Interdisciplinary Arts 0178 - Cybernetic Art in New Media

Does interactive art even need a human participant? This studio course offers a survey of hardware-centric computer art against the greater backdrop of new media. Using cybernetics as a loose framework, students will study and produce works of art that explore our relationship to technology - utopian, dystopian, or somewhere in between. Topics to be covered include arduino, basic electronics and simple computer programming. Outside of the studio, students will respond to selections drawn from Weiner's seminal text, the writings of Rebecca Solnit and Ray Ascott and science fiction films from the twilight of the 20th century.

Arts, Design, and Media Independent Work Students will purchase their own materials. Costs run about $75.00. A minimum of three to four hours per week outside of class should be spent on the development of work.