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| SANTIAGO ECHEVERRY ART / COM 211 • Art and Technology • SPRING 2012 Section J • M-W • 4:30-6:50p • BAS 110 secheverry at ut.edu | CAS Annex 112 | 813 - 813 257 3769 | Office hours by appointment only |
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| Week | Description | Assignments | Multimedia / Readings | ||
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Syllabus, goals of the class, required readings, general presentation and statistics of the students. Early History of Multimedia. Oral Tradition, Text, / Aristotle’s Poetics / Greek Theater / Roman Circus / Middle Ages: Architecture and life / Religious vs. Pagan performance.Renaissance / / Economics / 1492 / Gutenberg Print // Baroque = America's gold / theatrum mundi + deus ex machina / Baroque Opera / Control of Nature Explore: Juan Carlos Delgado #2 post your comments of his work on your blogs Cecilia Bartolli - Sacrificium // Ombra Mai Fu |
• Go to
blogger.com
and create your own BLOG for this class. Post your first feelings of the class in it and post who you are, describing yourself and telling me what you expect from this class • Send me an email BEFORE THE FOLLOWING CLASS from your personal UT email account, letting me know the url of your blog. |
Farinelli – Gérard Corbiau #2 Alessandro Moreschi / Tomotaka Okamoto #2 / Jaroussky #2 / BBC #2 / Vatel – Roland Joffé / Monteverdi’s Orpheo Linda Benglis - Fluorescence CDs: Atys + Danse~ by Jean-Baptiste Lully, William Christie, Les Arts Florissants / Médée, Charpentier, Les Arts Florissants • Art Vs Design |
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Opera: from Mozart to Richard Strauss, evolution of an elitist expression of art Watch Pjotr Sapegin's Madama Butterfly animation and comment about it on your blogs |
Go to the MacDonald Kelce Library, watch any of their available
Operas in DVD or VHS
and write a three page paper describing the "mise en scene" what types of technologies were used and HOW would you transform the same opera into a XXI century video game. |
Movies: Amadeus – Milos Forman / ARIA – Derek Jarman and others / Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen - Die Walküre, Patrice Chéreau - Pierre Boulez, Bayreuth Festival (Complete Ring Cycle) DVD (2000) / Don Giovanni – Karajan – Peter Sellars / Sellar's Cosi Fan Tute / | ||
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Popular entertainment Vaudeville, burlesque, cabaret => Broadway http://angel-stagedoor.blogspot.com/ Behind the Scenes of WICKED |
Explore
Angel de Quinta's STAGE DOOR Blog
with an amazing collection of excerpts from Broadway plays. Even though it is in Spanish, look for 7 video excerpts that use technology in a creative way. Post these excerpts in your blogs and comment on how and why do you consider the usage of technology was important in your selections. This blog entry will be graded Separately |
Movies: Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt – Walter Ruttman / Chaplin – Richard Attenborough / Whatever Happened to Baby Jane – Robert Aldrich / Broadway, the American Musical – Michael Kantor | ||
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From photos to film: time based media Muybridge / Edison / Lumière / Méliès / Eisenstein / Griffith Evolution of film in the 20th century BW -> Animation -> Sound -> Color -> Stereoscopy -> big format Explore: PBS: History of Photography Photo 2 www.filmsite.org leisure diving: pictorial Vs vernacular Emile Cohl #1 #2 Winsor McCay Little Nemo / NEMO / Gertie Walt Disney Steamboat Willie / Skeleton Dance Felix the Cat History / Feline Folies 19 / Ghost / Skulls / Time BLUBLU / Bottle #2 / Broken Fingaz / Hudson / Eness / Varanese / Japanese Pop Stars Drake Arnold / KT Rice |
Go to a thrift store and purchase an old book that you will use to create your own flip page animation. At least 200 pages. Open topic. Read: New Media in Art (NMA): Introduction Jason Theodor - Creativity = The act of connecting things in unexpected ways |
Movies: Landmarks of Early Film Vols 1 and 2 Great Train Robbery - Edwin S. Porter / Battleship Potiomkin – Eisenstein / Intolerance – Griffith La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc – Carl Dreyer / Metropolis – Fritz Lang / The Jazz Singer – Alan Crossland / The Blue Angel – Joseph Von Sternberg / Casablanca – Michael Curtiz / Wizard of Oz – Victor Fleming / Gone with the wind – Victor Fleming / Singing in the Rain – Stanley Donen / The Birds – Hitchcock / Citizen Kane – Orson Welles etc…. |
