New Media History 1

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Subject guarantor:

Eric ROSENZVEIG, Miloš VOJTĚCHOVSKÝ

Name of lecturer(s):

Eric ROSENZVEIG, Miloš VOJTĚCHOVSKÝ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

To illustrate the history and theory of Electronic Culture - New Media in the broader context, starting with the late 19. century till today. And to allow students to understand the tools and techniques that are available today to make moving image works of any sort. This 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:

Student should work autonomously on researching and editing the item of the delegated website

Course contents:

The course, over two semesters, aims to provide the student with comprehensive historical understanding of the developement of the New Media art, the artists, movements , technologies and artworks involving primarily moving image beyond the single screen presentation, common to either narrative film, documentary, animation or even experimental film.

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)

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

Recommended or required reading:

Jozef Czeres, Michal Murin, Od Analógového k digitálnému, Nové pohlady na nové uměnia v audiovizuálnom veku, FVU, Bánská Bystrica, 2010,

Katarína Rusnáková, V toku pohyblivých obrazov, Bratislava, 2005

The New Media Reader, ed Noah Wardrip-Fruin and Nick Montfort,The MIT Press, 2003

Huhtamo, E. (1995) Resurecting the Technological Past: An Introduction to the Archeology of Media. Intercommunication No.14.

On-line: http://www.ntticc.or.jp/pub/ic_mag/ic014/huhtamo/huhtamo_e.html#body-1

Electronic Culture: Technology and Visual Representaion. Edited by Timothy Druckery; Introduction by Alluequere Roseanne Stone.Aperture Foundation,1996

Digital Culture: Understanding New Media, Glen Creeber, Royston Martin,Open University Press,2008

Charlie Gere, Digital Culture, The University of Chicago Press, 2009

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:

Depending on particular public events corresponding with classes, public art presentations, lectures, events might be suggested.

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 2014/2015:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2014/2015:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting-2014 (optional subject)
• Cinema and Digital Media - Directing (optional subject)