| CLASS | CONTENT | READING/VIEWING | ASSIGNMENT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. jan 20 | Starting from scratch. Introductions What is GSTS? Surprise guests from Denmark Tech overview, part 1 | Manovich | Assignment 1 |
| 2. jan27 | Revolutionary practice. Review first assignments Why does any of this matter? Guest speakers Tech overview, part 2 | Bresson | Assignment 2 |
| 3. feb3 | Sound experiments. Evaluate "3-shot." | Some Cage for inspiration | Assignment 3 |
| 4. feb17 | Location Aware. Review sound experiments | Familiarize yourself with Korsakow | Assignment 4 |
| 5. feb23 | Database Films. Guest speaker on database film Introduce Midterm | Chapter 5 in Manovich | Korsakow Prepare Midterm concept presentation |
| 6. mar3 | Midterm Concept Reviews | Work on Midterms | |
| 7. mar10 | Midterm presentations. | ||
| 8. mar24 | Remix. Politics of the blender Guest speakers on remix | Archive.org | |
| 9. mar31 | Crowd-sourcing. People powered projects | Seven Maps | Crowd-sourcing Presentations |
| 10. apr7 | Review Crowdsourcing Pitches Broadcasting Introduce Finals | Prepare final ideas | |
| 11. apr14 | Review Final Ideas Open Video Guest Speaker | Working on finals | |
| 12. apr21 | Very Special Guest Details soon! | ... | Working on finals |
| 13. | Last Lap. Pre-crit run throughs | ... | Working on finals |
| 14. apr28 | Final Presentations. | ... | ... |
…
Die Zeit: Do you concern yourself with new media and technology?
Jean-Luc Godard: I try to keep up. But people make films on the Internet to show that they exist, not in order to look at things.
…
In addition to formulating a 14 week response to the above quip, this class will attempt to push more on the art side of the art/technology divide – with a strong emphasis on making things. Quick things. Light things. That said, there will be weekly assignments that will build as the semester goes on. And the completion of each is important to shape of the semester.
Midterms will be collaborative, built in a round robin fashion, and will be a two week assignment.
Finals are more of an open proposal, and will be pitched to the class in week 10.
This syllabus will remain fairly fluid and will shift and evolve as the semester goes on.
Required reading:
Lev Manovich “The Language of New Media”
Robert Bresson “Notes on the Cinematographer”
And there will be required weekly readings, mostly available online.
Suggested reading:
William Gibson “Pattern Recognition” [if you're at ITP you've read this already, right?]
Grades:
Attendance/In-class participation 25%
Assignments 25%
Blogging 20%
Final Project 30%
And some housekeeping:
Don’t be late.
Attendance is mandatory. Email me if you absolutely must miss class.
For class-related work or note-taking, laptops are ok. Lids down during presentations.
Assignments must be completed on time.
In short: please respect your fellow-students. And me.