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EVENTS AND NOTES

Throughout the entire month of February, I strongly advise making the trek downtown to Mudhouse to check out the collage art of Monty Montgomery. The opening reception is Friday, February 6th from 6 - 8 pm.

We will convene in Clemons 407 before repairing to the Clemons Digital Media Lab for a 6.15 tutorial on New Media Applications by lab director Michael Tuite.

At 7.30, we will re-convene in Wilson 306 for a collaborative hour with Seth Hunter's ARTS 223 Intermediate New Media Art.

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MAIN READINGS

Benjamin, Walter. "The Work of Art in an Age of Mechanical Reproduction." Illuminations. Trans. Harry Zohn. New York: Schocken, 1968.
    [In the Materials Section of Elizabeth Birdsall's ARTH 491-2 Photography As In Art 1960 to Now, Spring 2004]

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SELECTED TEXTS

Baudrillard, Jean. "The Precision of Simulacra." Art After Modernism: Rethinking Representation. Ed. Brian Wallis. Boston: David R. Godine, 1984.
    [In the Materials Section of Johanna Drucker's MDST 511 Visual Theory, Fall 2002]

Byrne, David. Envisioning Emotional Epistemological Information. Steidl: Göttingen, 2003.

Helfand, Jessica. Screen: Essays on Graphic Design, New Media, and Visual Culture. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2001.

Joyce, Michael. Othermindedness: The Emergence of Network Culture.. Ann Arbor: U of Michigan P, 2001.

Lunenfeld, Peter. The Digital Dialectic: New Essays on New Media. Cambridge: MIT P, 1998.

Walter, Benjamin. "The Website as a Work of Art in an Age of Infinite Reproduction." 2003.

Benjamin Walter's final paper for Nitin Govil's MDST301 in Fall 2003. This essay attempts to explore how Benjamin's notions of aura and authenticity are affected perhaps redefined in an age where reproduction does not necessarily result in degradation or other noticeable differentiation from the original. Comments and suggestions can be sent to bfw6a@virginia.edu.

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SUGGESTED ASSIGNMENTS

1. Final Portfolio/Project: Begin to master the new media application(s) you find most appealing, planning to use this knowledge when creating your final portfolio/project.

2. Final Portfolio/Project: Develop a collaborative plan with members of ARTS 223 for a collage-oriented project that makes use of new media.

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LINKS

Seth Hunter coordinates uvanewmedia.com

A site called combinFormation descibes itself as a generative space for browsing, authoring and collecting.

Check out Chat Circles 2, brought to you by the good people at the MIT Media Lab

David Byrne   |   PowerPoint Arrows   |   2003

Finally, David Byrne made a recent splash with an exhibition of PowerPoint Art at LACMA. Qu'est-ce que c'est?

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