ICAM 130 / VIS 149: winter 2006
time: wednesday 12:-2:50
instructor: Dr. Lev Manovich
email: manovich at ucsd.edu
office hours: wednesday 3:00-4:00pm or by appoitment

class description:
Inspired by best projects which use social software to aggregate knowledge and time of many people to create common common pool of knowledge, this class aims to map contemporary digital and media culture by pulling together the minds and skills of all the students in the class. Students organized in teams research and present the latest developments in a number of areas of digital and media culture. Each student will present twice during the quarter as a part of two different teams. The class goals are to improve students' research skills, oral presentation skills, and the ability to create effective graphical material for a presentation, and also to expose students to the most current developments in digital and media art and media computing. The instructor provides the guidance for each group including background readings, important web resources, projects, festivals. exhibitions and/or conferences.

grading:
Students are graded on the quality of the oral presentation, the quality of the presentation materials, and the choice of content. Are the appropriate definitions of the field and its concepts are provided? Are the main directions of the chosen presented correctly? Has a student chosen good examples which illustrate the problems and the research in the field as a whole? Was presentation clear and engaging?



students / topics:
aivren: motion graphics | DJ
gabriel: podcasting / vlogging | mobile culture
christopher: motion graphics | DJ
eugen: VJ | generative art
cristina: VJ | generative art
jason: blogging/vlogging/etc | new uses for cell phones
jane: film festivals | motion graphics
cyrus: new web technologies for displaying content | mobile culture
marko: vlogging | new uses for cell phones | P2P
ronald: new tech. for DJ | motion graphics
lauren: infovis | online multiplayer games
victoria: blogging | new communication technologies
young: film festivals | online games
yun: VJ culture | software art OR motion graphics
sumedh: HCI | mobility of media data

motion graphics 1: aivren, christopher, ronald, yun
blogging / etc: gabriel, jason, marko, victoria
DJ: cristopher, ronald, jane
VJ: cristina, yun, eugen
film festivals: jane, young
online games: lauren, young, aivren, cyrus
generative art / infovis / HCI: eugen, cristina, lauren, sumedh
mobile culture (2 groups): marko, gabriel, jason, cyrus, sumedh, victoria

SCHEDULE

january 11 : class introduction |
january 18: research |
january 25: presentations | motion graphics | blogging
february 1: research |
february 8: no class
february 15: presentations | VJ | film festivals
february 22: presentations | generative art + infovis |
march 1: research |
march 8: presentations | mobile culture 1 | mobile 2
march 15 presentations | online games | DJ