Schedule
Course Overview:Readings are due on the day that they are listed, & weeks Run from Monday - Sunday.
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WEEK ONE/ Hello World!
Tuesday Aug 29
In Class:
Hello World!
Wednesday Aug 30
Before Class:
Do:
- Read the syllabus
- register for a GitHub account, email me your username
- register for Slack digitalstudiofall17 team and download app
- install Self Control: on your laptop
- downlaod an html editor like Sublime, Textmate or Crimson Editor
- download an ftp client like filezilla (client)
In Class:
- deeper introductions: tools, techniques, vision
- begin to setup websites for the semester/ intro to html
- Look at early net.art that deals with identity and self Day 02 links
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WEEK 2 / where is the art/ who is the artist/ authorship
Monday Sept 04
Before Class:
Read:
- Christiane Paul, 'Introduction' from Digital Art
Watch:
- how to ftp using filezilla
Do:
- work on html skills
In Class:
- websites for the semester/ continue html and css/ A1 handout
- Levine & Mandiberg, Solfrank, etc.
- Day 03 links
Tuesday Sept 05
Optional Workshop with Scherezade Garcia 11:30-4 at the COOP. Extra Credit if you attend! Snap a photo of the project and jot down a few impressions. Post to your website.
Wednesday Sept 06
Before Class:
Read:
- W3 Schools on HTML from Introduction through Attributes"
- Rachel Greene, from Internet Art
In Class:
- net.art, xtine burroughs, biennale.py, etc.
- digital color & basics of illustrator
- "How Do You Color Freedom?"
- Obadike's Blackness for Sale and here
- example code from today (download .zip file)
- how to ftp into colgateclasses.net
Scherezade Garcia Talk 4:30p @ Golden Auditorium.
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WEEK 3 /replication/ reproduction/ revolution
Monday Sept 11
Before Class:
Read:
- Walter Benjamin, 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction'
Do:
- work on A1
In Class:
- illustrator (pen tool) and laser cutting
- Graffiti Research Labs, fabrication art, knitbombing, moss graffiti
Wednesday Sept 13
Before Class:
Read:
- Trebbi, from The Art of Cutting
Do:
- tracing exercise
In Class:
- illustrator and laser cutting
example of floating divs from today
Thursday Sept 14
::Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction 4:30pm Love Auditorium (optional, but strongly encouraged!)::
Friday Sept 15
- A1 personal/persona websites due
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WEEK 4 / place/ power/ multitudes/ multiplicity
Monday Sept 18
Before Class:
Read:
- Fluxus manifesto
- Situationist manifesto
In Class:
- illustrator and laser cutting
- Graffiti Research Labs, fabrication art, knitbombing, moss graffiti
- download basic shapes.zip
- Day 07 links
Wednesday Sept 20
Before Class:
Read:
- Casey Reas, from Form and Code
- Paul Jacksonthe Art of Folding
In Class:
- intro to manuals/ seed packets/ kits/ folding
- DIY practices
Friday Sept 22
Optional Adobe Illustrator and Laser cutter workshop afternoon sessions 2:15-3:45, and 4-5:30
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WEEK 5 /science fiction/ speculative fabulation/ chance narrative
Monday Sept 25
Before Class:
Read:
- Lindsay Kelley, from Multispecies Salon
Watch:
- Natalie Jeremijienko, The Art of the Eco Mindshift
In Class:
- Graffiti Research Labs
- throwies, manuals/ seed packets/ kits/ folding/ etc
Tuesday Sept 26
Nick Cave, Christian A. Johnson Artist in Residence (required)
Wednesday Sept 27
Before Class:
Read:
- Octavia Butler from Dawn
- Tristan Tzara, How to Make a Dadaist Poem
- Oulipo from The New Media Reader
In Class:
- In person meetings and feedback on first projects.
- We will chat about the following things:
--- what were you going for in your personal/ persona website: what were you working through conceptually? Were these ideas in dialogue with the artwork and readings on early net.art? How does your concept match the perceptual (aesthetic) aspects of the assignment? What is your assessment of the technical aspects of the assignment, and do you feel like you have a basic grounding in html and css now?
