Schedule#

Time: Fridays, 1:30–5:30 PM Eastern Time
Delivery: Remote via Zoom unless otherwise noted.

All assignments must be submitted before midnight on the due date unless otherwise indicated.

Week 1#

• Instructor, teaching assistant, and student introductions
• Review course outline, schedule, and assignments
• Course introduction

Moodle:

• Group presentation sign-up due by end of Week 2
• Pre-course survey due by end of Week 2

Week 2#

• Lecture: Selecting your platform(s)
• Review: Research-creation project proposal requirements
• Field trip: In-person or virtual exhibition

Moodle:

• Individual meetings sign-up due by end of Week 3

Week 3#

• Reading/Presentation #1: New Media Art↗ by Mark Tribe and Reena Jana
• Lecture: Exploring online resources
• Proposal workshop: Draft proposals due during class for peer review and feedback

Week 4#

• Reading/Presentation #2: “Nonhuman Vision” in Nonhuman Photography↗ by Joanna Zylinska
• Lecture: Navigating online tools

Moodle:

• Final proposals due
• Exhibition response due

Week 5#

• Reading/Presentation #3: “Remote Action and the Trauma of (Not) Being Touched” in HERE/THERE: Telepresence, Touch, and Art at the Interface↗ by Kris Paulsen
• Lecture: Internet of Things

Moodle:

• Mid-term group sign-up due by end of Week 6

Week 6#

• Individual meetings: students are required to bring work-in-progress of their final projects
• Studio time

Week 7#

• Individual meetings: students are required to bring work-in-progress of their final projects
• Studio time

Week 8#

• Reading/Presentation #4: “Open Sky: Part I” in Open Sky↗ by Paul Virilio
• Artist talks:
  • Adam Simms
  • Petrija Dos Santos

Moodle:

• Mid-term survey due by end of Week 9

Week 9#

• Reading/Presentation #5: “In Defense of the Poor Image” + “Too Much World: Is the Internet Dead?” by Hito Steyerl
• Workshop: Mid-term work-in-progress presentation (breakout groups of 3–4 people during class time)

Moodle:

• Mid-term work-in-progress due by end of Week 10

Week 10#

• Guest: Galerie Galerie
• Reading/Presentation #6: New Aesthetic, New Anxieties↗ by David M. Berry, Michel van Dartel, Michael Dieter, Michelle Kasprzak, Nat Muller, Rachel O’Reilly and José Luis de Vicente
• Film screening: Coded Bias↗ by Shalini Kantayya

Moodle:

• Film screening response due by end of Week 11

Week 11#

• Lecture: Image economies
• Course and final project Q&A
• Open peer feedback

Moodle:

• Course evaluation due by end of Week 11

Week 12#

• Final presentations and critiques: Group A

Week 13#

• Final presentations and critiques: Group B

Moodle:

• Uploaded research-creation project due by end of Week 13