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  • 3.00 Credits

    Introduces the student to a diverse selection of film, video and digital media from around the world. Covers such subjects as indigenous aesthetics, the political and social force of Third Cinema within revolutionary societies, changing ethnographic cinematic practice, and various approaches to narrative structures within particular cultures. Questions the ethical implications of a Hollywood-dominated film industry. Addresses how particular countries undertake production and distribution within their economies.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Private or small group instruction in studio art. Enrollment Requirement: Normally open only to Visual and Performing Arts Visual Arts Option students with less than one year of lower-division studio art study or who are placed at t his level through a portfolio review. Students approved for VSAR 293 must be enrolled in appropriate Lower-Division art courses. May be repeated for a maximum of eight (8) units.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Advanced work in the analysis and production of the visual arts and the application of current and historical theories of art to the process of art making. A study of materials, elements, genre and structures using examples drawn from a broad historical and cultural spectrum. Enrollment Requirement: Completion of twenty-one (21) units of Lower- Division art courses.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Designed to allow the student to explore the computer as a tool for making art. Includes information about contemporary artists and their use of the computer in the creation of artists' books, wall pieces, sculptural and installation works, socially interactive networks, and other art forms. Students will create work utilizing text and image in a number of individual and collaborative projects. Includes a segment on computer ethics, and utilizes word processing and two other applications pertinent to the arts. Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Introduction to video art practice and theory. All phases of videotape production from conception to finished product utilizing experimental, narrative and documentary techniques. Includes digital and electronic time-based video production, video installation art, field production, non-linear computer based editing, lighting and sound design. Lectures, demonstrations, hands-on projects, video screenings, discussions, research and field trips. Public screening of work. Two hours of lecture and three hours laboratory.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Offers students the opportunity to continue to develop and hone skills in video production and post-production including narrative, experimental, documentary and installation utilizing digital audio and video tools and software. Includes lectures, screening, and lab. Development of practical and critical skills through the study and analysis of current issues surrounding the production, interpretation and dissemination of video in relation to visual arts. Public screening of work. Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory. May be repeated for a total of six (6) units. Prerequisite: VSAR 303, 305 or 306.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Designed for those interested in experimenting with streaming media including video, audio and other moving images on the web within theoretical and practical contexts of artmaking. Covers basic desktop digital video and audio applications, video and audio streaming and basic web design. Integrates reading and writing on various aspects of new media within the context of art and society, including self-publishing, game theory, gender and cyberspace, copyright issues, narrative, and interactivity. Final production results in public presentation of live internet video or radio performance, and public web site. Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory. Recommended Preparation: COMM 370, VSAR 302, 303, 304, 405.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Explores video, art, activism and community service. Students learn the latest in video production technology while using video within the community as a tool for social or political change, indigenous expression, cultural understanding, community organization, or advancement of social causes. Video projects relevant to communities will be identified, developed, and produced by the students in collaboration with members of that community and faculty. Public screening or broadcast of work. Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory. May be repeated for a total of six (6) units.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Interdisciplinary course confronts the problems and promises involved in artistic, photographic and filmic attempts to represent the European Holocaust during WWII. Investigates artworks and artifacts (i.e., family photos and museum displays) from the 1940s to contemporary work, focusing on aesthetic, documentary, memorial and political approaches to representing the history and memories of the Holocaust. Offers a theoretical and visual foundation to approaching and researching the representation of other traumatic historical events. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for ID 360A.
  • 3.00 Credits

    An introductory studio course in sound art from the 19th century to present day computer-based experiments in audio. Investigates audio art and sound design as it relates to public space and performance arts, and integrates sculpture, audio electronics, video and sound design software. Hands-on projects may include audio for sculptural installations, soun design for theater or performance, surround sound design for video or film, and computer/ electronic interactive audio art. No musical experience necessary. Public exhibition, screening or performance of work. Two hours of lecture and three hours laboratory. May be repeated for a total of six (6) units.
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