Design | Media Arts 6 - Art/Science and Technology Studio/Laboratory

Institution:

University of California-Los Angeles

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Description:

Studio/laboratory, 40 hours. Limited to high school students. Two-week summer course, including lectures, required screenings, laboratory visits, field trips, and outside study. Exploration of creative aspects of scientific research and innovation to gain broad understanding of impact of science on contemporary art and popular culture, with focus on new sciences of biotechnology and nanotechnology. Development of proposals and ideas that could serve as prototypes for either art projects or scientific research study. P/NP grading. 8. Interact! Media, Art, and Society. (5) Lecture, two hours; screenings, two hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, 11 hours. Introductory course to explore media arts (artworks applying new media technology) and their relationship to culture and society. Students gain broad understanding of media arts from early experiments by futurists and constructivists to most recent phenomena like game art and artistic experiments with wearable and portable media. Development of critical awareness toward pervasive impact of media on everyday life, leading to active, critical, and personalized understanding of mediated world. P/NP or letter grading. 9. Art, Science, and Technology. (5) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, 11 hours. Exploration and survey of cultural impact of scientific and cultural innovations, technology-driven art inspired by science, and art/science collaborative projects. Introduction to vast array of cutting-edge research taking place on campus; scientific guest lecturers. Emphasis on art projects that use technology and respond to new scientific concepts. P/NP or letter grading.

Credits:

4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ucla.edu/

Phone Number:

(310) 825-4321

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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