New Media History 2

Subject guarantor:

Eric ROSENZVEIG

Name of lecturer(s):

Eric ROSENZVEIG

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

To allow students to understand the tools and techniques that are available today to make moving image works of any sort. tThis is accomplished through an historical examination of the pioneers who developed them and the works they created.

Mode of study:

Lectures are illustrated with documentary clips and images, readings from primary sources; and the special wiki website, managed in collaboration with the students, part of the lectures are discussions focused on the issues and special subjects.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

General knowledge about the modern art and culture of 20th century.

Self study and ability to reflection and discussion

Preferably New Media History 1 taken prior to New Media History 2.

Recommended optional programme components:

No

Course contents:

The course, over two semesters, aims to provide the student with an historical understanding of the artists, movements , technologies and works that are loosely deemed 'new media': artworks involving primarily moving image beyond the single screen presentation common to either narrative film, documentary, animation or even experimental film.

classes:

Music machines, colour organs and cinema experiments (1910-50?s)

Kinetic & light art and sculpture (1920-60)

Computer origins from archeology to mid-1940's to development of GUI (1940's - 85)

Video Art I: TV Television, broadcast (1952 - 69)

Video image Processing (early 1970's)

Conceptual & systems art (late 1960's)

Videoart 2: the portapak, live media & video performance (1965 - 75)

Video Installation 1&2 (1969 - 1985, 1985-1990's)

VR & Immersion (1960's - present)

Interactivity 1&2 (early 1970's and 1980's-2000)

Telepresence/Telematics/TeleRobotics (1965-87)

Sound art and installation (1950's - present)

Net art (1990's)

Network (1970's-90's)

Tactical media (1990's)

Machinima & gamespaces (2000-present)

Locative media (2000-present)

Artificial Life (2000-present)

Database cinema (1995-present)

Augmented reality (2005-present)

Bioart & Emergent media 2000-present)

Recommended or required reading:

Readings, bibliography & URLs, DVD examples will be provided based on each class.

A full list of resources, basically a course textbook in hypermedia form is available at:

http://www2.iim.cz/wiki/index.php/Mediahistory_I_and_II

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

No

Assessment methods and criteria:

Addition to the class wiki 25%, final oral exam 75%

Course web page:

http://www2.iim.cz/wiki/index.php/Mediahistory_I_and_II

Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Cinema and Digital Media - Cinematography (optional subject)
• Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting (optional subject)
• Cinema and Digital Media - Directing (optional subject)