• Major Project 1: Analysis of new media art/design project, 20%
• Major Project 2: Analysis of second new media art/design project, 25%
• Major Project 3: Production of new media art/design project, 35%
  

Research Methodology

Resources used throughout the semester

http://digicult.it
http://eliterature.org/
http://www.electronicbookreview.com/
http://furtherfield.org
http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/mediaartnet/
http://netartreview.net
http://netart.org.uy/latino/
http://netescopio.meiac.es/en/index.php
http://neural.it/
http://newmediafix.net
http://norient.com/en/
http://rhizome.org
http://turbulence.org
http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/Artport

Week 17:
December 12, 2017

Due: Final Project.

Week 16:

Thursday, December 7, 2017

Project 3 in class presentation, Part 2
Make adjustments to final project and prepare for final submission, due on December 16.

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Due: Major Project 3, Production of new media art/design project (by students), 35%
In class Presentation, part 1

Week 15:

Thursday, November 30, 2017

Meet in Class: Lab day work on final project | post all feedback to the discussion forum for the corresponding week.

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Lab day meet in class to discuss and work on final project | Feedback on design aspects of the project

Week 14:

Thursday, November 23, 2017

Thanksgiving

Tuesday, November 21 2017

Thanksgiving

Week 13:

Thursday, November 16, 2017

Labday: Post feedback for fellow student on Canvas | Begin working on Major Project 3

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Lab day: Work in class, provide each other feedback on minor project 3 | Post comments on Canvas forums

Week 12:

Thursday, November 9, 2017

Due: Minor Project 3 | Lecture on Visualization and Design | Lab day: Work in class, discuss work on Third Weekly Assignment due on Monday, November 16 | Post on Angel forums.

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Lecture on Visualization and Design | Read and be ready to discuss:
“Abstraction and Complexity,” Lev Manovich in Media Art Histories, pp. 339 - 354
Go over selected works of media art and design.

Week 11:

Thursday, November 2, 2017

Guidelines for Project 3 released: Production of new media art/design project (by students) | Lab day: work on Third Weekly Assignment due on Tuesday, November 16

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Read and be ready to discuss:
“There are no Visual Media,” W. J. T. Mitchell in Media Art Histories, pp. 395 - 406

Week 10:

Thursday, October 26, 2017

Due: Major Project 2, Analysis of second new media art/design project, 25%
Class Critique

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Lab day, work on Major Project 2

Week 9:

Thursday, October 19, 2017

Lecture: Research Process, Critical Writing and Analytics

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Read and be ready to discuss:
“Making Studies in New Media Art Critical,” Timothy Lenoir in Media Art Histories, pp. 355 – 380 | Lecture: "Methods of Critical Analysis, Part 2: Culture, Politics and History of Digital Art and Media Design"

Week 8:

Thursday, October 12, 2017

Minor Project 2 Due on Data Analytics due
Online critique of Minor Project | Lab Day

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Attend Data Analysis Lecture at ADRI:
https://adri.psu.edu/event/image-and-text-visualization-methods-research-and-creative-practice | Read and be ready to discuss: “It is Forbidden Not To Touch,” Peter Weibel, in Media Art Histories, pp. 21 – 42.

Week 7:

Thursday, October 5, 2017

Lecture on Critical Analysis: Semiotics

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Read and be ready to discuss:
“Image, Process, Performance, Machine Aspects of an Aesthetics of the Machinic,” Andreas Broeckmann, in Media Art Histories, pp. 193 – 206

Week 6:

Thursday, September 28, 2017
Due: Major Project 1, Analysis of new media art/design project 20%
Image-mining lecture
Guidelines for Major Project 2 released, due on October 26
Release of Minor project 2 due October 12

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Lab Day, work on Major Project 1 due on Thursday, September 28.

Week 5:

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Lab day: post comments on Canvas forums | Work on Major Project Due on September 28

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Read and be ready to discuss:
“Historizing Art and Technology,” Edward A. Shanken, in Media Art Histories, 43 – 70 | Go over details for Major Project

Week 4:

Thursday, September 14, 2017

Minor Project 1 due
online critique of weekly assignment
Lab day: post comments on Canvas forums.

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Read and be ready to discuss:
“Introduction,” Oliver Grau, “The Coming and Going of Images,” Rudolf Arnheim, in Media Art Histories, 1 – 18 | Go over selected works of media art and design

Week 3:

Thursday, September 7, 2017

Go over selected works of media art and design
Lab day: post comments on Canvas forums | Work on weekly assignment.

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Read and be ready to discuss:
Roland Barthes “The Writer on Vacation,” 22 – 25, “Criticism Blind and Dumb,” 29 – 31

Week 2:

Thursday, August 31, 2017

Meet with Fellow Students to discuss organization of summaries | Lab day: post comments on Canvas forums: go over selected works of media art and design

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Guidelines for Major Project 1 released, due on September 28
Release of Minor Project due on September 14 in preparation for Major Project 1: See Canvas for details
Read and be ready to discuss:
Roland Barthes, “Myth Today,”pp. 215 – 274

Week 1:

Thursday, August 24, 2017

• Lecture on History of Art, Media and Design
• Go over selected works of media art and design
• Begin online discussion on Canvas forums

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

• Introduction to Class
• Lecture on History of Art, Media, and Design
• Select a reading to lead a discussion