Seminar
Columbia University School of the Arts
Spring 2004

Net Art Session 3: Monday, Feburary 9, 2004

Topic

Art & Technology

Class Plan

+ Discuss readings
+ Work on personal web sites

Relevant Sites

Examples of Futurist photo-dynamism: http://www.futurism.org.uk/bragaglia-ag/bragaglia_frames.htm

Required Readings

+ Culture & Technology, by Andrew Murphie and John Potts
Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2003.
Available at Lehman Library, Call Number HM846 .M87 2003 
Available at Labyrith Books and on reserve.

Art & Technology (pp. 39 – 65)

+ New Media in Late 20th Century Art (World of Art), by Michael Rush
Thames & Hudson, New York, 1999. Avery Library (non-circulating). In course packet and on reserve

Introduction (pp. 7 – 9)
Digital Art (pp. 168 – 179)               

+ Walter Benjamin: "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction"
Available as class file and on reserve.   

Illuminations, by Walter Benjamin (pp. 217 – 251)

+ Digital Art (World of Art), by Christiane Paul
Thames & Hudson, New York, 2003. Submitted Library purchase request on 12.29.2003.
In course packet and on reserve. Also available at Labyrinth Books.

Introduction (pp. 7 – 25)

Recommended Readings

David Antin: "Video: The Distinctive Features of the Medium" - In Video Culture,  John Hanhardt, Ed.

Frances Richard: “An Orchid in the Land of Technology: Reading Walter Benjamin Reading BitStreams"- Available as class file.

Files

+ Frances Richard: “An Orchid in the Land of Technology: Reading Walter Benjamin Reading BitStreams"
+ "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" (.rtf)
+ Walter Benjamin: "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" (.pdf)

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