| This weekly seminar will examine the history, theory and practice of
net art, defined as art that is meant to be experienced online. We will
look at net art through various lenses, including conceptualism, activist
art, performance, public art and narrative. Readings, research and artmaking
projects will address issues of globalization, convergence, intellectual
property and identity. In seminar, we will look at and discuss net art,
make research-based presentations and critique student net art projects,
which will be produced outside of class. Web development experience is
not a prerequisite for this course, but if you don't know how to build
web sites, you'll you will have to teach yourself and each other the necessary
skills (HTML, Flash, Perl, whatever) as you go. The emphasis in this course
is not on technological mastery but on understanding the medium and finding
intelligent and effective solutions to artmaking problems. Collaboration
will be encouraged, and students will be expected to share knowledge and
expertise. Evaluation will be based on participation in discussion and
critiques, presentations and quality of artwork produced. |