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InterdisciplinaryArtDiscussionArea

dfodel — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:05:48 -0800

Below are links to a few works by Famous New Media Artist Jeremy Bailey, to stimulate discussion on "post-internet" performative strategies. Please watch the videos below, and contribute something to the discussion. Please reference the individual videos by name, so everyone knows exactly what you are talking about.

Full Effect 16:9

Transhuman Dance Recital #1

Public Sculpture

Colours of the Spectrum

Here are a few questions to consider:
1. What is this person doing?
2. What does he seem to be trying to accomplish?
3. Is this innovative? Serious? Funny? Interesting?
4. What references (historical or otherwise) are made in these performances?

ART3631 Discussion Area

dfodel — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:51:47 -0700

One paragraph essay. Due Tuesday (9/5/11). Describe situations in your artistic or technical practice where realworld concepts can be translated into triggers (bang), values (number boxes) and statements (message boxes).

ART3631 Discussion Area 1

dfodel — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:09:40 -0700

• 1 paragraph essay (due 1.23.2012) - Find a Max'er: Search the internet for an artist or group that uses the Max programming language to create their artwork. Synthesize a reason why programming was used for the content. Post the essay on the class discussion area.

Digital Art History Links

dfodel — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:41:01 -0700

These are some links to various resources related to the Introduction to Digital Art course at Metropolitan State College of Denver. These links will refer to material that is of interest to anyone researching both the origins of digital and computer technology in general, as well as that of Electronic Media, and the various offshoots and precursors associated with that artistic practice.

Computer and Digital Media History:

History of Computer Graphics Art

History of Computing

BBS Art

Data to Digital Art

Russian Soviet Animation

Doug Englebart

Alan Kay

Ted Nelson - Xanadu Project

Ted Nelson - Computer Lib / Dream Machines

Early Related Works

Moholy Nagy- Light Space Modulator
John Whitney- Catalog 1961
Kit Galloway and Sherrie Rabinowitz - Hole in Space
Experiments in Art and technology (EAT)
The Legacy of Jack Burnham by Simon Penny
All Systems Go: Recovering Jack Burnham’s ‘Systems Aesthetics’

New Media Art and Artists:

What is New Media?

New Media Douchebags

Did you know 4.0

Jon Cates on New Media Art

Glitch Art -Jon Kates

Bicycle Built for 2000

Daniel Rozins Interactive Wooden Mirrors

Jon Satrom

JODI Live @ Conversations on the Edge

Media Theory, Theorists, and Big ideas:

Living Game Computer

Friedrich Kittler on Art and Techne

John Maeda- Laws of Simplicity

Pattie Maes Demos Sixth Sense

Todd Machover and new Music

Evelyn Glennie shows how to Listen

Metropolitan State College of Denver - ART4225 Concepts in Motion, Fall 2010

dfodel — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:29:12 -0700

Course Description
In this advanced course, students will create a single solution for a complex time-based interactive design problem. Students experiment with notions of form, function and visual communication as related to the exploration of media applications. Emphasis is on process, concept analysis and development, efficient and professional pre-production and production. Students will compose and graphically articulate conceptual solutions to given problems and measure the effectiveness of solutions based on client/problem and or creative/strategic needs. Working in a team environment is encouraged in this course.

Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course the student should be able to:
• Compose and articulate conceptual solutions which appropriately utilize motion graphics.
• Assess appropriate use of technology for a distinct design problem.
• Construct a conceptual framework, storyboard, or plan prior to conceptual implementation.
• Measure effectiveness of solution based on appropriate use of technology.
• Measure effectiveness of solution based on audience factors.

