WEEK 1 Labor and Learning
Jan 7 :: Hello World! :: Intro to Class, Syllabus, Attendance,
Crashers, etc. ::
Read:
- Course Syllabus for FDM 20c.
- How to sftp into people.ucsc.edu
- Jennifer S. Light, excerpt from When Computers Were Women.
- Val Aurora, "HOWTO encourage Women in Linux"
Look at:
- Changing Education Paradigms.
- Michael Wesch, A Vision of Students Today
- For Profit Education (infographic);
- Picture with Yudof;
- Expedited Diploma Manufacture Services;
- The Public School;
- The Dialog Table;
- Talkaoke;
- Differences between Waterfall, Iterative Waterfall, Scrum and Lean Software Development (In Pictures!)
Lecture:
- Day 1
Jan 9 :: keywords :: new media ::
Read:
- Janet H. Murray, "inventing the medium"
- Lev Manovich, "new media from borges to html"
Look at:
- DANM
- whitney artport gatepages
- mediaartnet
- walker art gallery 9 (archives)
- adaweb (archives)
- www.nettime.org
- www.softwareart.net
- runme.org
- www.generative.net
- dmoz: society: activism: media: culture jamming: spoof websites
-
Lecture:
- Day 2
- Source Code
NO SECTIONS THIS WEEK
WEEK 2 Where is the Art? / Who is the Artist?
Jan 14 :: Software, Process, Data :: Process + Product :: Generative Art :: Software Art :: Instructional Art ::
Read:
- Joline Blais + Jon Ippolito, At the Edge of Art - Introduction.
- A text about Software + Art by Casey Reas,
- William Burroughs, The Cut Up Method of Brion Gyson;
Additional reading:
- Cristiane Paul, Digital Art, "Introduction" pg 7-27
Look at:
- Casey Reas et al., Software Structures;
- 0100101110101101.org:biennale_py; with epidemiC.
- I love you Exhibition.
- xtine burroughs, mail a virus;
- JODI, World Wide Wrong exhibition.
- Gallery of DCSS Descrambers.
- Mark Napier.
- Lia: Dextro and Turux.
- all of The Whitney Artport's CODeDOC exhibition;
- Marcel Duchamp;
- Tzara, Poeme Dadaiste;
Lecture:
- Day 3
Jan 16 ::Identity :: Authorship :: Subjectivity :: Profiles ::
Read:
- Rachel Greene, 'Mapping Authorship' - excerpt from Internet Art, pages 103 - 104
- Rachel Greene, 'Sexual Personae' - excerpt from Internet Art, pages 111 - 117
- Edge, Autobotography (prologue, edge studies + prompts) +
vocabulary.
- Michel Foucault, excerpt from The Author Function.
- Yoko Ono, excerpt from Event Lecture
Additional Reading
- Roland Barthes, The Death of the Author.
Look at:
- Mongrel.
- MBCBFTW.
- Jennicam.
- Michael Mandiberg, Shop Mandiberg.
- Keith Obdaike, Blackness for Sale;
- Young Hae Chang + Heavy Industries ARTIST'S STATEMENT N0. 45,730,944.
- Yoko Ono, Cut Piece
Scan:
- Wikipedia on Fluxus,
- Wikipedia on John Cage,
Lecture:
- Day 4
- Source Code from lecture (titled "jan16_site.zip")
Assignment:
- A0. Hello World! - 11:59pm Jan 17
WEEK 3 Community pt 1, Sharing + Caring
Jan 21 :: Community pt1 :: Social Networks :: Social Media :: Identity :: Profiles :: net.art :: Protocol ::
Read:
- danah boyd
"White Flight in Networked Publics? How Race and Class Shaped American Teen Engagement with MySpace and Facebook."
- dana boyd, Why Youth (Heart) Social Network Sites:
The Role of Networked Publics in Teenage Social Life
- Barry Wellman, Computer Networks As Social Networks
- Wikipedia Social Software#Timeline
- Rachel Greene, 'net.art' excerpt from Internet Art pages 52 - 62
Additional Reading:
- Ben Davis, "'Social Media Art' in the expanded field"
- Tim Berners-Lee et al., "The World-Wide Web"
Look at:
- Three Kinds of Networks.
- D-Tower;
- angie waller, my frenemies
- Lee Walton, F'book: What My Friends Are
Doing on Facebook
- (and here)
- Cory Archangel, Friendster Suicide;
- Warren Sack, Conversation Map.
