Humanities Arts Cultural Stu 0255 - Theory/Practice Immediate Site

This course will focus on installation and public practice in conversation with diverse media: video, digital, audio, photo, film, performance, architecture, and the plastic arts. The thematic focus of the seminar will critically engage issues of technology, vision, and site. Also of importance is the nature of video as electronic technology and the relationship of immediacy that it has with installation. This is a rigorous theory/practice workshop class designed specifically for Division II and III students. In this seminar, students will develop their skills within their specific media and work collaboratively throughout the semester to produce work that engages questions of site, space, time, experience and vision within an historical context. We will challenge traditional modes of production and presentation collectively. Students will focus in on their critical skills and be required to produce written responses, three projects, and a research project/presentation. This course will encourage students to broaden their perspective of artistic production. This will be a challenging course for serious students in the media arts.

Independent Work Multiple Cultural Perspectives Writing and Research Lab fee: $60. Field trip fee: $25. Prerequisites: one intro media production course or equivalent, any introductory course in digital, visual, media, or performing arts and/or creative writing; one critical or cultural studies course; recommended: one 200 level course in either the humanities or social sciences.