Expanded Media

This course functions as the primary forum for group dialogue among MFA students in Electronic Integrated Arts. Regular group critiques of student work occur during class; allowing for the development of understanding of how work is produced and the ability to contribute insight to others. Narrative; symbolic; personal; cultural and poetic implications are addressed. In addition to dialogue relative to students' work; questions pertinent to contemporary art practice are discussed weekly. This discussion includes debates on contemporary artists and current philosophical approaches to image making both critical and aesthetic. The goal is to provide the student with a strengthened sense of context from which to proceed as an artist.

Required of first year graduate students working in Electronic Integrated Arts. This course is designed to help create a context in which to ask questions about the nature of dynamic media relative to the making of contemporary printed images. Students will work with moving and still images using combinations of digital processes; including: video capture; digital drawing; electronic still cameras; scanning and image processing. Participants will investigate the making of large format digital images as ways to understanding how ideas about print media are expanding. The course will focus on the impact of digital print media and how it functions to construct the visual languages of contemporary art making. Experimentation with applications that cross media will be extensively explored. These media may include: drawing; painting; photography; bookmaking; video; multimedia and Internet interfaces. The studio comprises a state of the art Macintosh lab with scanning; video editing and grabbing capabilities and Internet interfaces. Printing capabilities include film recording; image setting; and a large variety of digital color printing devices including wide format digital printing.

Required each semester for graduate students working in Electronic Integrated Arts. Each graduate student will register with Electronic Integrated Arts faculty on an independent study basis. This course is an opportunity for self-generated studio work. During the third and fourth semesters the primary emphasis of this course will be thesis preparation.

Required of first year graduate students working in Electronic Integrated Arts; this course provides both a technical and theoretical foundation for the production of time-based works in the integrated video and sound studios. Experimentation with application that crosses media is extensively explored. Through demonstrations; critiques and lab work students gain a thorough understanding of the technical process as well as insights and expertise into the physical integration of traditional media with new technologies. Emphasis is placed on the making of artwork through the use of electronic integrated media. The course also includes presentations; class discussions and readings designed to create a critical dialogue. Areas of theoretical concern include historical and contemporary perspectives on imaging and sound technologies.

Develop responsive environments and generative systems that visualize; sonify; animate/motorize events; onsite or online. Use computer vision and physical sensors for media projections; 3D stereographics; moving mechanical assemblies. Make your own software and physical interfaces for performances and installations.

The studio work is supported by a written thesis report that includes a detailed statement about the work; a technical documentation of materials and processes used; and a DVD of thesis work. This documentation is archived in the Scholes Library. Additionally; the course is structured as a seminar with all second year EIA MFA students participating.

Required each semester for graduate students working in Electronic Integrated Arts. Each graduate student will register with Electronic Integrated Arts faculty on an independent study basis. This course is an opportunity for self-generated studio work. During the third and fourth semesters the primary emphasis of this course will be thesis preparation.