ART
416 Advanced Web and Net Art: Multimedia Publishing
Professor:
Eduardo Navas (ean13@psu.edu)
T Th
02:30P - 05:30P
This is a studio art class that focuses on creating,
authoring, exhibiting, and discussing online art and design practice. "Net
Art" has become an important form of new media art creation and
exhibition. The course explores experimental uses of new media in the visual
arts with emphasis on integrating net art and design practice in cyberspace
with current studio practices in two, three, and four (time based) dimensional
art. In addition to the actual creation of new media artworks, the course will
engage students in research methods to advance their skills in new media art
and design and help them to develop an understanding of the critical evaluation
and assessment of new media artworks created specifically for the web. The
course will also explore various methods and strategies for exhibiting and
publishing artworks on the web and creating online portfolios.
The course will examine and explore the potentials of
net-based art through lectures, readings, demonstrations, creative practice in
studio, critiques, and actual web-published exhibitions. Assignments will cover
a range of digital multimedia applications in sound, image, motion,
interactivity, interface design, and media authoring.
The class focuses specifically on online video analysis and production. Students will learn how time-based media has become a ubiquitous form of online communication in art and design. Students will learn how to analyze and produce video as a form of communication in art and design. Video mashups will be studied carefully in order to provide students with critical analysis skills, while also developing hands on experience on how to produce material for a project of their own. Students will be expected to develop a project proposal, which will be presented at the end of class for critique.
Class will consist of discussions of various new media projects. It will also include an extended study of the emerging field of cultural analytics, which will provide students with the necessary skills to make a careful decision on their final project.
Class
sections will be divided as follows: on Tuesdays, the first half of the class
(depending on time of project deadlines) will consist of lecture by the
instructor, as well as discussion of readings. Assignment will usually be due and critiqued on Tuesdays. On
Thursdays, class will consist of in class work time, students will be expected
to turn in their weekly assignment at the end of Thursdayıs session by
uploading it to Angel at the end of each class section. The students will turn
in a total of 4 projects and a brief critical evaluation. Details on each
project will be announced at least within two weeks of the date when they are
due.
Learning
Outcomes:
A Note
on Plagiarism
Plagiarism
will not be tolerated. A student who commits plagiarism will be reported to the
office of the visual arts. The studentıs behavior will be taken very seriously
and dealt with according to the guidelines provided by Penn State University
School of Visual Arts. To avoid plagiarism, please cite your sources when
appropriate.
Net
Works: Case Studies in Web Art and Design by xtine burrough, Routledge
New
Media Art by Reena
Jana and Mark Tribe, Thames and Hudson
Course
Requirements
Please
note that final grades are dependent upon consistent performance in all course
requirements.
Grading
Total
100%
Note:
Weekly assignments are worth an overall of 5% of your grade, and linked to
attendance on Thursdays (when they are due at the end of class). Not turning
your weekly assignments on time will also affect your attendance, as it will be
considered equivalent to an absence.
Grade
Scale
Letter
grade assignments are as follows:
Attendance
Office
hours: Mondays, 12 to 2 PM by appointment
Semester
Schedule
Note
that the class includes a series of short exercises, which are considered part
of class participation. These exercises are designed to complement the
successful completion of your projects. Lectures on history and theory will
take place according to the studentsı needs to gain practical knowledge from
week to week.
Week
1:
Tuesday,
August 23, 2011
Overview
of class | Introduction to first project | Research methodology |
Begin
research process for first assignment | Lecture on art production and design |
First
reading assigned
Lab Time:
Weekly assignment due at the end of class session
Week
2:
Tuesday,
August 30, 2011
Discussion
of first reading | Lecture on web development | update
on research: sketches, sources, notes, etc.
Thursday,
September 1, 2011
Lab Time:
Weekly assignment due at the end of class session
Week
3:
Tuesday,
September 6, 2011
Lecture
on video analysis | update on research:
sketches, sources, notes, etc. | Examples
Thursday,
September 8, 2011
Lab Time:
Weekly Assignment due at the end of class session
Week
4:
DUE: First project | In-class Critique | Introduction to second project | Second reading
assigned
Lab Time:
Weekly Assignment due at the end of class session
Week
5:
Tuesday,
September 20, 2011
Discuss
second reading | Update on research: sketches, sources, notes, etc.
Lab Time:
Work on second assignment: upload progress at the end of class session
Week
6:
DUE: Second Project | In-class critique | Third reading
assigned | Introduction to brief critical essay assignment
Thursday,
September 29, 2011
Lab Time:
Work on in-class written assignment, due at the end of class.
Week
7:
Tuesday,
October 4, 2011
DUE: Essay | update on research: sources, notes, etc.
Thursday,
October 6, 2011
Lab Time:
Work on assigned Weekly assignment, due at the end of class.
Week
8:
Tuesday,
October 11, 2011
Third
reading discussed | Introduction to third assignment | Fourth reading assigned
Thursday,
October 13, 2011
Lab Time:
Work on weekly assignment, due at the end of class
Week
9:
Fourth
reading discussed | Introduction to third assignment | Web Development lecture
| Fifth reading assigned
Thursday,
October 20, 2011
Lab Time:
Work on weekly assignment, due at the end of class
Week
10:
Tuesday,
October 25, 2011
DUE:
Third assignment |
fifth reading discussed | Web Development Lecture | update on development of
third assignment | Sixth reading assigned
Lab Time:
Work on weekly assignment, due at the end of class
Week
11:
Tuesday,
November 1, 2011
Introduction to Final Assignment (Final assignment will be
developed in response to at least one of the readings discussed in class) |
Lecture on art production | Examples
Lab Time:
Work on weekly assignment, due at the end of class
Week
12:
Fifth
reading discussed | update on research: sketches, sources, notes, etc. | sixth
reading assigned | Web Development Lecture
Lab Time;
Work on weekly assignment, due a the end of class
Week
13:
Tuesday,
November 15, 2011
sixth
reading discussed | Update on research: sketches, sources, notes, etc. |
Thursday,
November 17, 2011
Lab Time:
Work on weekly assignment, due at the end of class
Week
14:
Tuesday,
November 22, 2011
Thanksgiving
Thursday,
November 24, 2011
Thanksgiving
Week
15:
Tuesday,
November 29, 2011
Work in Class | Update on research:
sketches, sources, notes, etc.
Work in
class
Week
16:
Tuesday,
December 6, 2011
Feedback
before final project by class and instructor
Thursday,
December 8, 2011
Work in
class
Week
17:
Tuesday,
December 13, 2011
Final
Project Due, see Penn Stateıs Final Schedule