Lecture:
- Day 5
- Source Code from lecture (titled "jan21_site.zip" -- see assignment1.html for css)
Jan 23 :: Edge of self :: Surveillance :: Sousveillance :: Dataveillance ::
Read:
- Lawrence Lessig, "The Architecture of Privacy"
- NSA Files Decoded: What the revelations mean for you
- Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, excerpt from Control and Freedom
- Electronics Frontier Foundation, Facebook's Eroding Privacy Policy: A Timeline
- Wikipedia on The Panopticon (first 3 paragraphs)
- Wikipedia on The Panopticon as Metaphor
- Wikipedia on Steve Mann and "Sousveillance";
See also:
- Sharon Daniel, Palabras_improvisedmaps.pdf
Look at:
- 3 TYPES OF NETWORKS
- IAA's ISee;
- Hassan Elahi's Tracking Transience;
- The Witness Project.
- Palabras.
- Oscar Grant: Police Shooting at Bart Station - Oscar Grant.
Lecture:
- Day 6
Assignment
- A1. Self Portrait - 11:59pm on Jan 26
WEEK 4 Shallow Narrative
Jan 28 :: Participatory Journalism :: Networks :: News :: Mobility :: Platform :: Social Networks :: Knowledge Production ::
Read:
- Howard Reingold, excerpt from Smart Mobs;
- 4 characteristics of Swarm Systems according to Kevin Kelly;
- Johnny Ryan, "How the atom bomb helped give birth to the Internet"
- Wikipedia and the Politics of Mass Collaboration
Scan:
- Wikipedia on ANONYMOUS
- Wikipedia on P2P
Look at:
- Web Ecology Project, "The Iranian Election on Twitter:
The First Eighteen Days."
- 3 TYPES OF NETWORKS
- Epic 2014 & Epic 2015
- Fluid Nexus;
- "Egyptians Connecting to the Internet via Modem, Fax, Ham Radio." .
In Class Screening:
- Epic 2014
- Empire: Social Networks, Social Revolution
http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/empire/2011/02/201121614532116986.html
Lecture:
- Day 7
Jan 30 :: Nonlinearity :: Narratemes :: Cyberbards :: Frames :: Cyberfeminism ::
Read:
- Jorge Luis Borges, Garden of Forking Paths;
- Vannevar Bush, As We May Think;
- Rachel Greene, 'Cyberfeminism' excerpt from Internet Art pages 62 - 64
Additional reading:
- Vladimir Propp,
excerpt from The Morphology of the Folktale;
- Janet Murray, excerpt from Hamlet on the Holodeck;
Look at:
- MBCBFTW;
- Ted Nelson, Deep Hypertext;
- Michael Mateas, Facade;
- Oulipo;
- Eliza;
- Shelley Jackson, Patchwork Girl (On reserve at McHenry Media Library) NOTICE (edited 1/29/14) PATCHWORK GIRL IS NOT AVAILABLE- DO NOT GO TO MCHENRY. APOLOGIES.
Lecture:
- Day 8
Assignment:
- A2. Short Essay - 11:59pm Jan 31
WEEK 5 Deep Play
Feb 4 :: Immersion :: Contemplation :: Play :: Gender :: Video Games ::
Read:
- Sherry Turkle, Video Games and Computer Holding Power
- Margaret Morse, Aesthetics and Immersion;
- Clifford Geertz, "Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight.";
Look at:
- Char Davies, Osmose + Ephemere(links to osmose + ephemere in upper right corner of site).
- Joseph Delappe, Dead in Iraq;
- Anne Marie Schleiner Operation Velvet Strike;
Lecture:
- Day 9
Feb 6 :: Video Games :: Computer Games :: Formalism :: Realism :: Machinima :: News Games ::
Read:
- Salen and Zimmerman, Roger Callois: The Definition of Play, The Classification of Games.
- Galloway, Social Realism;
- Henry Jenkins, 'complete freedom of movement': video games as gendered play space
Look at:
- Catlow, Rethinking War Games;
- Eklund, World Without Oil;
- Blast Theory, Can You See Me Now?;
- Gonzalo Frasca, September 12 + Madrid;
- Wafaa Bilal, Domestic Tension.
In Class Screening:
- Eddo Stern, Sheik Attack
Lecture:
- Day 10
Midterm Study Guide
- MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE
Assignment:
- A3. Future of News - 11:59pm Feb 7
WEEK 6 Political Design
Feb 11 :: MIDTERM ::
- MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE (day 11)
Feb 13 :: Database :: Archive :: Agonism ::
In Class Screening:
- We Steal Secrets
Lecture:
- Day 12
WEEK 7 Designing Politics
Feb 18 :: Database :: Intervention :: Executability :: Hacktivism :: Tactical Media ::
Read:
- Critical Art Ensemble, "nomadic power and cultural resistance"
- Collateral Murder (overview & videos)
- Feds Charge 13 Members Of Anonymous In 'Operation Payback' Attacks
Look at:
- Ricardo Dominguez, Flood Net// Virtual Sit Ins;
- The Yes Men;
- rtMark.
