Course: Intermedia 1 – Fall 2011; 01J:090:002
Time / Place: 10:30 am – 12:20 pm TTH; 1719 Studio Arts
Instructor: Christopher Pickett; christopher-pickett@uiowa.edu, capicket@gmail.com
Office Location / Hours: 1648 Studio Arts; Office hours will be held on Mondays from 9:30 am – 12:30 pm, or by appointment.
Course Supervisor: Rachel Williams; rachel-williams@uiowa.edu
Course Blog: http://intermedia1-fall2011-002.blogspot.com/
Intermedia Website: http://research-intermedia.art.uiowa.edu
Course Description:
This course is a beginning level course that satisfies the 3-D requirement for a B.F.A. degree. Slide lectures, presentations, and reading assignments provide a historical context to investigations into the media unique to the development of intermedia art forms—performance art, site-specific works, installations, artists’ books, and video art. Grades are based on attendance and participation, discussions of readings,completion of assignments, and synthesis of final projects.
Course Structure:
Class time will be used for discussion of relevant artists and critical issues, learning technical skills in videography, sound and other multimedia forms, as well as student critiques. Students will be responsible for four individual projects accompanied by smaller exercises, homework, a research-based presentation and readings throughout the course of the semester. These projects will be explorations into the concepts and methods that we will discuss in historical and critical context, and will be completed (for the most part) outside of class time, accompanied by in-class progress presentations and individual discussion with the instructor.
We will have a loose structure of every Tuesday being theory/history/concept overview and discussion day and every Thursday being technical demo / experimentation day. This is not a rigid schedule, however, and is subject (and likely) to change as the semester goes on in order to meet our needs for the class.
Texts:
All texts will be provided in PDF format by the instructor, unless otherwise noted. You will not have to purchase any books or workbooks. All readings will be posted to the class blog the day that they are assigned and tagged as “TEXT”
Grades:
Attendance and Participation: 40%
Projects: 50%
Final Portfolio: 10%
Attendance:
Attendance is required. Students may be absent for any reason or no reason twice during the semester. Any absences beyond the second will result in a grade reduction, excepting extreme and documented circumstances to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. An unexplained habit of late arrival or early departure will also result in a grade reduction.
Expectations of Students:
All students are primarily expected to (1) engage and participate in class and (2) become technically proficient in the mediums explored in class – specifically videography, sound design and installation. This means participation in critiques and class discussions of readings/topics by asking questions, posing problems and bringing relevant opinions and information to the table as well as being committed to learning and exploring the programs, mediums and ideas put forth. I encourage everyone to be curious, experimental, thoughtful and critical. The more that you, as a student, engage in the class, the more fulfilling and interesting it will be for you as well as your classmates.
You will be assigned four out-of-class projects and one research-based presentation, several in-class exercises and projects and several readings (one per week) throughout the semester. There will be a class blog where you will be expected to write brief responses (2 to 3 paragraphs – or more, if you want) to your reading assignments and which will also act as a resource to you. Responses are due by 10am the morning of the day they are due, which is specified on the schedule below. I expect that all assignments be completed on time. Additionally, you will be required to document your work and turn in a final portfolio at the end of the semester
If you find that you are utterly disinterested in a project and can make a strong case for pursuing another avenue of expression for your ideas, then please communicate with me and we'll try to figure out the best way to help you as a developing artist. While I believe that the mastery of these techniques and a familiarity with the history and concepts of what we're calling “Intermedia” are very important in the here-and-now for developing artists and cultural producers, this course is not rigid or inflexible. We can work together in order to make sure that you get the most out of your experience in the class.
If you are having problems, with completing assignments or with the class in general, then please be communicative with me about your concerns and we can remedy the situation together.
Expectation of the Instructor:
I’m here as a resource for you. I will do my best to introduce interesting and challenging ideas and concepts to the class, as well as to instruct you in the technical skills that are necessary for you to be able to complete your projects (in and out of this course) and communicate your ideas.
Inevitably I will not be able to anticipate the needs or concerns of everyone, so please communicate with me. This could be the difference between a good experience in class and a bad one. I am pretty much on the computer for a good chunk of the day, every day, or around Studio Arts, so never hesitate to email me or stop by my office (though my scheduled office time would be best to do so...).
CLASS SCHEDULE
Week 1
Tuesday, Aug 23
Introductions, Syllabus, Area Tour
Presentation: What is Intermedia?
Reading assignment: Duchamp – The Creative Act & Dick Higgins - Intermedia
Thursday, Aug 25
Presentation: Basics of Videography – Photography Primer
In-class group project: Aperture and shutter speed experiments
Week 2
Tuesday, Aug 30
Responses to Aug 23 readings due on class blog (tag as Response1)
Presentation: Dada & Conceptual Art
In-class project: Mechanical Art
Reading assignment: Four Takes on Dada
FIRST PROJECT Assigned: The Readymade (Due Sept 6)
Thursday, Sept 1
Presentation: Video – Camera and tape basics
In-class group project – In-camera editing
Week 3
Tuesday, Sept 6
Responses to Aug 30 reading due on blog (tag as Response2)
First Critique: The Readymade Project
Reading assignment: Sol LeWitt – Selections from Paragraphs on Conceptual Art
Thursday, Sept 8
Presentation: Meeting Lynda and Firing up Final Cut
Today, we will be going over the basics of Final Cut Pro using lynda.com as a reference. We will work through as much of the lynda.com basic tutorial as possible in our allotted class time.
