NOTES:
Changes in the order of topics are possible.
The parts which are blank
will be filled before the lectures.
FOR THE MIDTERM and FINAL:
YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE KEY IDEAS IN READINGS AND PROJECTS MARKED IN BOLD.
The exam questions will also refer to projects/artworks/people which appear in lecture notes. You are advised to consult the links in <references for projects / artworks/ people discussed in lectures> column below to get more information on these items.
DOWLOAD LECTURE NOTES - in <Infoaesthetics> folder
POSTCASTS OF LECTURES
| date | topic / lecture notes | primary readings - unless indicated overwise, these are chapter drafts from Lev Manovich, Info-aesthetics and Software Studies (books in progress). |
additional required readings | references for projects / artworks/ people discussed in lectures | references for projects / artworks discussed in section meetings | additional web resources |
| 1/ January 9 | lecture 1: Class introduction |
Dziga Vertov: Kino-Eye (1929) |
section meeting: Bauhaus Centre Pompidou / about the building |
classical modern designs | ||
| 2/ January 16 | lecture 2: |
Introduction to Info-aesthetics - this reading wil not appear on the midterm The Painter of Contemporary Life (on Miltos Manetas) |
Industrial_revolution (you can skip details on particular industries and other technical details - focus on the key concepts) |
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Man Ray: Emak-Bakia (1926) Rhythmus 21 |
designers profiles @design museum london Constructivism (text contains many important terms with links to other wikipedia pages) |
| 3/ January 23 | lecture 3: symbols of information society - continued; |
modernism and technology. From Pam Meecham and Julie Sheldon, Modern Art: A Critical Introduction (Routledge, 2000). |
modernity
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symbols of information society: Miltos Manetas
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Imaginary Forces - experience design
Megacity |
Futurust maifestoes examples of non-avant-garde ("normal") film culture from 1920s: Rudolph Valentino & Alla Nazimova in 'Camille. (1921) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xyweNiWuW8 Controversial "rape" scene from Son of the Sheik starring Rudolph Valentino and Vilma Banky (1926) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OAlbfZRCvY News In Brief - Gertrude Ederle, 33 years ago returned from England having swum the English Channel, New York City's first ticker-tape parade in 1926, setting precedent for Lindbergh next year http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84fYnCEVfJI Our Gang "Ten Years Old" (1927) Part 1 Little Rascals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plVaGXjjFsc |
| 4/ January 30 | lecture 4: software and contemporary visual forms - I |
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definitions and history: If you are new to graphics software, read the following:
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Common Go! music video (note: this version does not have the original soundtrack, but the video is the same) |
Hans Richter - Rhytmus 21 (1921) | info | movie
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http://xplsv.tv/movies.php http://www.motionographer.com/ |
| 5/ February 6 | lecture 5: software and contemporary visual forms - II |
Design workflow and contemporary aesthetics | Graphic Design For The 21st Century: 100 Of The Worlds Best Graphic Designers (Paperback) by Charlotte Fiell (Editor), Peter Fiell (Editor) some images from the book |
framemag.com |
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| 6/ February 13 | in-class midterm | |||||
| 7/ February 20 | lecture 6: Origins of cultural software. Metamedia. |
Alan Kay's Universal Media Machine | Alan Kay and Adele Goldberg, view video: Alan Kay discusses Sketchpad Towards a Machine with Interactive Skills (an article on Sketchpad) |
standard computer interfaces of the 1950s-1970s : video 1 | video 2 SAGE | video part 1 part 2 Sketchpad | video Douglas Engelbart | video Aspen Movie Map | video Interactive Stage Invisible Shape of Things Past Google Earth |
Engelbart 1968 Demo (video) Alan Kay's 1997 Scientific American article on Xerox Alto |
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| 8/ February 27 | guest lecture by
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please read lecture annoncement and visit the linked web sites |
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| 9/ March 5 | NOTE: originally the lecture topics were: Instead we will have a visiting lecture - topic to be annonced. |
visiting lecture: |
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Google's new headquarters (2006). (Also look at corresponding slide shows). Business Week - Innovation: |
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10/ March 12 |
NOTE: originally the lecture topics were: Instead we will have a visiting lecture - topic to be annonced. |
visiting lecture Benjamin Bratton |
PLEASE NOTE: since we will have a visiting lecture, ALL the readings below arenow OPTIONAL:
Visualization as new abstraction Fernanda B. Viégas and Martin Wattenber: Artistic Data Visualization
check the web projects @ Abstraction Now exhibition examples of modern abstract art |
(I have by mistake deleted the lins for the references below...but it is stil a nice list!) : |
Frank Gehry for the Rest of Us |