facilitating agent: John Hopkins
class location: blurr_lab, Armory Building, 2nd floor, Room
email: jhopkins (at) uiah.fi
office (Fine Arts C139): +1 303 492 6797
office hours: Mondays 12:30 - 14:00 other times by appointment only; virtual
hours/locations: email and iVisit Education/Universities/More Rooms/Loki's Place
pswd: hrisey
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week 1 |
08.26 08.28 |
blurr_lab intro protocols from Tim Hawkins introductions (round-table), backgrounds, identifying people, resources, and possibilities, reviewing procedures (journal, web documentation, email, access) sketching a model of flows that govern being, creative presence, and dialogue attention, focus, concentration, and open-ness camera crew for class portraits: |
during the first few sessions I will be presenting a detailed and comprehensive point-of-view concerning creative practice and presence in the world. this world-view is a re-presentation of my own creative practice and will inform many of the subsequent commentaries I will make in class. missing parts of this formative stage of the course is equivalent to missing the point of the course. ATTENDANCE IS MANDITORY, NO EXCEPTIONS |
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week 2 |
Labor Day 04.09
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presentation: dialogue: the site of the revolution basics of email/mailing list ettiquette down (questions?) assignment: begin on-going hyper-space journal for course, in contemporary media-speak, a blog. this blog will form an armature for your documentation of your presence in network space. Text-image-audio-video experimentation welcome, spelling mistakes are not acceptable.
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mailing list info |
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week 3 |
09.09 11.09 |
defining terms: network, culture, art, technology, communications, new media, language, interactive, identity, simulation, multimedia, globalization, and framing technology exercise: with a single partner from the course, find a suitable two-hour time period and, minimizing distractions, engage the Other in a focused dialogue. there is no particular thematic requirement, only that both participants bring their Self into attentive and open contact with the Other. maintain at least several neurons in a self-reflexive mode, but otherwise document/comment on the experience online. Conference: (mandatory attendance either Friday evening, Saturday morning, or Saturday afternoon or any combination of the above) |
temporary autonomous zone (short) temporary autonomous zone (long) |
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week 4 |
16.09 18.09 |
defining technology: (networks and heirarchies); the machine in the shell, review "mapping transitions" conference, dataspaces and visualization, presentation: from machine language to GUI exercise: create a sig file for your email |
The Revolution of Everyday Life: The Reversal of Perspective |
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week 5 |
23.09 25.09 |
network sensibilities and architectures: operating environments, browsers, internet vs web presentation: digital audio review exercise: with a single partner from the course, find a suitable two-hour time period and, minimizing distractions, engage the Other in a focused dialogue. there is no particular thematic requirement, only that both participants bring their Self into attentive and open contact with the Other. maintain at least several neurons in a self-reflexive mode, but otherwise document/comment on the experience online. |
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week 6 |
30.09 02.10 |
presentation: networks & communications tools: linguaMOO, IRC, ivisit, messenger, cuseeme, habbohotel (+ tech discussions) |
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week 7 |
07.10 09.10 |
(equestrian) technological innovation & warfare assignment: prepare a text-based review of a selected web project (documentation of "work itself") exercise: with a single partner from the course, find a suitable two-hour time period ONLINE (via habbo hotel, iVisit, for example), and, minimizing distractions, engage the Other in a focused dialogue. there is no particular thematic requirement, only that both participants bring their Self into attentive and open contact with the Other. maintain at least several neurons in a self-reflexive mode, but otherwise document/comment on the experience online. |
nettime |
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week 8 |
14.10 16.10 |
breakfast dialogue MID-TERM
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week 9 |
21.10 23.10 |
assignments: sketch the present and future status of your network presence assignment: sketch of final project due |
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week 10 |
28.10 30.10 |
organic object orientation and reconfiguring presentation: streaming media/digital audio exercise: with a single partner from FINE 2126, find a suitable two-hour time period and, minimizing distractions, engage the Other in a focused dialogue. there is no particular thematic requirement, only that both participants bring their Self into attentive and open contact with the Other. maintain at least several neurons in a self-reflexive mode, but otherwise document/comment on the experience online.
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week 11 |
04.11 06.11 |
remote dialogue via LinguaMOO environment exercise: with a single partner from the course, find a suitable two-hour time period and, minimizing distractions, engage the Other in a focused dialogue. there is no particular thematic requirement, only that both participants bring their Self into attentive and open contact with the Other. maintain at least several neurons in a self-reflexive mode, but otherwise document/comment on the experience online. |
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week 12 |
11.11 13.11 |
dialogue in darkness | |
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week 13 |
18.11 20.11 |
preparations for dining stream: formation, delegation, task framing, production flow exercise: with a single partner from the course, find a suitable two-hour time period and, minimizing distractions, engage the Other in a focused dialogue. there is no particular thematic requirement, only that both participants bring their Self into attentive and open contact with the Other. maintain at least several neurons in a self-reflexive mode, but otherwise document/comment on the experience online. |
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week 14 |
25.11 27.11 |
preparations for dining stream: crew reports |
fakeshop |
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week 15 |
02.12 04.12 |
preparations for dining stream: crew demo | |
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week 16 |
09.12 11.12 |
final presentations, planning strategies for continuing action STREAMING DINNER PERFORMANCE |
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week 17 |
Finals Week |
schedule for final work TBA |
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Mary Finney ||| |
maryfinney@earthlink.net | ||
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Casey Koehler |||| |
http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~koehlerc
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http://doppleganger.blogspot.com http://comatose.blogspot.com |
koehlercasey@hotmail.com |
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Rachel Cole |||| |
http://2cole.blogspot.com/ | colerachelcole@netscape.net | |
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Jennifer Moses | http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~mosesj | http://jenjen912.blogspot.com | jennifer.moses@colorado.edu |
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Mary Rachel Fanning |||| |
http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~fanningm | http://maryrachel.blogspot.com/ | mary_rachel@hotmail.com |
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Michael Phipps ||||| |
http://phippsm.blogspot.com/ | Michael.Phipps@Colorado.EDU | |
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Kate McAndrew || |
http://alazerine.blogspot.com | alazerine@yahoo.com | |
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Niki Egerman | |
http://egerman.blogspot.com/ | niki_egerman@hotmail.com |
Grading will be based on the timely and successful completion of all projects/activities. Full PRESENCE in class (i.e., not just body attendance) is an absolutely essential element. Each student will be allowed one unexcused absence. The final grade will be lowered by one grade for each unexcused absence beyond two. Students will be expected to take an active role in class discussion. Late and incomplete assignments will be downgraded.
Projects must demonstrate a competent use of the tools covered in the course. However, grading will emphasize the creative and aesthetic qualities of the projects. An advisory grade based on work-to-date, participation, and attendance will be assigned at mid-semester. The final grade will be based on completion of the assigned projects/activities, active participation in class and on the mailing list, and attendance.
The Department of Fine Arts is committed to upholding the University Uniform Grading System. Grades will be assigned according to this system, which reads:
A superior/excellent
B good/better than average
C competent/average
D minimum passing
F failing