Topics in Film Studies: Between Old and New Media (Digital Media Art)
Course Description
D. N. Rodowick has argued that the digital arts “are the most radical instance yet of an old Cartesian dream: the best representations are the most immaterial ones because they seen to free the mind from the body and the world of substance.” In this seminar, we will explore digital images in relation to cinema, photography, and other media. We will examine the fate of materiality, the body, and duration in 21st c. media, and consider whether or not the digital marks a significant break from the analog. Texts by Lev Manovich, Gilles Deleuze, Hito Steyerl, and others; works by Walid Raad, Nonny de la Peña, Jacolby Satterwhite, and others. Prerequisite: at least one prior 100- or 200-level course in the History of Art or equivalent. Cross-listed with Film Studies and English for major/minor credit. Graduate students may take the course for 600-level credit. Requirements: participation, short assignments, final 8-10 page research paper.
Course Description
D. N. Rodowick has argued that the digital arts “are the most radical instance yet of an old Cartesian dream: the best representations are the most immaterial ones because they seen to free the mind from the body and the world of substance.” In this seminar, we will explore digital images in relation to cinema, photography, and other media. We will examine the fate of materiality, the body, and duration in 21st c. media, and consider whether or not the digital marks a significant break from the analog. Texts by Lev Manovich, Gilles Deleuze, Hito Steyerl, and others; works by Walid Raad, Nonny de la Peña, Jacolby Satterwhite, and others. Prerequisite: at least one prior 100- or 200-level course in the History of Art or equivalent. Cross-listed with Film Studies and English for major/minor credit. Graduate students may take the course for 600-level credit. Requirements: participation, short assignments, final 8-10 page research paper.
- Instructor of record: Homay King