APRIL 9 - JORDAN CRANDALL 1
APRIL 16 - JORDAN CRANDALL 2
Readings: Drone Desire; Ontologies of the Wayward Drone
APRIL 23 - AMY ALEXANDER
YouTube: The New Cinema of Attractions by Teresa Rizzo
The Dream of Color Music and Machines That Made it Possible by William Moritz
APRIL 30 - BRETT STALBAUM
Readings: New media and the problematic of the virtual
Wayfinding Cognition
MID-TERM EXAM
Due (via printout only) at beginning of class on May 7
1. Name three different kinds of spaces in which Amy Alexander works, and show how her work performs differently in each of them. (500 words)
2. In what sense does Brett Stalbaum's Rush Creek Wilderness Trail actually exist? What constitutes the trail? (500 words)
MAY 7 - BRYAN SANTIAGO
MAY 14 - MICHA CARDENAS
http://transreal.org/wp-
MAY 21 - NINA WAISMAN
Fusing Bodies
NeuroVentriloquism Excerpts
Main site
MAY 28 - MEMORIAL DAY - NO CLASS
JUNE 4 - MARK DERY
NOTE: This lecture will be held at the Atkinson Hall (Calit2) Auditorium. It will begin at 5:30 -- please do your best to arrive early.
FINAL EXAM
Printout is due by 4pm Wednesday, June 13. Drop off at the Visual Arts Office in Mandeville. (Please note the office is closed for lunch from 12-1.) All papers must be printed and dropped off -- emailed submissions are not accepted.
Note that there are 3 parts to each of these questions.
1. Explain, in your own words, Micha Cardenas's concept of the "transreal," and discuss how she embodies this concept in two of the works that she presented. (500 words)
2. What, for Mark Dery, is the relevance of the zombie figure in American popular culture? Summarize two of his examples -- specific interpretations of the zombie (as symbol) drawn from popular media. (500 words)
