCOMES (students should be able to): 1. Deploy techniques such as recitation, color selection, old-fashioned sign painting, or what-have-you. 2. Build skills in creating meaning and communicating ideas through sight or language. 3. Experience artistic simpatico. REQUIREMENTS CHECKLIST: 1. Plan, then do. 2. Produce and present your artwork along with a 150-word reflection on your blog. Embed your documentation and reflect on the assigned readings, with quotations. Post 2 comments responding to classmate posts. DUE: APR 29 (M)
APR 24 (W)
RESEARCH METHODS: Review project requirements, run through artists, review PPTX design issues. VISUAL RESOURCES/MUDD LIBRARY WORKSHOP: VRL librarian Colette Lunday Brautigam will instruct on finding high-quality digital images and will provide information on library resources (online journals, videos, and books).
PROJECT No. 3 – THE TEXT: THE IRREDUCIBLE PLURAL RESEARCH PLURAL RESEARCH REPORT Barthes writes, “The Text is plural. Which is not to simply say that it has several meanings, but that it accomplishes the very plural of meaning: an irreducible (and not merely an acceptable) plural. The text is not a co-existence of meanings but a passage, an overcrossing; thus it answers not to an interpretation, even a liberal one, but to an explosion, a dissemination.” Barthes (p.159)
Produce an illustrated 10-minute report on one of the artists listed who use signs, symbols, and language and whose work reflected divergent experiments with Pop, Minimal and Conceptual Art, put in the context of Image-Music-Text by Roland Barthes. Before our meeting, get familiar with the following artists: William Burroughs, Judy Burroughs, Judy Chicag o, George C linton, Brion Gysin, Jenny Holzer, On Kawara, Barbara Kruger, Korla Pandit, Martha Rosler, Ed Rusha, Lawrence Weiner, Christopher Wool. LEARNING OUTCOMES (students should be able to): 1. Conduct research on an artist using an academic library and online resources. 2. Present an illustrated talk on an artist with a clear, focused thesis and appropriate images. 3. Think critically about how art practice, art history, pop culture, and contemporary theory intersect. REQUIREMENTS: 1. DEVELOP A THESIS & CONDUCT RESEARCH: Conduct research online and at the library to gather enough material to develop a thesis or argument about the nature of your artist’s practice, ideas, and work in relation to Barthe’s Image-Music-Text.. Check out books from the Mudd Library (some are shelved in oversize area [q]). Search the Internet Image-Music-Text and periodicals for recent articles and critical essays. Present a brief overview then present your argument helping viewers understand how your artist relates to Image-Music-Text. Include how your artist used “new media”. '
2. FIND IMAGES: Select digital images or videos using ARTstor or other credible online image sources (small .jpgs about 1000 pixels work best). Use about 10 examples to illustrate points. “READ” each image you show, have a talking point for each. 3. DESIGN SLIDE SHOW: Use PowerPoint to design your 10-minute slide show. The background should be neutral (black, white or gray) with basic, non-distracting fonts. Start by stating your title and thesis and end with your bibliographic sources. Include title, size and medium of artworks. Key bullet points or quotes are okay, but avoid reading off the screen. When including .mov files, .pptx and .mov files must be kept together in a folder. Embed videos. 4. PREPARE OUTLINE: Write a 2 pg. outline including your thesis and key points for use during presentation with a listing all your sources to include: 1 book, 3 print periodicals, 5 online journals/websites (to be handed in 1 pg. bibliography listing to instructor after presentation). Post a 150-word reflection on your artist with pertinent links and images. Post 2 comments responding to classmate posts on this project. email pptx to self as back-up. DUE: MAY 15 (W) NOTE: Late presentations will not be accepted and will receive an F. WEEK 6 APR 29 (M)
Presentations in class with blog post and 2 comments (by midnight) MINI PROJECT No. 3 Due. Presentations For next time read Image-Music-Text by Roland Barthes p.155-164
MAY 1 (W)
Discuss Image-Music-Text by Roland Barthes p.155-164
WEEK 7 MAY 6 (M)
FINAL PROJECT- Update Presentations.
MAY 8 (W)
paint er/performer whose vision transcends specificity s pecificity of media. m edia. Yves Klein DAY! – The painter/performer
WEEK 8 MAY 13 (M)
Rirkrit Tiravanija Cooking and Drawing PPTX
MAY 15 (W)
PROJECT No. 3 – Research Presentations Due. Presentations will take the entire class period. Prepare to listen and ask relevant questions. Required hard copy materials in class. Post a 150-word reflection on your artist with pertinent links and images. Post 2 comments responding to classmate posts by midnight.
WEEK 9 MAY 20 (M)
Joseph Beuys Social Sculpture PPTX
MAY 22 (W) Gilbert and George George Day! MAY 24 (F) 6:00 PM
Senior Show Opening
WEEK 10 MAY 29 (W)
CREATE FINAL CRITIQUE PROGRAM: Think about where your final project may best be viewed. Have your project title and one sentence synopsis ready! photographer/performance artist. Sophie Callie DAY! Discuss the influence of this French photographer/performance
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JUN 5 (W) 8:30-10:30 AM
PROJECT No. 4 – SELF-DESIGNED NEW MEDIA WORK DUE/FINAL CRITIQUE @ TBD: Present your piece with a polished, practiced verbal introduction. Your presentation should last no more than 10 minutes total! Plan to stay until everyone has presented! Public welcome.
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