ART 221 Intro to New Media Art (syllabus)

Description:
ART 221 New Media Art I 3(0,6) An introductory course exploring new media art practices and ideas. Emphasis is placed on the exploration of digital tools and processes for the production of traditional artistic forms such as the drawing, painting, print, book and photograph. In addition, the course will introduce new media as a context in which new collective, interactive and social modes of art production are made possible.

Objectives:
understand and describe themes and important works in the field of  new media art

apply their knowledge of themes in new media art and their skills with digital tools to art projects/problems

critique and analyze the form, content and context of new media art works

Grading
•    projects = 60% (Project 1-4= 15%)
•    written/oral presentations and critiques = 20%
•    class participation 20% (critiques, in-class work sessions and class discussion)

Students are required to  demonstrate working knowledge of technical processes, through regularly scheduled studio art projects. As with all studio art courses, students must be able  to contextualize their work within contemporary fine art practice and participate in critical analysis of work (their own  and the work of others) in group discussions.

Attendance:
Two undocumented absences will result in a student’s final grade being lowered by one full letter. Three undocumented absences will result in failure. You may not be absent on your presentation date or critique dates. (Sleeping in class is not permitted and will be counted as an undocumented absence.)

External Hard Drives

Short answer: this La Cie looks like a really good deal! 155.00 at B&H (08/23/2010)
LaCie 500GB Rugged Triple Interface Portable Hard Drive
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/635179-REG/LaCie_301900_500GB_Rugged_Triple_Interface.html

Longer answer:
In order to get a drive that is fast enough to handle video and large files you should find a drive with the following specifications:   interface -FireWire-800 and FireWire-400; drive speed – 7200rpm; capacity around 250 gigs. The La Cie drive above meets these specifications.

If you plan to work on your own laptop, you could get away with a slower drive which you could use just for file storage and back-up. like this
Verbatim 250GB CLON USB Portable Hard Drive
Price:  $49.95   at B&H (08/23/2010)
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/660692-REG/Verbatim_97063_250GB_CLON_USB_Portable.html

IMPORTANT: regardless of what you choose, sooner or later you will need to back up your work on external drive or media of some kind. Keep this in mind when you make your decision.

ART 221 class schedule

Course Schedule (subject to change)

week 1 (8/18)
Course introduction:
Assignment 1: photo self portrait (Tim Hawkinson, Orlan, Kim Joon, etc.
http://www.acegallery.net/artistmenu.php?Artist=1
http://www.kimjoon.co.kr/joon/data/file/j_2007/982498898_ba10c134_party-prada.jpg
http://www.orlan.net/works/photo/

Week 2 (8/25)
-PhotoShop I  vector and raster images; image formats and modes; resolution and image size; crop, selecting; copy/paste
-PhotoShop II: resolution & scanning: image editing: photo retouch techniques (rubber
stamp, healing, painting, noise, blur and sharpen filters, etc)

Week 3 (9/1)
-PhotoShop III image compositing: : using layer blending modes
-PhotoShop IV painting tools: pattern stamps, custom brushes

Week 4 (9/8)
Work on Project 1
Work on Project 1

Week 5 9/15)
Critique Project 1: Recombinant Beings
Project 2 Topos – mapping technologies & locative media

Week 6 (9/22)
Illustrator I overview: interface, primitive shapes, drawing: pen and text tools (creating bezier curves)
Illustrator II: arranging, grouping, transformations, reshaping, combining blending, discuss project 2

Week 7 (9/29)
Illustrator III: painting, patterns brushes and live paint
illustrator V: Type, Work on Project 2

Mid-term

week 8 (10/6)
Work on Project 2
Critique Project 2: Topos

week 9 (10/13)
Animation I
Animation II

week 10 (10/20)
Animation: work on project 3
large format print of project 2 due (print on printer of your choice. Images must be 16″ x 20″ or larger.)

Week 11 (10/27)
work on Project 3

Week 12 (11/03)
Critique Project 3: animation

Week 13 (11/10)
intro to web authoring: HTTP, FTP, HTML, XHTML, CSS; “hello world” exercise.
overview of web site generation tools: PhotoShop, iWeb, Dreamweaver, blogging software

week 14 (11/17)
Work on final project and portfolios

Thanksgiving (11/24)

week 15 (12/1)
Work on final project and portfolios
Final Critique Project 4 (web project)

Final portfolios due by 5PM December 8th, 2010

First reading for RCID804, Fall 2010

Visual studies by Johanna Drucker

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2479/is_1_31/ai_113683508/?tag=content;col1

ART 806: Visual Arts Seminar II syllabus

ART 806: Visual Arts Seminar II

Spring, 2010, Thursday 5:00 – 8:00 PM in Lee Hall 100

Christina Nguyen Hung
Office: Lee Hall, 172A
chungATclemsonDOTedu

Course Description:

This seminar is designed to examine issues pertinent to the development of MFA students preparing to become professional artists. The course will explore topics related to studio art practice/creativity, the role of arts in society, and the pragmatic concerns of professional artists and artist teachers. Contemporary art and art criticism will also be discussed as it relates to the developing role and responsibility of the professional artist within their discipline.

