InterMedia: A New Area of Concentration in Art Studio
**all courses taught by me unless specified the link is to the most recent syllabus
Fundamental instruction in digital media as a creative tool. Students will learn the basics of digital collage using Photoshop, flatbed and slide scanners. Basics of video editing, digital editing and sound design.
An intermediate level course designed to prepare students to create web pages. Emphasis is on creating functional and aesthetic web content within the current design parameters of the internet. Navigation strategies, directory structures and familiarity with networks is stressed. Nine studio hours per week. Prereq: A-S 200 or consent of instructor
Students will learn advanced video compositing methods, image control and key effects in the digital world specific to the Final Cut Pro environment. Basic storyboarding, sound design and title effects will be taught. This class will explore video for performance and as metaphoric narrative. Work will be collaborative in theory but individual in execution.
A-S 390 Topical Studies: Studio.Post.Studio. (taught by Dima Strakovsky)
Exploration of the role of studio practice in contemporary art climate. Evolution of post-studio art production will be discussed as well as challenges to this production model. Students will be challenged to redefine and possibly re-invent their artistic practice.
A-S 390 Topical Studies: Digital Printmaking (taught by Melissa Schwartz)
An advanced course focusing on creating digital prints on a variety of media. Maybe repeated for a maximum of nine credits. Nine studio hours per week. Prerequisites: A-S 200 and either a 300 level Intermedia course or consent of instructor, or graduate enrollment.
A-S 390 Topical Studies: Intro to Software and Hardware Topics in Arts (taught by Dima Strakovsky)
Introduction to a variety of software and hardware solutions used in electronic installation and performance practice. Specific case studies and labs will focus on: motor control, lighting control, and a variety of sensor input scenarios. Custom, as well as of-the-shelf, solutions to common installation problems will be discussed. Discussion of art historical and theoretical issues will provide a proper context to direct technical investigation into the most artistically enriching areas.
This course is being offered to provide an impression of psychoanalysis and investigate its relationship to critical theory. The goal of this class is to give students a working knowledge of psychological approaches to metaphor and to investigate psychological strategies such as transference, projection, superego, id, masochism, collective unconscious, alchemy, archetype, castration complex, etc. This will be a demanding course that will involve challenging readings and an experimental approach to artmaking. YOU MAKE WORK WITH ANY MEDIA IN THIS COURSE: INSTALLATION, PHOTOGRAPHY, PAINTING, PRINTMAKING, VIDEO, ETC.
Students are expected to explore how installation, performance and interventions can demonstrate an idea, experience, implicate
the viewer, address location specifically (and non-specifically) and shift an audience's perception of time and/or space. The class
will introduce students to some of the concepts in the history of installation and current shifts in the definition of installation art and
the emergence of actions and interventions.
