ARS162, Spring 2006
Instructor: Barbara Lattanzi
ASSIGNMENT: Net Art ReportPRESENTATION DATE: Thursday, April 6.
Presentations will begin at the start of class.
GOAL:
To present in class a short (8-10 minutes) report consisting of your research on one artist (or artists collective, artist entity) whose medium is the Internet and whose work is introduced in Rachel Greene's Internet Art textbook. You have the option to report on a work, however, that is more recent than the work described in Greene's book.DESCRIPTION:
The following characterize the artists and art collectives discussed in the textbook, and thus will also characterize the focus of your presentation:
- The artist (or artists collective) you select will NOT be commercial designer(s) primarily (or maybe not even remotely).
- The artist(s) you research will be engaged EXPERIMENTALLY with new problems of representation and communication design posed by the Internet. This means selecting artist(s) who take risks (e.g., of not being understood) and who are researching new forms.
Try to construct a "story" about the artist or artist collective, by describing and elaborating on, not only a specific work but also, (1) questions or issues which the artist's work engages... what is the artist's agenda?; (2) why (for your selected artist) is "net art" a significant cultural form and the Internet is a significant medium for experimentation; (3) what you find intriquing, challenging, difficult, annoying or revelatory about the specific project example(s), and why.
The selected work should be included as a link from your web "blog." Your "blog" will also include a statement on the work using a minimum of 150 words plus one or more images (screengrabs or downloaded images from the web project).
Note that your report should not depend on accessing the website during class, since it is possible for the website to be unavailable (e.g., because of server problems). For this reason, it is important that you include some screengrabs of the work you are reporting on.
Suggestion (optional): email the artist whom you are researching with a few questions.