2039-443 - Art and Technology:From the Machine Aesthetic to the Cyborg Age

Institution:

Rochester Institute of Technology

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Description:

This course explores the links between art and technology in 20th century visual culture with special focus on historical, theoretical, and ideological implications. Examples from fi lm (Modern Times, Metropolis, Man with the Movie Camera, Blade Runner) and literature (Frankenstein) will be discussed, as well as a wide range of artists and philosophers. Topics include the industrial revolution, utopia, dystopian, and fascist appropriations of the machine, the machine aesthetic (of Leger and Le Corbusier), engendering the body and machine-eroticism, the principles of scientifi c management, mass production and the art factory, the technological sublime, Raucshenberg and E.A.T., cyborgs, cygerpunk, and the posthuman. (2039-225, 2039-226, 2039-227 or permission of instructor) Credit 3

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rit.edu/

Phone Number:

(585) 475-2411

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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