Schedule

Session: Fall
Time: Fridays, 1:30–5:30 PM Eastern Time.

All assignments must be submitted before midnight on the due date unless otherwise indicated.

WEEK 1
September 10

Instructor, teaching assistant, and student introductions.
Review course outline, schedule, and assignments.
Course introduction.

Moodle:

Group presentation sign-up due September 16.
Pre-course survey due September 16.

WEEK 2
September 17

Lecture: Selecting your platform(s).
Review: Research-creation project proposal requirements.
Field trip: In-person or virtual exhibition.

Moodle:

Individual meetings sign-up due September 23.

WEEK 3
September 24

Reading/Presentation #1:
“New Media Art” by Mark Tribe and Reena Jana.
Lecture: Exploring online resources.
Proposal Workshop: Draft proposals due during class for peer review and feedback.

WEEK 4
October 1

Reading/Presentation #2
“Nonhuman Vision” in Nonhuman Photography by Joanna Zylinska.
Lecture: Navigating online tools.

Moodle:

Final proposals due October 1.

WEEK 5
October 8

Reading/Presentation #3:
“Remote Action and the Trauma of (Not) Being Touched” in HERE/THERE: Telepresence, Touch, and Art at the Interface by Kris Paulsen.
Lecture: Internet of Things.

Moodle:

Mid-term group sign-up due October 14.

WEEK 6
October 15

Individual meetings: students are required to bring work-in-progress of their final projects.
Studio time.

WEEK 7
October 22

Individual meetings: students are required to bring work-in-progress of their final projects.
Studio time.

WEEK 8
October 29

Reading/Presentation #4:
“Open Sky: Part I” by Paul Virilio.

Artist talks:

Adam Simms
Petrija Dos Santos

Moodle:

Mid-term survey due November 1.

WEEK 9
November 5

Reading/Presentation #5:
“In Defense of the Poor Image” + “Too Much World: Is the Internet Dead?” by Hito Steyerl.

Workshop: Mid-term work in progress presentation (break out groups of 3-4 people during class time.)

Moodle

Mid-term work-in-progress due November 11.

WEEK 10
November 12

Guest: Galerie Galerie.
Reading/Presentation #6:
“New Aesthetic, New Anxieties” by David M. Berry, Michel van Dartel, Michael Dieter, Michelle Kasprzak, Nat Muller, Rachel O'Reilly and José Luis de Vicente.
Film screening: “Coded Bias” by Shalini Kantaya.

Moodle:

Film screening response due November 25.

WEEK 11
November 19

Lecture: Image economies.
Course and final project Q&A.
Open peer feedback.

Moodle:

Course Evaluation due November 25.

WEEK 12
November 26

Final presentations and critiques: Group A.

WEEK 13
December 3

Final presentations and critiques: Group B.

Moodle:

Uploaded research-creation project due December 6.

Other Important Dates

September 20: Deadline for withdrawal with tuition refund (DNE) from fall-term and two-term courses.
November 8: Deadline for academic withdrawal (DISC) from fall‑term courses.