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Description:This course is an introduction to creative practices within digital technologies. A broad survey of the history of digital arts is examined in tandem with a survey of software including Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Flash, and Macromedia Dreamweaver. In addition, the course covers scanning, image optimization, and the foundations of HTML. Students apply knowledge and skills to creative projects throughout the term. There are lectures, reading assignments, studio projects and critiques during the course designed to aid the student in developing visual literacy and critical thinking skills in relation to the digital arts. Requirements:Active student participation throughout all aspects of this course will make your experience much more meaningful and is necessary for the successfully completion of the assigned work. There are reading/research assignments, weekly discussions, student presentations, critiques and the production of work during this course. Students are expected to be present for all class meetings. Please email the instructor if you must miss a class. More than 2 excused absences will seriously jeopardize your standing in this course. Students will be evaluated based on the following: Participation/attitude, creative/conceptual work, technical dexterity and progress over the term. Midterm Project,Drawing upon our readings and skills acquired, students work to create their own non-linear interactive web piece. The project is to be inspired by Olia Olialina's “My boyfriend came back from the War.” The instructor must approve projects and all research is to be documented on personal web sites. Final ProjectBuilding on the midterm project, class readings, and skills acquired student’s work to design a web-based project of their own choosing. The instructor must approve projects and all work is to be documented on individual websites. (Final can be created in HTML, Flash, or a combination of both.) >> I do not accept late work! << Research/weblogs/websites:All students are expected to visit and contribute to the class weblog on a regular basis. Please post a brief response to our readings each week--can be focused on one artist that inspired you. Each student is expected to create and maintain a personal website for this class. All research, documentation, and creative work should be posted on your site for peer review and comments. In-class presentation materials should be located on your website. Subscribe to the Rhizome Net Art News List. Office hours/help:I am available for technical help or to discuss individual projects via office hours and email. If you would like to schedule a time to meet with me, please check my calendar (link above) and email me an appropriate time that works with both our schedules. Please do not leave voice mail! I am also readily available via email and will regularly respond within a few hours. Please note: if your technical question is easily answered in the book or online, i will direct you to look it up--half of the challenge of digital arts is finding answers to your technical hurdles. If you have done research and still cannot find a solution, do not hesitate to email me.Books:Required (Available at the Bennington Bookstore): Strongly Recommended: This schedule is a guide and is subject to change over the course of the term. |
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Intro to HTML. |
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From Digital Art: “Introduction” page 7-26. More Dreamweaver, site architecture.
Write one-page html document in response to the Introduction to Digital Art using Dreamweaver. Be sure to include links and experiment with font, color etc. |
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From Digital Art: “Digital Technologies as a Tool” page 27-66. Review work to date. Due:Table Tutorial from "Missing Manual" page 244-264 |
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From Digital Art: “Digital Technologies as a Medium: forms of digital art, Installation” page 67-96. More Dreamweaver. Due:Student home pages complete and located on servers. |
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From Digital Art: “Digital Technologies as a Medium: Film, video and animation, Internet art and nomadic networks, Software art. Page 96-125. Frames. Work on frames/midterm projects, individual meetings with Robert. |
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Ideas presentation and draft version of site architecture for Midterm project inspired by Olia Olialina's “My boyfriend came back from the War.” Frames. Work on midterm projects. |
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From Digital Art: “Digital Technologies as a Medium: Virtual reality and augmented reality, sound and music.” Page 125-138 Midterm projects due. In class presentations and discussion. |
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From Digital Art: “Themes in Digital Art: Artificial Life, Artificial intelligence and intelligent agents, Telepresence, telematics, and telerobotics.” Page 139-164. Flash Due:First draft of ideas for final project. |
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From Digital Art: “Themes in Digital Art: Body and identity, Databases, data visualization, and mapping.” Page 165-189. More Flash |
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From Digital Art: “Themes in Digital Art: Beyond the book: text and narrative environments, Gaming, Tactical media, activism, and hacktivism, Technologies of the future.” Page 189-215 Final project discussions and work. |
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Final project discussions and work. |
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Last Class. Final projects due. (All work from the term must be complete and located on student web pages by the start of class.) |
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