WK1:

Aug 21, 23

Introductions

Brief overview

Screening: "How to Draw a bunny"

Assignment 1 : Mail Art Collage

Reading#1: Intermedia by Dick Higgins
The Arts in Fusion
The Early Days of Mail Art: An Historical Overview by Ken Friedman

Make a collage

WK2:

Aug 28, 30

Photoshop basics
File sizes, formats, and compression.

Reading #1 response due
(discussion)

Assignment 2 : ReMIx : IMAGE OPTIMIZATION

Reading#2:
Intermedia in the Digital Art Age

Image optimization quick start

WK3:

Sept 4, 6

Finish REMIX Assignment

Reading #2 response due
(discussion)

Assignment 3 : Contextualize
Present Project 1
Decide on paper stock

Screening: Marshall McLuhan on UBUWEB

Reading #3: "Post Media Aesthetics by Lev Manovich &
Walter Benjamin

WK4:

Sept 11, 13

Introduction to large format Printing and iron-on demo

Layout and formating

Work Day (large printing assistance)

WK5:

Sept 18, 20

WK6:

Sept 26, 28

Introduction to Project 2: Netarama

Field Trip: Natual History Museum

PROJECT 1 - Distributed Media: Critique

Reading #4: As We May Think by Vannevar Bush
Bring 3 or 4 drawings/sketches of your diorama ideas to class

WK7:

Oct 2, 4

Screening
Vector drawing, scale

Reading #5:

WK8:

Oct 9, 11

PROJECT 2(a) - 3 CAD scale drawings (Floor Plan, Elevation Front, Elevation Side)

WK9:

Oct 16, 18

Sound Design
Soldering workshop

WK10:

Oct 24, 26

Tech Assignment : HYPERTEXT

Introduction to the web
Establish home page
OU student webspace
HTML Basics

WK11:

Oct 30
Nov 1

WK12:

Nov 6, 8

WK13:

Nov 13, 15

WK14:

Nov 20, 22

WK15:

Nov 27, 29

WK16:

Dec 4, 6

PROJECT 3 - Pygmalian

PROJECT 3 - Pygmalian