MEDIA STUDIO:
IMAGING AND INTERACTIVITY

ARTS-1020  sections 01, 02, 03, 04
Fall Semester 2006

Professor K. Ruiz

IMPORTANT: please note that all short studies must be submitted electronically by 11:59 PM on the day that are due.

Overview Chart

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Short Study Topic

Lecture

Screening/
Visiting Artist

Readings

Studio skills

Week 1:
Emotion Sketches

Intuition & Creativity

Genius-Leonardo
da Vinci

Manovich

Due 9/5

8/29

Due 9/6

8/30

Week 2:
Pixel Art

The Story of Computer Graphics

None

Due 9/12

9/5

9/6

Week 3:
Self Portrait- Beauty/Age

Dan Ostrov

Sturken/
Cartwright 3

Due 9/19

9/12

Due 9/20

9/13

Week 4: Environmental Landscape

  • Ryder Cooley: artist talk
  • Hidden Life of Garbage

Sontag

Back to Nature

Basic Photography Tips

Basic Landscape Photography Tips

 

Due 9/26

9/19

Due 9/27

9/20

Week 5: Identity- Personal Logo

Identity: Logos, Pathos, Ethos

The Merchants of Cool

Sturken/
Cartwright 6

Due 10/3

9/26

Due 10/4

9/27

Weeks 6 & 7:
Nanotech bot

Nano Perspectives

  • Rich Pell
  • Biomed/Biotech film

Nanomeme Syndrome

 

And

 

NANOTECH: issues

 

 

10/3

Due 10/11

10/4

NO LECTURE WEEK 7

 

Due 10/17

 

10/11

Weeks 8 & 9:
BioArt Net Project

BioArt: issues and ideas

Julia Reodica
&
Boryana Rossa

Sturken/
Cartwright 8

10/17

Due 10/25

10/18

Net Art

The Net: the Unabomber

None

Due 10/31

10/24

10/25

Week 10:
Stop Action Animation

Motion: “to give life to”

  • Shawn Lawson
  • Wm Kentridge

None

Due 11/7

10/31

11/1

Weeks 11 & 12:
SuperHero

Superheroes & The Military Entertainment Complex

Why We Fight

Lowood: Theatres
of War

11/7

Due 11/15

11/8

Superheroes & The Military Entertainment Complex (continued)

Waking Life

None

Due 11/14

11/14

11/15

Weeks 13 & 14:
Final Project

Final Project Pre-Reviews/ Critiques

None

Thanksgiving NO STUDIO WEEK 13

11/21  Ampilfication  

Final Project Pre-Reviews/ Critiques

(continued)

None

Final project studio critiques

11/28

11/29

Week 15:
Student Exhibition

Exhibition of student work
at The Flavor Café & Gallery at 6pm

None

Wrap-up of course, final submission of student work

12/5

12/6

 

chart by Jeremy Sachs