Metropolitan State College of Denver - Intro to Digital Art, Fall 2010

dfodel — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:21:12 -0700

Course Description and Links to Resources

This course introduces the computer as a tool, and a terrain for artists and designers. It develops students’ visual language and provides an introduction to digital media as a place of convergence
of multiple media types, including image, and sound. We will approach these media as individual components through their historical trajectories from analog to digital production techniques, and also explore their contemporary potential via motion and interaction. Students learn to conceptualize ideas in artwork, navigate software interfaces and present artwork in classroom critiques. A variety of software will be used for this course. A variety of hardware will be introduced including graphics tablets, scanners, audio interfaces and digital cameras. We will also examine Free and Open Source software and hardware platforms, in concept and in practice. Developing your ability to execute the creation of digital artworks that exhibit technical proficiency and conceptual insight is the first goal of this course. A secondary purpose is to increase your understanding of how images communicate as visual language. To reach both of these goals you will learn the language of images and apply it to your art works created in this class and to those of others. We will accomplish this by making images thoughtfully and with purpose and doing some basic critical readings that will relate to our work. These readings will help in the evaluation and discussion of our creative work. At the end of the semester you should possess the necessary skills to go on to more advanced applications and concepts in digital art
making and other visual fields.

Learning Objectives

• Define digital art terminology.
• Acquiring and developing a critical understanding of the use of visual language as it applies to our
culture, political and social development, and artistic understanding.
• Discuss and utilize elements and principles of design.
• Recognize the relationships between art, culture, and technology throughout history.
• Familiarization with art movements through the design and
creation of new works based on ideas gleaned from these movements.
• Acquiring basic working understanding of image, motion and sound editing software, and the computer and related hardware,
through scanning, photo capturing, editing, compositing and outputting.
• Describe and discuss technical and compositional aspects of finished and in-progress work.
• Manipulate formal elements to convey meaning.
• Begin to articulate and reflect on concepts developed in artwork within the context of a written statement.
• Participate in group critique and evaluation of art works.

The Women's College of the University of Denver : Adjunct Instructor

dfodel — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:45:44 -0700

Adjunct Instructor - Intro to Electronic Media Arts and Design. Covered raster image processing, vector illustration, web design, simple animation, and sound. History of electronic media and introduction to theoretical underpinnings of visual culture.

Student Work

dfodel — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:46:56 -0800

Linked below are the selected works of students I have taught since 2006.

Courses taught include:

Digital Audio Production - Digital Media Studies, University of Denver
Advanced Digital Audio Production - Digital Media Studies, University of Denver
Intro to Electronic Media Arts & Design - The Women's College of the University of Denver

Video documentation of time-based media projects:

Damon Chandler and Beau Burrows
Luka Sartorelli
Adam Butler
Johnson Martinez
Adam Butler Radio Spot

Intro to eMAD:

Tina Hammond

HyperTexture CD-ROM Magazine - Boulder, CO; Director

dfodel — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:27:24 -0800

HyperTexture was the outgrowth of the Boulder, CO based arts publication "Texture Magazine". A volunteer-driven effort, this unique publication proposed an offering of over 30 minutes of audio material (music, performance, audio art) playable on any standard compact disc player. The audio submissions ranged from Croatian women's poetry, to music by Jello Biafra, to Japanese techno dance music. Of more interest to the hypertext artist were the remaining 350MB of information. This was to consist of feature articles, computer art, still images, animations and digital videos. The magazine has a strong emphasis on artists' resource materials, including information on grant applications and deadlines, and mailing lists of arts organizations and spaces. The project was supported by grants from the City of Boulder and industry leaders such as Maxtor, Syquest, and Macromedia. Although the CD-ROM never found a publisher, the project was successful in exposing artists and arts administrators to the potentials of computer-based multimedia publishing. See also Wired Magazine article.

A Virtual Classroom

dfodel — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:08:53 -0800

In 1992-1993, working with school-aged kids, I co-produced an acclaimed “Virtual Classroom” which investigated the creative and educational possibilities of emerging technologies, including networked collaborative digital painting, a virtual puppet theater, thought-driven MIDI music, and on-line communities. The event was funded in part from grants from the Boulder Arts Commission, the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District and with in-kind support from Eight Days A Week Media Center, and GW Hannaway and Associates. The one-day event was presented at the Boulder Public Library auditorium.