Course Objectives:

  • Examine the theoretical and practical problems that confront contemporary professional artists.
  • Investigate how art may function within regional, national and global contexts.
  • Explore and experiment with ways to frame (conceptually) and present artwork for diverse audiences.
  • Develop skills pertinent to a career as a professional studio artist and/or professional within art related occupations including teaching at the college level.

Course Requirements:

  1. Document your work and process through weekly journal entries (see details below).
  2. Complete all reading assignments and participate in seminar discussions each week. Readings will be made available 1 week in advance.
  3. Co-organize a Slide Jam, a public presentation of your work that is no longer than 15 minutes (see details below).
  4. Complete an application packet consisting of: an artist’s statement, which includes a statement of research interests; a statement of Pedagogy; a CV; a letter of interest; a power point portfolio with work descriptions.
  5. Your Attendance is Mandatory at the Department of Art, Visiting Artist Lectures. See list of lectures below.

Visiting Artist Lectures:
Wednesday, January 20th.
Art Werger
Room 100, Lee Hall
5:15 p.m.

Thursday, February 25
Kathy Triplett
Room 100, Lee Hall
5:00 p.m.

Thursday , March 11
Janet Williams
Process, Print, Mold, Memory
Room 100, Lee Hall
5:00 p.m.

Course Resources:

  • Course schedule, syllabus and resources may be found at http://www.christinahung.net/teaching/
  • Required Texts: “Active Sites: art as social interaction” by Timothy Van Laar & Leonard, Diepeveen, on reserve in the Architecture library. Additional readings will be made available online via Blackboard.
  • College Art Association Standards and Guidelines for resumes, CVs, etc. http://www.collegeart.org/guidelines/.

Attendance: Do not miss class, be late or leave early. Two absences will result in a student’s final grade being lowered by one full letter grade. Three absences will result in a failing grade. You may not be absent on your presentation dates.

Grade Scale: A 100-90%, B 89-80%, C 79-70%, D 69-60%, F 59-0%

Academic Integrity Statement: “As members of the Clemson University community, we have inherited Thomas Green Clemson’s vision of this institution as a ‘high seminary of learning.’ Fundamental to this vision is a mutual commitment to truthfulness, honor and responsibility, without which we cannot earn the trust and respect of others. Furthermore, we recognize that academic dishonesty detracts from the value of a Clemson degree. Therefore, we shall not tolerate lying, cheating, or stealing in any form.

When in the opinion of a faculty member, there is evidence that a student has committed an act of academic dishonesty, the faculty member shall make a formal written charge of academic dishonesty including a description of the misconduct, to the Dean of the Graduate School. At the same time, the faculty member may, but is not required to, inform privately the student charged of the nature of the allegation.”

Course Schedule

Details:

  1. Document your work and process through an online journal. You will create your journal by signing up for a free account at blogger.com and use it to write about your work and process at least three times per week. Each entry must be at least 250 words in length (MS word has a word count tool). You may choose to make your journal (blog) public or private, but you must add me as a reader. I will look over your blog once every two weeks.  One entry on process per week.
  2. Complete all reading assignments and participate in seminar discussions each week. Readings will be made available at least one week in advance.
  3. Co-organize a Slide Jam, a public presentation of your work that is no longer than 15 minutes (see details below). Working in teams, you will be responsible for lining up two people to present in addition to yourselves for a total of four presentations per Slide Jam. You must include one grad student from another department in Lee Hall: Landscape Architecture or Architecture.
  4. Complete an application packet consisting of: an artist’s statement, which includes a statement of research interests; a statement of Pedagogy; a CV; a letter of interest; a power point portfolio with work descriptions.
  5. Your Attendance is Mandatory at the Department of Art, Visiting Artist Lectures. See list of lectures below.

ART 806: Visual Arts Seminar II

1/7    Introduction to class

1/14    Plan for Slide Jam

1/20    Wed. Jan 20th Lecture: Art Werger

1/21    Review Artist Portfolios; image prep for PowerPoint

1/28     Christina Hung out of town

2/4    Review Job Announcements

2/8 M    Slide Jam at Friend’s Cafe

2/11    Discuss list of teaching principles; watch Pecha Kucha and TED videos

2/18    Teaching statement due.

2/25    Lecture: Kathy Triplett

3/4     Discuss Active Sites CH 3

3/8 M    Slide Jam at Friend’s Cafe

3/11    Lecture: Janet Williams

3/18!    Spring Break

3/25    review job candidate presentations

4/1    Art and research statements due (one statement which may be read as either/or/ or both).

4/5 M   RCID Research Forum: Anderson Wrangle presents work
scheduled April 5, 2010 from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Class of 1941 Studio for Student Communication (1st floor), Daniel Hall in the back seminar room.
Slide Jam at Friend’s Café

4/8    Revised teaching and artist statements due

4/15   Techniques for formatting CVs in MS word.