- Anonymous;
In Class Screenings:
- The Yes Men
Lecture:
- Day 13
- Aphid Stern/ Rashomon Project Presentation
Feb 20 :: Database :: Archive :: Agonism ::
Read:
- Lev Manovich, "Database as Symbolic Form";
- Sharon Daniel, "The Database: An Aesthetics of Dignity"
- Rachel Greene, 'Data Visualization and Databases' excerpt from Internet Art
Scan:
- Wikipedia on cloud computing
Look at:
- How Webservers Work
- Hassan Elahi.
- Walid Raad/ The Atlas Group.
- RSG, Carnivore;
- Josh On, They Rule;
- MySQL.
- unhosted;
Lecture:
- Day 14
WEEK 8 Seeding the Commons - Sharing is Caring pt 2
Feb 25 :: Community pt2 :: Operating Systems :: Collaboration :: Ownership ::
Read:
- Eric Raymond, "The Cathedral and the Bazaar";
- anonymous, [IMG MGMT] What Relational Aesthetics Can Learn From 4Chan
Scan:
- Wikipedia on Social Software
Look at:
- Github;
- Ken Goldberg, Telegarden,
In Class Screening:
- Revolution OS
Feb 27 :: Copyright :: Creative Commons ::
Read:
- Lawrence Lessig, Free Culture (Intro + 1st chapter).
- Creative Commons, "About" + "About the Licenses."
- Richard Stallman, "The GNU Manifesto."
Look at:
- The Pool;
- DJ Spooky, The Secret Song;
- Creative Commons;
- Napster.
In Class Screening:
- RIP: Remix Manifesto
Reference:
- key concepts in RIP: Remix Manifesto
Lecture:
- Day 16
Assignment:
- A4. Project Proposal - 11:59pm Mar 2 - THIS IS THE EXTENDED DATE!
WEEK 9 History of Artificial Life // Future of Real Life
Mar 4 :: Articifical Life :: Cybernetics :: Emergence :: Feedback :: Autopoesis :: Variable Media ::
Read:
- Katherine Hayles, prologue to How We Became PostHuman
- Jacob Gaboury, A Queer History of Computing 1
- Royal pardon for codebreaker Alan Turing
- Steven Johnson, excerpt from Emergence;
- review Rheingold and Kelley;
See also:
- Crash Course on Complexity, Emergence and Collective Intelligence
Look at:
- Conway's Game of Life;
- Stelarc
- Variable Media Network;
- Tom Ray, Tierra;
Screening:
- Strange Culture.
Lecture:
- Day 17
Mar 6 ::
Real Life :: Eco-art :: Urban Gardening Art :: Bio Art :: Tending the Physical Commons ::
Read:
- Joline Blais, Indigenous Domain:
Pilgrims, Permaculture and Perl
- The Biohacking Hobbyist
Look at:
- Natalie Jeremijenko;
- Caitlin Berrigan.
- Symbiotica + Meart;
- Phil Ross;
- Natalie Jeremijienko;
- Future Farmers;
- CAE;
- Fallen Fruit;
- Urban Forest Map.
- Guerilla Grafters(note 3/5 :: site down for maintenance)
- Neighborhood Fruit
Lecture:
- no notes.
Assignment:
- A5. Processing Monster - 11:59pm Mar 14
WEEK 10 Still Searching
Mar 11 ::
Read:
- "IMG MGMT: The Nine Eyes of Google Street View" by Jon Rafman
- Lev Manovich, "Database as Symbolic Form"
- Siva Vaidhyanatha, "The Googlization of Everything" Read Chapter 1:
- Mathew Fuller, "Break the Law of Information"
Look at:
- Google Art, or How to Hack Google
- Angie Waller, Search Engine Family Deud
Lecture:
- Day 19
Assignment:
- A5. Processing Monster - 11:59pm Mar 14
On adding Processing Monster to your site ::
- go to this site, and download processing-1.4.1.js put this file in with the rest of your html pages
- add the following code to the head of your site:
<script type="text/javascript" src="processing-1.4.1.js"></script>
<canvas id="mysketch" data-processing-sources="my_sketch.pde"/></canvas>>
Final Exam :: Wednesday, March 19 8:00 - 11:00 a.m. ::
