SYLLABUS
Graduate Seminar, Fall 1997
Class meets Mondays 6-8:50pm @ the EAT Lab, #2220, Dept. of Art Studio
Instructor: Victoria Vesna
week 1: September 29 - INTRODUCTION
Overview of seminar topics.
week 2 - Revolution in the miniature -- Short History of the microprocessor,
Leonardo -- 30 years; Frank and Roger Malina
Influential New Scientific Concepts: Cybernetic, Quantum, Chaos
Mc Luhan and Buckminster Fuller, Bush's memex, HG Well's World Brain
EAT -- Billy Kluver,
October 9 - visit by Michael Naimark, Interval Research
week 3: October 13th - Bermant Collection Tour -- highlight Howard Wise GAllery (history of)
week 4: October 20th -- Guest: Curtis Roads
History of Electronic Music
week 5: October 27th -- Guest: Carole Ann Klonarides
History of Video Art
week 6: November 3rd -
Tour and visit of the Buckminster Fuller Institute,
Presentation by
Allegra Fuller Snyder
week 7: November 10th -
Discussion of past classes.
week 8: November 17th -- Relevant Telecommunication Artists/ Projects: Artists As Organizers
Friday, November 21st, Rebecca Allen, UCLA
week 9: November 24th -- Art & Commerce
Issues In Contemporary Information/Communication Art;
week 10: no class
paper or work due December 5th (via e-mail)