Network Media Studio I
Instructor: Diane Ludin
Email: dianeludin@gmail.com
Wednesdays 11-1:00 pm
Course Description:
This studio-based course will introduce students to a range of art making possibilities using network media. The primary focus will begin with graphic design applications to outline concept prototypes for network media proposals. We will start by appropriating popular Web 2.0 social networking platforms. Students will be introduced to the basics of preparing graphic imagery, photos, video and audio for web browsers and Web 2.0 Applications. Additional media topics will include some conceptual basics of authoring photo essays, video and audio clips through the iTools suite on Mac OSX. Readings, presentations and discussions of the major themes currently being explored by network media artists will be used to stimulate and inspire individual student work and thinking. In short I am structuring an artful use of Internet based, Web 2.0 applications.
Course Goal:
Course assignments are designed to create documentation of your working through course topics. Although some class time will be given for technical introductions and problems encountered while implementing practical aspects of the course work, this is not meant to be a technical course. The emphasis will be on your ability to expand expressing yourself with network based, media forms. In short I am structuring an artful use of Internet-based, Web 2.0 applications and ubiquitous computing and communication devices.
Course Assignments:
A written summary of the student’s understanding of each course topic. This will be kept on an html page that will be dated and available over the Internet through your student web account. These entries, on-time class attendance and participation will determine 25% of your grade.
One network media artist project presentation, in class (10-15 minutes, including time for class Q&A). Timely completion and presentation will determine 25% of your grade. These presentations will begin in the third quarter of the class, starting with week 9.
Timely, completion of weekly media assignments are 50% of your grade. These assignments begin with in week 2.
Each class will focus on a different topic concerning networked art. Attendance will be recorded for each class. The following syllabus is subject to change. Field trips and guest speakers may be added.
Weekly Outline
Diagrams for outlining the role of first person Avatars. Plan for an html page with some images text and links that approach the idea of a media character you are interested in summarizing/visually representing. It can be a cartoon, media personality, game character, scientist, designer or artist. Your page content should reflect the idea you have about the person you choose to visually interpret. Due week 3.
Design (on paper) and build a profile page for the media character you have chosen for a series of photos exploring the first person avatar you want to explore representing. Be prepared to include a reason for the layout you have created. First draft due week 4.
First series of your avatar photo essay, complete with statement idea and or intention behind the photos you are combining. Think about simple creative ways to place your media personality, character in an environment, if you don’t have another topic to explore in a series of photographs due class 5
Story board for YouTube video series sequence due week 7
Outline for sound source for YouTube video, content outline and the reasoning behind what you are collecting due week 8.
Facebook Page complete with media and links to media posted on weekly reading responses, flickr, YouTube, and an audio networking site completed week 12.
MySpace page profile complete with media and links. Due week 14.
Weekly Writing Assignment Questions
- How does this reading connect with what we've already read or discussed in class?
- What do you agree with in the reading? What do you disagree with?
- What provokes a response and or a reaction from you?
- What differences do you see in your own beliefs and those informing the researcher's?
- Is there anything that you don't understand?
- What in this reading/project can you relate to your own work/interests?
- What new insights did you gain through the reading or presentation?
Network Media Art Practice Topic/themes/categories are as follows:
Artistic Media Play
Expressive Documentation
Media Appropriation and Visual Identity (some Tactical Media)
Data Visualization and Conceptual Engineering