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Electronics in the audiovisual world From the battery to the microchip / train -> pony express -> telegraph -> telephone -> civil band -> radio -> mechanical tv -> television -> magnetic recording / video tape + CD + DVD -> cable <-> satelite |
Explore
otr.com www.mztv.com |
Movies: Radio Days – Woody Allen / Original recording of “War of the worlds” by Orson Welles / Felix the Cat / Early days of TV / Lucy / |
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| 6 |
Binary world Abacus / Kipus / Encryption / Rosetta stone / Torah , Talmud, Kabalah / Morse code / binary conversion / vacuum tubes / eniac / transistors / chips / evolution of computers into networked environments GUI / Arpanet / Internet / Computing environments / |
Create a work of art using the notion of "Grid Art". More details to be given in class
History of Computing Science by Michelle A. Hoyle Computer pioneers |
Movies: The Triumph of the Nerds |
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| 7 |
Artists and Technology 1900 - 1960 Duchamp, DADA, Hugo Ball, SURREALISM, BAUHAUS, Abstract Expressionism, Beatniks, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, POP, Warhol TDK, Warhol Stars , Yves Klein |
Using a Xerox machine, photocopy parts of yourself and create a 2D and/or 3D work of art inspired by any of the Art Movements seen in class. At least 2 feet x 3 feet http://the-artists.org/art-movements.cfm Art Movements Timeline |
NMA: Chapter 1 Man Ray Etoile de Mer Le Retour à la Raison, Marcel Duchamp Anémic Cinéma, Picabia, Tzara..... Movies: Un chien andalou – Luis Buñuel / Lichtspiel: Schwartz-Weiß-Grau – Laszlo Moholy-Nagy / Ballet Mécanique Fernand Léger, Jean Cocteau Le Sang d'un Poète |
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Performance Art, Media and New Technologies Vienna Aktionists SITE FILMS, FLUXUS art-not-art Manifesto1 | 37 FILMS | AUDIO / Related Joseph Beuys Manifesto I <3 USA, Filz TV, Sonne / Nam June Paik, Charlotte Moorman #2 #3, John Cage #2 #4 / Yoko Ono / Gilbert and George #1 #2 #4 #5 / Vito Acconci / Orlan, Stelarc #1 SITE obsolete body, Wired article // Tatsumi Hijikata, Butoh, Sankai Juku #1 #2 #3, Ko Murobushi #2, Kazuo Ohno #2, Carlotta Ikeda Dance Iki Interactive Machine / Bob Flanagan / New Romantics, Leigh Bowery / Klaus Nomi / ACT UP Diamanda Galas #2 #3 // Genesis P.Orridge Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, Song Doc, Interview / Eva & Adele / Petra Flurr #2 / Laurie Anderson #2 Squat theater, Wooster Group, WooTube, John Jessurun, #2 Troika Ranch #2 /// Flash Mobs: Hallelluya, Oprah, Frozen Grand Central , improveverywhere // The life and Death of Marina Abramovic, Robert Wilson #2 #3 |
NMA: Chapters 2 and 3 • Actions • Performance • New Media • The Human Canvas #2 Inspired by ANY of the artists mentioned in class, record a 3 minute maximum video of your own performance art piece related to the impact of TECHNOLOGY in your life. More details to be given in class. No panhandling! | |||
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Video |
Installation : link:
Magnetic recording - H2G2 Nam June Paik, Wolf Vostell, Andy Warhol, Jim Campbell, Bill Viola #2, David Hall, Michel Jaffrenou, Gilles Charalambos, Jose A. Restrepo, Pippilotti Rist, Richard Serra, Woody Vasulka, Jenny Holzer, Bruce Nauman, Ryan Trecartin, Gary Hill, Peter Campus, The Residents, David Wojnarowicz, Brian Eno, JODI, Lev Manovich, Shirin Neshat, Tony Oursler, Chris Cunnigham, Michel Gondry, Marco Brambilla, Sculpture, Video Mapping : The Icebox, Lyon, Nuit Blanche, Zocalo, Branchage , drawlight • http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/ • http://www.ubu.com/film/ • Colombian videoart • technology: modul8 / madmapper |
NMA: Chapter 4 FINAL PROJECT: VIDEO ART PIECE . Subject: VIDEO DECONSTRUCTION. Create your own video art piece with any available tools at hand ( DV Cams, Cell Cams, VHS tapes, DVDs, webcams etc...) Minimum 1 minute excluding credits, maximum 3 minutes including credits. |
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Electronic Music / New Sound of Music
#1
#2
