Installation 2021 Schedule

The Covid Schedule for Spring 2021.

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Tuesday 01.12, Thursday 01.14
Week 1: Installation?
Content:
- Intro to Syllabus
- Intro to Installation Using Digital Processes
- History: the "situatedness" of art.
- Forms of installation
Assignment:
- Get and install Max/MSP/Jitter
- Prepare a list of 5 installation artists.
- Brainstorm ideas for installation project.
- Start taking a look through the Max tutorias (via Help->Max Tutorials)
Readings:
- Introduction, Installation: A Critical History, by Claire Bishop
- Chapter 1, The Dream Scene - Installation: A Critical History, Claire Bishop
Tuesday 01.19, Thursday 01.21
Week 2: The Dream Scene
Content:
- Discuss reading.
- SCREEN: Bruce Nauman: Make Me Think (1997) documentary
- Develop/Discuss installation ideas
- Visualization Techniques
- Max Exercises
Assignment:
- Work through Jitter Tutorials
- Research|conceive|develop Installation Proposal
- Continue investigation into which artist you will choose for Artist Presentation
Readings:
- Chapter 2, Heightened Perception - Installation: A Critical History, Claire Bishop
Tuesday 01.26, Thursday 01.28
Week 3: Heightened Perception
Content:
- Discuss Reading
- DUE: Discuss your 5 artists and commit to Artist Presentation
- SCREEN: I Believe It Is An Image, by Gary Hill
- Refine and discuss installation ideas.
- Jitter Exercises (bring samples next week)
Assignment:
- Produce work
Readings:
- Chapter 3, Mimetic Engulfment - Installation: A Critical History, Claire Bishop
Tuesday 02.02, Thursday 02.04
Week 4: Mimetic Engulfment
Content:
- Discuss Readings
- SCREEN: Dan Graham Interview - Recreating Childhood Desires
- SCREEN: Bill Viola Interview - Cameras are Keepers of the Souls
- Brainstorming
- Max/MSP/Jitter PLAY
Assignment:
- Produce work
Readings:
- Chapter 4, Activated Spectatorship - Installation: A Critical History,Claire Bishop
Tuesday 02.09, Thursday 02.11
Week 5: Activated Spectatorship
Content:
- Discuss Reading
- SCREEN: Sarah Lucas - Two Melons and a Stinking Fish
- SCREEN: The Otolith Group - Infinity Minus Infinity
- SCREEN: Raqs Media Collective - The Blood of Stars
- SCREEN: Beuys (2017) - Joseph Beuys first documentary
- ADC and DAC
- Max Demo
Assignment:
- Produce work.
Readings:
- One Place After Another: Notes on Site Specificity by Miwon Kwon
Tuesday 02.16, Thursday 02.18
Week 6: Survey of Digital Techniques [Sensors and Microcontrollers]
Content:
- Discuss Reading.
- Artist/Installation Presentation (Tuesday): Brianna -> Interferences by Matteo Sisi Sette
- SCREEN: Can't Get You Out of My Head - Part 6 - Are We Pigeon? Or Are We Dancer? by Adam Curtis
- Artist/Installation Presentation (Thursday): Samantha -> Forest of Resonating Lamps by Teamlab
- Artist/Installation Presentation (Thursday): Daisy -> ? by Steven Baltay
Assignment:
- Work On Project
Readings:
- O'Sullivan, D. and T. Igoe (2004). Introduction. Physical Computing : Sensing and Controlling the Physical World with Computers. Boston, Thomson: pp. xvii-xvix.
- Seven Ways of Misunderstanding Interactive Art - Erkki Huhtamo
Tuesday 02.23, Thursday 02.25
Week 7: Survey of Digital Techniques [Computer Vision]
Content:
- Discuss reading
- Artist/Installation Presentation (Tuesday): Jade -> The Orange Room by Claudia Hart
- Artist/Installation Presentation (Tuesday): Jennifer -> Soft Rains & Our Second Date by Jennifer and Kevin McCoy
- NO CLASS THURSDAY - RECHARGE DAY
Assignment:
- Installation Development
Readings:
- Reading: Delusions of Dialogue: Control and Choice in Interactive Art - Jim Campbell
- Reading: Weibel, P. (1996).The World As Interface Electronic Culture: Technology and Visual Representation. T. Druckrey. New York, Aperture Foundation: pp. 338-343.