4/19 M    RCID Research Forum: DR. Andrea Feeser presents work scheduled April 19, 2010 from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM Class of 1941 Studio for Student Communication (1st floor), Daniel Hall in the back seminar room.

4/22    Final job application packets due (include the description of the position  for which you are applying); Presentations of work for “job interview.” Special guest “committee members” will be in attendance.

4/29     Final Exams (no class)

Artist Shirin Neshat

read an interview with Shirin Neshat .

Read about the installation “Turbulent.”

Amazing cut paper animation

NZ Book Council – Going West more at http://movingpaper.org/

ART321: New Media Art II schedule

New Media Art 2 Course Schedule:

Week 1 Introduction to the MiniDV camera and format. In-camera assignment 1 due  (one take no less than 3 min. long).

Week 2 Videography and In-camera Assignment 2 due (create a situation or  “narrative” for the camera by isolating a segment from a longer shot (segment may be no shorter than 30 sec. and no longer than 3 min.). Artists: Joel Bartolomeo, Rita Myers, William Wegman,  Introduction to Final Cut Pro (FCP): Setting up a project, capturing and exporting video.

Week 3 Editing, sound and Assignment 3 due (edit a short piece in which editing decisions are made, primarily on the basis of the sound track –IOW edit “by ear”). Artists Vin Grabill, Gary Hill and Peter Rose. Basic editing; using transitions.

Week 4 Editing and remixing: Martin Arnold and Brian Springer. Editing assignment 4 due (Use appropriated footage from a mass media source (use archiveDOT org or record footage from a major broadcast source). Self-directed project 1 due Feb 23.

Week 5 Narrative forms in video/film art work: view work by Bill Viola, Gary Hill, John Sturgeon. FCP motion features, and using still images.

Week 6 Animating with layered PhotoShop files (alpha channels) in FCP.

Week 7 FCP: color adjustment, chroma key production techniques and chroma key effects. View work by Peter Campus, Seoungho Cho. Self-directed project 1 due!

Week 8 Video art in a social context: view work by Ant Farm, Martha Rosler, Adrian Piper, Eleanor Antin.

Week 9 Video art in a social context continued:  politics of audience/performer subject/object identity: View work by Sadie Benning, Cathy Begien, Mike Kelly. Assignment 5 due.

Week 10 Video in context of sculptural and installation elements. View work by Pipilotti Rist, Tony Oursler, Brian Bress, Jim Campbell, Jennifer Steinkamp, Martin Kersels, Diana Thater. Project 4 due. Assignment 6 due.

Week 11 Internet as social and formal context for video. View work by Ryan Tecartin, and Kalup Linzy. Exporting video for the web. Assignment 7 due.

Week 12 Basic DVD production with DVD studio.

Week 13 work on final project (individual meetings)

Week 14 work on final project

Week 15 Self-directed project 2 due. Portfolio due (portfolio is Assignment 8).

ART321: New Media Art II syllabus

ART 321: New Media Art II (time-based media art)
Spring 2010

Catalog Description:

An intermediate level course that introduces students to time-based art practices such as video art, installation and performance art forms. Through regularly assigned studio projects, readings and screenings, students develop video, installation and motion graphic techniques, and an overview of time-based art practices.

Prerequisites: ART 221 or consent of instructor.

Textbook(s):
Available online and on reserve in the library.

Objectives: Through this course, students will learn to:

  • describe themes and important works in the field of  time-based art
  • apply their knowledge of themes in time-based art and their skills with digital tools to art projects/problems.
  • analyze the form, content and context of time-based art works.

Evaluation:

  • No less than 8 small studio art assignments = 80% of final grade
  • One self directed studio art project = 10% of final grade
  • Timely completion of all assignments and regular participation in discussions and critiques. = 10% of final grade

Attendance:

Attendance is mandatory. A missed presentation or critique will result in automatic failure (F) of that assignment. A note must follow medical emergency absences.  Absences related to other University activities must be documented prior to date of intended absence. Student will make arrangements with professor to make up missed work.

Academic Integrity Statement:

“As members of the Clemson University community, we have inherited Thomas Green Clemson’s vision of this institution as a ‘high seminary of learning.’ Fundamental to this vision is a mutual commitment to truthfulness, honor and responsibility, without which we cannot earn the trust and respect of others. Furthermore, we recognize that academic dishonesty detracts from the value of a Clemson degree. Therefore, we shall not tolerate lying, cheating, or stealing in any form.

When in the opinion of a faculty member, there is evidence that a student has committed an act of academic dishonesty, the faculty member shall make a formal written charge of academic dishonesty including a description of the misconduct, to the Dean of the Graduate School. At the same time, the faculty member may, but is not required to, inform privately the student charged of the nature of the allegation.”

Resources for Individuals with Disabilities:

It is University policy to provide, on a flexible and individualized basis, reasonable accommodations to students who have disabilities. Students are encouraged to contact Student Disability Services to discuss their individual needs for accommodation.