--- I will also ask you what ideas you have for A2 and how I can help you continue to develop your conceptual work.
Friday Sept 29
Optional Adobe Illustrator and Laser cutter workshop afternoon sessions 2:15-3:45, and 4-5:30
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WEEK 6 /networks/ systems/ futures
Monday Oct 02
Before Class:
Read:
- Johnny Ryan, How the Atom Bomb Helped Give Birth to the Internet
In Class:
- Workday, possible 3D printer tutorial -- TBD
Wednesday Oct 04
Before Class:
Read:
- The BioHacking Hobbyist
- Donna Haraway, Speculative Fabulations for Technoculture's Generations
In Class:
- Workday// review projects//
- Day 12 links
Friday Oct 06
6th E Street work day in Little Hall rm 203 -- optional
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WEEK 7 / recipes/ instructions/ code
Monday Oct 09
Indigenous People's Day // Mid-term recess
Wednesday Oct 11
Before Class:
Read:
- Yoko Ono, Grapefruit
Watch:
- Hello Processing with Daniel Shiffman
In Class:
- processing introduction, recipes, look at code art
October 11
Evonne Levy Art History's Haunted Houses: Jesuits, Nazis and other Spirits (optional)
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WEEK 8 /concept/ code/ collaboration
Monday Oct 16
Before Class:
Read:
- Reas, A Text About Software + Art
- Reas and Fry, Variables
Do:
- Download and install Processing and Arduino
In Class:
- code continued
- develop instructionals (A3a)
:: A2 Due. Post images and instructions to your website, and bring multiples in to class ::
Wednesday Oct 18
Before Class:
Read:
- Sol LeWitt Sentences on Conceptual Art
- Reas and Fry, Decisions
- develop instructionals (A3a)
In Class:
- code continues
- download code examples here and here
A3a due in class::
Friday October 20
Performance (22 dancers and marching band); Opening reception for Nick Cave exhibition RATTLE @ 5pm (you are required to attend one of his performance events this semester -- post image and notes to your website)
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WEEK 9 / information/ data/ what 'animates' us
Monday Oct 23
Before Class:
Read:
- Ben Fry on Mark Lombardi
- for loops
Do:
- Work on A3
In Class:
- code concepts/ electronics
- look at these loop examples
- Work on A3/ instructionals
Wednesday Oct 25
Before Class:
Read:
- Information show -- read first 5 pages
- 9 Evenings and Theater -- read intro and look at performances link
- electronics reading
- Reas and Fry, Arrays
Do:
- Work on A3
In Class:
- look at these array examples
- Work on A3
- Information show; 9 Evenings and Theater;
- Mark Lombardi, Walid Raad/ The Atlas Group
Friday October 28
Open House -- have any fabricated work available to be displayed for view. Attendance optional unless you've missed a required event.
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WEEK 10 /commons/ community/ resilience
Monday Oct 30
Before Class:
Read:
- Juan Freire, From the Analogue Commons to the New Hybrid Public Spaces
Do:
- Work on A3/ instructionals
- functions and objects
In Class:
- code continued
Wednesday Nov 01
Before Class:
Read:
- Ben Davis, 'Social Media Art' in the expanded field
- Daniel Shiffamn, Functions
- Daniel Shiffman, Objects
In Class:
- code & electronics
- introduce A4
November 1
Flaherty Global Filmmaker Mia Masri. Discussion of her work facilitated by Flaherty NYC programmers (part of a week long series of screenings and conversations) (optional)
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WEEK 11 /surveillance/ sousveillance/ dataveillance
Monday Nov 06
Before Class:
Read:
- from AstroNoise
In Class:
- Code // electronics, work with RSG Carnivore
- Eklund, World Without Oil; Blast Theory, Can You See Me Now?;
- TYPES OF NETWORKS; IAA's ISee; Hassan Elahi's Tracking Transience;
VNS Matrix :: The Witness Project; Palabras; Oscar Grant: Police Shooting at
Bart Station; Jill Magid; Laura Poitras;
Wednesday Nov 08
Before Class:
Read:
- from Astronoise
In Class:
- Code // electronics
- Cory Doctorow; Abram Stern; Trevor Paglen;
November 08
Yaelle Biro Associate Curator of African Arts, in the Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. (optional)
November 10
:: A3 Due ::
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WEEK 12 /expanded fields
Sunday Nov 12
Field trip to Mass MoCa.