Tuesday 03.02, Thursday 03.04
Week 8: Project Proposal
Content:
- Discuss Readings
- CRITIQUE: Project 3 [Installation Proposal) - Tuesday]
- CRITIQUE: Project 3 [Installation Proposal) - Thursday]
Assignment:
- Experiential Prototype Development
- Final Installation Development
Readings:
- Reading: O'Doherty, B. (1976). Inside the White Cube: Notes on the Gallery Space
- Reading: Sculpture in the Expanded Field by Rosalind Krauss, October v8 pp. 30-44.
Tuesday 03.09, Thursday 03.11
Week 9: Design Development
Content:
- Discuss readings
- Artist/Installation Presentation (Tuesday): Imani -> Cloaca by Wim Delvoye
- Artist/Installation Presentation (Tuesday): Ashley -> BOB (Bag of Beliefs) by Ian Cheng
- Artist/Installation Presentation (Thursday): Mimi -> Emissaries Trilogy by Ian Cheng
- Artist/Installation Presentation (Thursday): Monsur -> Colored Sculpture by Jordan Wolfson
Assignment:
- Installation Development
- Experiential Prototype Development
Readings:
- Davis, Ben. 9.5 Theses on Art and Class. Chicago, Illinois: Haymarket Books, 2013.
- C. Bishop, “The Social Turn: Collaboration and Its Discontents,” Artforum International 44 (February 1, 2006): 178–83.
Tuesday 03.16,
Week 10: Design Development
Content:
- Discuss readings.
- UI/UX or Data Viz Teaching DEMO 0 9:30-10:30AM (Tuesday)
- WORK!
Assignment
- WORK!
Readings: None
Tuesday 03.23, Thursday 03.25
Week 11: Development
Content:
- CRITIQUE: Project 2 [Experiential Prototype - Tuesday] Monsur
- CRITIQUE: Project 2 [Experiential Prototype - Thursday] Imani
- UI/UX or Data Viz Teaching DEMO 0 9:30-10:30AM (Thursday)
- Studio Work.
Assignment:
- WORK, WORK, WORK!
Readings: None
Tuesday 03.30, Thursday 04.01
Week 12: Project Development
Content:
- CRITIQUE: Project 2 [Experiential Prototype - Tuesday] Ashley
- CRITIQUE: Project 2 [Experiential Prototype - Tuesday] Jennifer
- UI/UX or Data Viz Teaching DEMO 0 9:30-10:30AM (Thursday)
- CRITIQUE: Project 2 [Experiential Prototype - Thursday] - Jade
- Studio Work.
Assignment:
- Work on project(s)
Readings: None
Tuesday 04.06, Thursday 04.08
Week 13: Project Development
Content:
- CRITIQUE: Project 2 [Experiential Prototype - Tuesday] Samantha
- CRITIQUE: Project 2 [Experiential Prototype - Tuesday] Brianna
- CRITIQUE: Project 2 [Experiential Prototype - Thursday] Daisy
Assignment:
- WORK, WORK, WORK
Readings: None
Tuesday 04.13, Thursday 04.15
Week 14: Project Development
Content:
- CRITIQUE: Project 2 [Experiential Prototype - Tuesday] Mimi
- CRITIQUE: Project 2 [Experiential Prototype - Tuesday] Maryam
- Studio Work.
Assignment:
- Finish Up.
Readings: None
Tuesday 04.20, Tuesday 04.20
Week 15: Last Day of Class
Content:
- This is it...be done!
- WORK - FINISH
Assignment:
- Put it all together and be happy.
Readings: None
Wednesday 04.21, Wednesday 04.21
Week 16: NOT SPRING BREAK - No class
Content:
- nothing at all
Assignment: NoneReadings: None
Tuesday 04.27
Exam Week: Final Exams - final review 9:30AM - 11:30AM.
Everyone agreed to change the date/time from the 29th at 7:30AM

Installation 2021 Schedule

Week 1: Installation?

Week 2: The Dream Scene

Week 3: Heightened Perception

Week 4: Mimetic Engulfment

Week 5: Activated Spectatorship

Week 6: Survey of Digital Techniques [Sensors and Microcontrollers]

Week 7: Survey of Digital Techniques [Computer Vision]

Week 8: Project Proposal

Week 9: Design Development

Week 10: Design Development

Week 11: Development

Week 12: Project Development

Week 13: Project Development

Week 14: Project Development

Week 15: Last Day of Class

Week 16: NOT SPRING BREAK - No class

Exam Week: Final Exams - final review 9:30AM - 11:30AM.