Week 17:
Friday, May 4, 2018
Revision of Final essay (Part 1 of Final Exam)

Week 16

Friday, April 27, 2018
Part 2 of Final Exam due

Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Writing time for part 2 of Final Exam

Monday, April 23, 2018
Review of Materials for Final Exam (Part 2)

Week 15:

Friday, April 20, 2018
Discussion takes place from Friday, April 20, to Sunday, April 22, 2018.

Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Continue Lecture on Shanken, “Simulations and Simulacra.”

Monday, April 16, 2018
Read and be ready to discuss:
Shanken, “Simulations and Simulacra,” 42 – 47 + the following selected art projects:

Michael Naimark, Golden Gate Fly-Over (1987), 167
Luc Courchesne, Portrait no. 1/ Portrait One (1990), 168
Monika Fleischmann, Home of the Brain (1992), 169
Eva Wohlgemuth, Body Scan (In/Out), (1997 - 2005), 178
Jordan Crandall, Drive (1998-2000), 178-79
Mary Flanagan, [Domestic] (2003), 181

Week 14:

Friday, April 13, 2018
Discussion takes place from Friday, April 13, to Sunday, April 15, 2018.

Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Continue Lecture on Shanken, “Survey: Bodies, Surrogates and Emergent Systems.”

Monday, April 9, 2018
Read and be ready to discuss:
Shanken, “Survey: Bodies, Surrogates and Emergent Systems,” 38 – 42 + the following selected art projects:

Lynn Hershman Leeson, Cyberoberta (1970-98), 144
Christ Burden, Doorway to Heaven (1973), 145
Laurie Andreson, Mister Heartbreak (1984), 147
Alan Rath, Voyeur (1986), 147
Barbie Liberation Organization [B.L.O.], (1989), 148
Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau, A-Volve (1994-5), 152

Friday, April 6, 2018
Discussion takes place from Friday, April 6, to Sunday, April 8, 2018.

Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Continue Lecture on Shanken, “Networks, Surveillance, Culture Jamming.”

Monday, April 2, 2018
Final Essay Guidelines Released (two parts)
Read and be ready to discuss:
Shanken, “Survey: Networks, Surveillance, Culture Jamming,” 32 – 38 + the following selected art projects:

Hans Haacke, News (1969), 121
Matthew Fuller, Simon Pope, Colin Green, I/O/D 4: The Web Stalker (1997), 131
Randall Packer, US Department of Art and Technology (2002 - Present), 136
Andy Deck, Glyphiti (2001), 138
Mark Napier, Potatoland (1998) and Net.flag (2002), 138
Esther Polak and Ieva Auzina with Marcus The, Milk (2004), 139

Week 12:

Friday, March 30, 2018
Discussion takes place from Friday, March 30, to Sunday, April 1, 2018.

Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Continue Lecture on Shanken, “Charged Environments.”

Monday, March 26, 2018
Read and be ready to discuss:
Shanken, “Survey: Charged Environments,” 27 – 32 + selected art projects from the section “Charged Environments”

Robert Lazzarni, Payphone (2002), 96
John Cage, Imaginary Landscape No. 4 (1951), 99
Peter Campus, Interface, Video Camera Monitor, Glass (1972), 104
Catherine Richards, Curiosity Cabinet for the End of the Milennium (1995), 112
Susan Hiller, Witness (2000), 115
Christian Marclay, Video Quartet (2002), 118

Friday, March 23, 2018
Discussion takes place from Friday, March 23, to Sunday, March 25, 2018.

Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Continue Lecture on Shanken, “Survey: Introduction + Coded and Electronic Production.”

Monday, March 19, 2018
Read and be ready to discuss:
Edward Shanken, “Survey: Introduction + Coded and Electronic Production,” 12 – 27 + selected art projects from the section “Motion, Duration, Illumination”

Lucio Fontana, Ninth Bienniale of Milan Grand Staircase (1951), 58
Gyorgy Kepes, Light Mural for KLM (1959), 58
Gyula Kosice, Estructura Luminica (1946), 59
Abraham Palatnik, Cinechromatic (1951), 60
Dan Flavin, Greens Crossing Greens: to Piet Mondrian Who Lacked Green (1966), 64
James Turrel, Catso Red (1967 , 1994), 65

Week 10:

Friday, March 16, 2018
Discussion takes place from Friday, March 16, to Sunday, March 18, 2018.

Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Continue Lecture on Gere, “Digital Nature” and “Digital Culture in the Twenty-first Century.”

Monday, March 12, 2018
Read and be ready to discuss:
Gere, “Chapter 6: Digital Nature” and “Chapter 7: Digital Culture in the Twenty-first Century,” Digital Culture, 201 – 224 + selected art projects, see the links for week 10 on the following works:

Olia Lialina, My Boyfriend is Back from the War (1996)
http://www.teleportacia.org/war/
Net Art Anthology:
https://anthology.rhizome.org/my-boyfriend-came-back-from-the-war
Olia Lialina - 20 Years of My Boyfriend Came Back From The War
http://www.josephinebosma.com/web/node/112

Vuk Cosic:
http://www.ljudmila.org/~vuk/

Douglas Davis:
The World's First Collaborative Sentence:
http://artport.whitney.org/collection/davis/Sentence/sentence1.html
Whitney's Description:
https://whitney.org/Exhibitions/Artport/DouglasDavis

Jodi.org:
http://wwwwwwwww.jodi.org/
A Suitably Bizarre Interview With The Early Web Provocateurs At Jodi.Org
https://www.theawl.com/2012/06/a-suitably-bizarre-interview-with-the-early-web-provocateurs-at-jodi-org/

Week 9:
March 5 - 9, 2018
Spring Break

Week 8:

Friday, March 2, 2018
Midterm Essay Due
Discussion takes place from Friday, March 2, to Sunday, March 4, 2018.

Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Continue Lecture on Gere, “The Digital Resistances.”

Monday, February 26, 2018
Gere, “Chapter 5: Digital Resistances,” Digital Culture, 154 – 200 + selected art projects from Art and Electronic Media:
Myron Krueger, Video Place (1974-75), 166
Char Davis, Osmose (1995), 175
Jeffrey Shaw, Agnes Hegedus, and Bernd Lintermann, Configuring the Cave (2001), 177
@TMark and The Yes Men, GATT.org and WTO Imposter Performances (1999 - 2002), 133

Week 7:

Friday, February 23, 2018
Discussion takes place from Friday, February 23, to Sunday, February 25, 2018.

Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Continue Lecture on Gere, “The Digital Counter Culture.”

Monday, February 19, 2018
Midterm Essay Released
Read and be ready to discuss:
Gere, “Chapter 4: The Digital Counter Culture,” Digital Culture, 116 – 153 + selected art projects from Art and Electronic Media:
Vladimir Bonacic, G.F.E. (1961 - 71), 67
James Whitney, Yantra (1950-7), 80
Stan Venderbeek and Kenneth Knowlton, Poem Field No. 2 (1967), 82
Bruno Munari, Xenografie Originalie (1965), 83
Steina and Woody Vasulka, Noisefields, (1974), 85
Sonia Landy Sheridan, Drawing in Time (1982), 86

Week 6:

Friday, February 16, 2018
Discussion takes place from Friday, February 16, to Sunday, February 18, 2018.

Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Continue Lecture on Gere, “The Digital Avant-Garde.”

Monday, February 12, 2018
Read and be ready to discuss:
Gere, “Chapter 3: The Digital Avant-Garde,” Digital Culture, 79 - 115 + selected art projects from Art and Electronic Media:
Gary Hill, Soundings (1979), 70
Kenneth Nowlton and Leon Harmon, Studies in Perception 1, (1966), 81
Paul Sermon, Telematic Dreaming (1992), 128
David Rokeby, Very Nervous System (1986 - 2000), 146

Week 5:

Friday, February 9, 2018
Discussion takes place from Friday, February 9 to Sunday, February 11, 2018

Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Continue Lecture on Gere, “The Cybernetic Era.”

Monday, February 5, 2018
Read and be ready to discuss:
Gere, “Chapter 2: The Cybernetic Era” Digital Culture, 51 – 78 + selected art projects from Art and Electronic Media:
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Vectorial Elevation -- Relational Architecture 4 (1999 - 2004), 75
Ted Victoria, Solar Audio Window Transmission (1969 - 70), 102
Les Levine, Contact: A Cybernetic Sculpture (1969), 103
Peter Weibel, Observation of the Observation: Uncertainty (1973), 106
Dan Graham, Present Continuous Past(s) (1974), 106
Steve Mann, WearComp (1970s - present), 126
Norman White and Doug Back, Telephonic Arm Wrestling (1986), 126

Week 4:

Friday, February 2, 2018
Discussion takes place from Friday, February 2 to Sunday, February 4, 2018

Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Continue Lecture on Gere, “The Beginnings of Digital Culture.”

Monday, January 29, 2018
Read and be ready to discuss:
Charlie Gere, “Chapter 1: The Beginnings of Digital Culture,” Digital Culture, 21 – 50 + selected art projects from Art and Electronic Media:
Naum Gabo, Kinetic Construction (1919-20), 56
Nicolas Schoffer, CYSP 1 (1956), 62
Nam June Paik, Video Flag Y (1985), 70
Julia Scher, Security by Julia (1989-90), 127
Antonio Muntadas, The File Room (1994), 129
Heath Bunting, Own, Be Owned, or Remain Invisible (1998), 132

Week 3:

Friday, January 26, 2018
Discussion takes place from Friday, January 26 to Sunday, January 28, 2018

Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Continue Lecture on Gere, “Preface” and “Introduction”

Monday, January 22, 2018
Read and be ready to discuss:
Charlie Gere, Digital Culture, “Preface” and “Introduction,” 7 – 20 + selected art projects from Art and Electronic Media:
Nancy Burson, First and Second Beauty Composites (1982), 87
Bruce Nauman, Live - Taped Video Corridor (1970), 105
Ben Rubin and Mark Hansen, Listening Post (1999 - 2003), 116
Jane Prophet (with Gordon Selley), TechnoSphere (1995), 131
Ken Feingold, The Animal, Vegetable, Mineralness of Everything (2004), 165
Art + Com, The Invisible Shape of Things to Come (1997), 176

Week 2:

Friday, January 19, 2018
Discussion takes place on Canvas from Friday, January 19 to Sunday, January 21, 2018.

Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Read and be ready to discuss:
David Hopkins, “Postmodernism: Theory and Practice in the 1980s,” After Modern Art: 1945 – 2000, pp. 197 – 231 (PDF) + selected art projects.

Monday, January 15, 2018
Martin Luther King Day, No Classes

Week 1:

Friday, January 12, 2018
Assignment of Readings to lead online discussions on Canvas

Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Lecture on Modernism, Postmodernism and New Media | Early discussion on Hopkins’s “Postmodernism: Theory and Practice in the 1980s,” After Modern Art: 1945 – 2000, pp. 197 – 231 (PDF).

Monday , January 8, 2018
Introduction | Brief overview of the History of Digital Art