Visual Arts Department, USCD, Spring 2000
ICAM 110: Current Practice in Computer Arts
 

FINAL EXAM

Final Exam Submission guidelines:
    The final exam date and time for this class is Monday, June 12, 7-10pm.
    Since a number of students have asked me for an extension, you will have an option to submit an exam at a later date:
    Thursday, June 15, between 6 and 7 pm.
    Therefore, you will have two options:

    Submission option 1:  Monday, June 12,  SOLIS 107, between 7pm and 8 pm.
    Submission option 2: Thursday, June 15, VAF 553 (Visual Arts Facility, my office), between 6pm and 7pm.

    Please have your student ID with you. You will be asked to show your ID when submitting the exam to us. When you submit your exam and show your ID, we will mark you in the grade list.

    We will NOT accept exams at any other time.
    We will NOT accept exams over email.
 
 

Final Exam essay questions.
The final consists from four separate questions. You have to answer each question.
Each answer is based on a particular lecture by a visitor presented in the second part of the course. Your answer should focus on discussing particular works.
For questions 1 and 2 you need to discuss one work; for questions 3 and 4 you need to discuss two works.
Each answer should be between 200-300 words.
Use double spacing.
Bad grammar, spelling errors, and bad writing will lower your grade down.
If you have writing problems, you are advised to use UCSD "Oasis" service to help you with the final.
 

1. In his lecture Matt Fuller presented IOD's new project: "Deconstructed Word." This project will be exhibited in the Fall in an art gallery in London. Discuss this project. Why would somebody do such a project? What makes it an interesting art/cultural project today?

2. How does Morocco Memory II installation by Vibeke Sorrenson uses computers to engage different senses?

3.  How do contemporary architects use computers to explore radically new architectural ideas? Discuss two different projects from Kazys Varnelis's lecture; each example should come from a different architect.

4.  How modern musicians use electronics and/or computers to explore the body as a musical instrument? Discuss two different works and/or inventions drawn from George Lewis's lecture; each work should come from a different musician.