SECOND PROJECT Assigned: The Intermedia Moment – Due Sept 20
Week 4
Tuesday, Sept 13
Responses to Sept 6 readings due on blog (tag as Response3)
Presentation: Intro to Fluxus
Discussion of Dada, Conceptual Art readings & Fluxus
Reading assignment: Vautier – Text on the Fluxus and Higgins – Forty Years of Fluxus
Thursday, Sept 15
Presentation: Non-Linear Editing
Work Day & Individual Check-Ins
Week 5
Tuesday, Sept 20
Critiques – The Intermedia Moment I (½ the class)
Thrusday, Sept 22
Critiques – The Intermedia Moment I (½ the class)
Week 6
Tuesday, Sept 27
Responses to Sept 13 readings due on blog (tag as Response4)
Presentation: Situationism
Discussion of Fluxus readings, Situationism
Reading Assignment: Guy Debord – The Society of the Spectacle
THIRD PROJECT ASSIGNED: Getting from A to B
Thursday, Sept 29
Presentation: Color Correction & Effects
In-class group project – Coloring your world
Week 7
Tuesday, Oct 4
Presentation: Emerging Media: Video
In-Class Group Project: The Wandering Gaze
Reading Assignment: Guy Debord – The Society of the Spectacle & Michael Rush – Media Madness
Thursday, Oct 6
In-Class Work Day & Individual Check-Ins for A to B
Week 8
Tuesday, Oct 11
Critiques – Getting from A to B (½ the class)
Thursday, Oct 13
Critiques – Getting from A to B (½ the class)
Week 9
Tuesday, Oct 18
Responses to Sept. 27 & Oct 4 Readings due on blog (tag as Response5)
Presentation: Performance Art & Performance-based Video
Discussions of Society of the Spectacle and Media Madness
Reading Assignment: Rosalind Krauss – The Aesthetics of Narcissism & Selections from Kaprow – Performance Art
FOURTH PROJECT Assigned: The Intermedia Moment II – Due Nov 1
FIFTH PROJECT Assigned: The Artist-Researcher ~ Researching Artists – Due Nov 29
Thursday, Oct 20
Presentation: Introduction to Sound
In-Class Group Project: Banal Soundtracks
Individual Check-Ins: Proposals for The Intermedia Moment II due
Week 10
Tuesday, Oct 25
Responses to Oct 18 readings due on blog (Tag as Response6)
Presentation: Performance and Media Politics
Discussion of Krauss, Performance & Media
Reading Assignment: Ant Farm - Can Man Control Technology's Domination of Nature? & Sarah Kanouse – Cooing Over the Golden Phallus
Thursday, Oct 27
In-Class Work day
Individual Check-ins – The Intermedia Moment II
Week 11
Tuesday, Nov 1
Critiques: The Intermedia Moment II (½ the class)
Thursday, Nov 3
Critiques: The Intermedia Moment II (½ the class)
Week 12
Tuesday, Nov 8
Responses to Oct 28 readings due on blog (tag as Response7)
Presentation: Space & Place Pt1 – Land Art & Public Art
Discussion of Oct 28 readings
Reading Assignment: Peter Boag – Thinking Like Mount Rushmore
Thursday, Nov 10
In-class group exercise: Land-art proposals & Discussion
Week 13
Tuesday, Nov 15
Presentation: Space & Place Pt2 – Site-specific Installation & Performance
Discussion of Boag & previous presentations ~ Culture, Space and Place
Reading Assignment: Brian Holmes -- Imaginary Maps, Global Solidarities, Roberta Smith – Venice Biennale: An Installation Art Contest (NY Times Article)
Thursday, Nov 17
In-Class Exercise & Discussion: Everyday Maps
Week 14
Tuesday, Nov 22
NO CLASS – Thanksgiving Break
Reading Assignment TBA
Thursday, Nov 24
NO CLASS – Thanksgiving Break
Reading Assignment TBA
Week 15
Tuesday, Nov 29
Responses to Nov 15 & Thanksgiving Break readings due (tag as Response8)
PRESENTATIONS: AR ~ RA (½ the class)
Thursday, Dec 1
PRESENTATIONS: AR ~ RA (½ the class)
Reading Assignment: Extracts from Nicolas Borriaud's Relational Esthetics, Allan Kaprow – Blurring Art and Life
Week 16
Tuesday, Dec 6
Responses for Dec 1 Readings due on blog (tag as Response9)
Presentation: Relational Art & Social Practice
Discussion of Dec 1 Readings, Relational Aesthetics
Late Project Presentations
Thursday, Dec 8
Final Portfolios due by 10am
Final Portfolio Review & Discussions
Late Project Presentations / Critiques
FALL 2011
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