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  • 3.00 Credits

    Covers the modern and contemporary movements in visual, performance, timebased and audio art, including Russian Futurism, European Dada and Surrealism, International Fluxus, Experimental Cinema and video and performance art globally. Fosters understanding of these art movements within their social, political, historical, and cultural contexts. Emphasis is on the experimental, revolutionary and transformative effects of these movements. Students will attend performances, film and art events.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Covers the history and theory of video as a global art form while linking it to other significant art movements in painting, sculpture, music and performance art. Includes understanding video genres such as narrative, experimental, documentary, installation, web-based and commercial. Analyzes the relation of counter-culture media to television and mainstream film. Screenings, discussion, research and handson projects.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Private or small group instruction in studio art. May be repeated for maximum of eight (8) units. Enrollment Requirement: At least one year of lower-division studio art study. Enrollment restricted to Visual and Performing Arts Visual Arts Option students who have obtained consent of instructor.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Studio-oriented discussions offering advanced skills development in the use of interactive multimedia production tools, utilizing audio, video, and computer technologies. Covers the theory and practice of integrated audio, video and computer media production, including all phases of multimedia production from conception to finished product. Course includes: lectures, demonstrations, hands-on skills training, multimedia presentations, discussions, research papers, and field trips. Two hours of lecture and two hours laboratory. Prerequisites: MUSC 302, VSAR 302 or VSAR 303.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Designed to allow the student to explore the Internet and to use the Internet as a resource-graphic, audio, video, and textual-for the production of art projects. Students will create on-line sites for their work which will be available to other university students, and they will be involved in curating virtual exhibitions. Explores the ethical and social implications of the information on the web and examines the impact of the Internet on the arts. Includes lectures, demonstrations, hands-on training, discussions, and research papers. Two hours lecture and two hours laboratory.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Explores the impact of the rapidly developing information technologies of the arts - film, video, literature, music, performance, and visual art. Examines the breakdown of disciplinary boundaries as the interactive multimedia technologies combine video, text, audio, and graphic images. Also explores the social and ethical implications of the new technologies and their relationship to the arts. Students will study artists whose work has been shaped by information technologies and who are helping to define the electronic interfaces and virtual worlds of the future. Includes lectures, demonstrations, hands-on training, discussions, and research papers.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Installation art creates meaning through the interaction of various elements (objects, images, projections, etc.) with each other and their surrounding place. This hands-on studio course serves as an introduction to the history of installation and site-specific art. Students will be encouraged to experiment with multimedia approaches often employed in contemporary installations. At least one Lower-Division and one upper-division course in studio art and/or art and technology is recommended. Fieldtrips outside of class may be required. Course meets for four hours per week.
  • 3.00 Credits

    A survey examining the multiple worlds of the contemporary art world. Current issues, ideas, and intuitions which contribute to the shaping of today's art are analyzed through the individual and collaborative works of African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Chicanos, feminists, gays and lesbians, "the mainstream," and other artists. Crossinfluences, dialogue and debates of the last 40 years will be emphasized. Lectures and discussions will be supplemented with field trips to museum exhibitions, public art sites, private collections, and artists' studios.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Hands-on survey of the history and theory of filmmaking, video production, new media, and the moving image. The parallel developments of projected imagery and animation from the 16th Century through contemporary practices utilizing computer technologies will be covered. Students will acquire practical and critical skills through studying and analyzing the development of theoretical discourses that frame past and current issues surrounding the production and interpretation of the moving image. Films and videotapes addressing diverse cultural, ethnic, and social concerns throughout the world will be screened, analyzed, compared, and contrasted.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Designed to allow students to critically examine the early modern development of photography and the medium's contemporary usages, cultural meanings and contested histories. Focuses on the intersections between the photograph as art object, historical record, advertising image and cultural artifact through an examination of the representation of various peoples' cultural histories and identities. Also considers new artistic approaches to redefining the documentary tradition, especially in light of the relationships between photography and new media technologies. Course is based on discussions, lectures, on-site critical viewing, research papers and collaborative projects.
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