Concrete Theremin / Schaeffer Chemin de Fer 48 Violette 48 / Varèse #2 Pierre Henry Psyché Rock / Stockhausen #2, #3, #4 #5 / Ligeti / John Cage Piano Noise 4'33" Paik84 27 sounds / Xenakis, ScoreLight / Luciano Berio #2 / Moog #2, Synthesizer #2 #3 / Gershon Kingsley - Pop Corn • Anarchic System / POST MODERN CRISIS { Satisfaction RS • DEVO • BB / Gloria Jones - Soft Cell - Levi's / ABBA • Erasure / Donna Summer • Bronski Beat #2 / Depeche Mode • Nouvelle Vague / Pulp • William Shatner / U2 - PSB } Kraftwerk MOMA Robots 74 • Autobahn 75 / DISCO: Patrick Hdez • Felix DHCat • Sylvester / Brian Eno // HOUSE: DEVO, Talking Heads #2, B52s, Frankie Knuckles, Juan Atkins #2, Skatt Bros, Jesse Saunders, Chip E, Marshall Jefferson, Joe Smooth, Ken Ishii , Orbital, Feedback Max, DMob Acieed Cathy Dennis + DMob , Armand Van Helden #2, Black Box, The Orb, Happy Mondays, Joey Beltram, Goldie, Lisa Loud, Leftfield (Johnny Lydon = Rotten), DJ Pierre Acid, Hardcore, Daft Punk, Stone Roses, Frankie Goes to Hollywood , M.A.R.R.S , Technotronic , Deelite, EMF, Stereo MCs, Soup Dragons, Hercules and Love Affair #2 #1 // DUBSTEP Stephen Gurley, Menta, Benga Vs Scream, DJ Abstract, El-B, Dubstep TV: El-B, Digital Mystikz, Mala, Coki, Plastician, Distance, Skrillex 1 2 / DUB FX <-> Queen Prophet's song // HARDCORE Tom Nijuis #1 #2 // INDUSTRIAL 75 & NEW WAVE Throbbing Gristle • Cabaret Voltaire #1 79 #2 • Einstürzende Neubauten #2 #3 #4 • Front 242 • Nitzer Ebb • Revolting Cocks • Atari Teenage Riot / Cure • Siouxsie • Gary Numan / Fad Gadget / Palais Schaumburg #2 / Liaisons Dangereuses Bauhaus Love&Rockets #2 Joy Division #2 #3 • New Order (Philippe Decouflé) / Eurhythmics • Culture Club • DOA • Smiths • J&M Chain • Stone Roses • Massive Attack • EBTG #2 - Deep Dish • Stereolab #2 / Björk / Chemical Brothers / PSB #2 Village People / Underworld • Fluke / Faithless • Robert Miles • Delerium • Gorecki / Opus ELECTRO - CLASH Miss Kittin Miss Kittin • Fischerspooner • Felix Da Housecat #2 • #3 • Peaches #1 #2 #3• Ladytron #2 #3 • Chicks on Speed #2 #3 #4 • Dopplereffekt • Crystal Castles #2 • Crystal Fighters • Yelle • DeadMau5 #2 • Grammys 12 • Infected Mushroom // LATIN WORLD Gaiteros • Toto la Momposina • RMX • Colombian House • Sidestepper • La 33 • Chobquibtown #2 • Bomba Estereo • Sayayin • Retrovisor // Silverio • Plastilina Mosh • Molotov • Sexy Lucy #2 • Estados Alterados • Alaska y Dinarama • #2 Moenia • Soda Stereo • #2 // Vocaloid #1 #2 Miku Hatsune #2 |
N/B: The audio of your video art piece MUST be completely copyright free and totally created by you. I encourage you to explore whichever available audio tools you have at hand. Be resourceful. Use your own voice or any other sounds you capture. History of House Music History of Disco #1 #2 #3 Modulations / La Legende d'Eer / Cabaret Voltaire / Thursday Afternoon / Scratch Technology: jazzmutant - lemur - artists / |
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Interactive Art / More Puppet Motel – Laurie Anderson / Eve #1-9 – Peter Gabriel / Myst / collection of interactive works by the ZKM and Ars Electronica 2011 Youtube Deep Space Cave , Klaus Obermeier | Gideon Obarzaneks, Chunky Moves #2 / Bill Seaman / Director / Flash Vs. Apple / Processing / Arduino / openframeworks gallery / FITC / Chrysaora / Open source mentality Machine Project LA / Linux, Ubuntu, Debian / Data visualization Nyte Madrid traffic Fernanda Viégas & Martin Wattenberg // Yoichiro Kawaguchi real time - anim // Mariko Mori Works Oneness Winter Solstice // GPS Teri Rueb // Ultra HD TV Holographic TV RadioHead House of Cards Golan Levin // Genetic art – María Fernanda Cardoso, Eduardo Kac / Physical Computing ITP, Natalie Jeremijenko, Tom Igoe, Cynthia Lawson Jaramillo / Jorge Orta, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Corpse Art // Interactive Art VIMEO GROUP Kinetica MyGO Starry Night Vous êtes ici Platine 10 11 Birth Conceptual Window display - Static Balance Golan Levin #1 #2 #3 // Robotics Carneggie Mellon Androids David Hanson #2 Hiroshi Ishigawa Telenoid Hugvies // Ridley Scott Prometheus David TED 2023 |
wemakeitgood.com Saatchi Gallery Tate ZKM Ars Electronica |
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| FINALS
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FINAL PROJECTS PRESENTATION - EVERYONE MUST BE PRESENT WEDNESDAY MAY 2ND / 3.45 - 5.45PM- BAS 110 FINAL EXAMS SCHEDULE |
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