Monday Nov 13
No class
Wednesday Nov 15
No class
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WEEK 13 / Thanksgiving
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WEEK 14 / Studio
Sunday Nov 26
:: A4 Due ::
Monday Nov 27
Before Class:
- Work on final projects
In Class:
- code concepts/ electronics
- image, mouse and text examples
- button examples
- arduino
Wednesday Nov 29
Before Class:
- Work on final projects
In Class:
- blink, fade, potentiometer, button
- connecting Arduino and Processing
- serial communications
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WEEK 15 /Studio
Monday Dec 04
Before Class:
- motors + servo motors
- download Fade_tone.zip and three_tones.zip
- https://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/TonePitchFollower?from=Tutorial.Tone2
- work on final projects
In Class:
Wednesday Dec 06
Before Class:
- other sensors: flex, touch, IR; other output:
- work on final projects
In Class:
- studio time
December 08
Nick Cave visit #3 Workshops Performed times/locations TBD (you are required to attend one of his performance events this semester -- post image and notes to your website)
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WEEK 16 /Studio
Monday Dec 11
Before Class:
- work on final projects
In Class:
- studio time
Wednesday Dec 13
Before Class:
- work on final projects
In Class:
- studio time
Senior Project exhibition / celebration (required)
Thursday Dec 14
:: A4 Due ::
Friday Dec 15 9:00-11:00AM
Review final projects
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ARTS 100 events outside of class time:
@ 4:30pm in Golden Auditorium, exceptions noted.
ARTS 100 Lectures last an hour (more or less)
September 05 Sherezade Garcia workshop 11:30-4 @ COOP (optional -- extra credit if you attend)
September 06 Scherezade lecture, exhibition opening following (required)
September 14Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction 4:30pm Love Auditorium (optional, but strongly encouraged!)::
September 22 Workshops in Illustrator and laser cutting Room 208 Session 1: 2:15-3:45p, Session 2: 4-5:30p (optional)
September 26 Nick Cave, Christian A. Johnson Artist in Residence, visit #1 (required)
September 27 Meetings with Nick Cave for performance and workshops to come (you are required to attend one of his performance events this semester -- post image and notes to your website)
September 29 Workshops in Illustrator and laser cutting Room 208 Session 1: 2:15-3:45p, Session 2: 4-5:30p (optional)
October 06 Install 6th E Street Project in Ho/ Olin tunnels -- block off a morning or afternoon time. TBD (required)
October 11 Evonne Levy Art History's Haunted Houses: Jesuits, Nazis and other Spirits (optional)
October 13 Reception for 6th E Street Project -- evening, in Ho/Olin tunnels TBD (required)
October 19 Nick Cave visit #2 Meet with performers and workshop participants (you are required to attend one of his performance events this semester -- post image and notes to your website)
October 20 Performance (22 dancers and marching band); Opening reception for Nick Cave exhibition RATTLE @ 5pm, a Friday Night Film Series event (optional -- extra credit if you attend)
November 1 Flaherty Global Filmmaker Mia Masri. Discussion of her work facilitated by Flaherty NYC programmers (part of a week long series of screenings and conversations) (optional)
November 12 Field trip to Mass MoCa, leave at 8a, return in the evening (required -- note -- no class the following week)
November 08 Yaelle Biro Associate Curator of African Arts, in the Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. (optional)
December 08 Nick Cave visit #3 Workshops Performed times/locations TBD (you are required to attend one of his performance events this semester -- post image and notes to your website)
December 13 Senior Project exhibition / celebration (required)