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NEW MEDIA RESEARCH (London, Paris, Berlin)
instructor: curt cloningeremail: curt at lab404 dot com office: Owen 311 location: abroad + university of north carolina asheville |
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intro syllabus rough project calendar attendance and grading policies major assignments * 10 daily response essays * theory analysis and response paper writing resources unc writing center handouts [nb: argument and thesis statements] (UNC) MLA citation generator (bibMe) the citation machine (warlick) |
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Note: Prior to June 1, ideally read/watch/listen_to everything labeled "read, watch, listen," but at least read/watch/listen_to the things in red linked from this page. You will eventually have to read/watch/listen_to the non-red material as well, but that can happen after the trip. (Anything labeled "bonus" is extra/optional.) KEY: Name of Venue [Name of Artist(s) or Group Show] JUNE 1, monday (London): {arrive} listen: At The Chime of a City Clock ([Nick] Drake) read: Acquainted with the Night (Frost) JUNE 2, tuesday (London): Sprovieri [Schneider] The Curve at The Barbican [Young] read: Ponderings Upon Paul Nash (Lambert) JUNE 3, wednesday (London): Camden Art Centre [Bailey] Arebyte [Drew] read: How Do You Make Yourself a Body Without Organs? (Deleuze/Guattari) JUNE 4, thursday (London): CCA Goldsmiths [Flare-Up] Somerset House [Zyl, Fan, Holy Pop!] BONUS evening performance: Cafe Oto [Sculpture, The Light Surgeons] read: The Thousand Dreams of Stellavista (Ballard) JUNE 5, friday (London): Tate Modern [Mierles, Rist, Malani, Rothko {TANKS: Martin, Chipaumire}] read: A Mover's Guide to Standing Still (Manning) /////////////////////////////// JUNE 6, saturday (Paris): {travel/rest} read: The Other Paris: "Ghosts" (Sante) read: excerpt from The Practice of Everyday Life: "Walking in the City" (de Certeau) bonus watch: A Cat in Paris (Felicioli/Gagnol) bonus watch: Chats Perchés [The Case of The Grinning Cat] (Marker) bonus listen: Interface (Heldon) JUNE 7, sunday (Paris): Museum of Hunting and Nature [Messager intervention] read: Towards an Aesthetics of the Real (Spurse) JUNE 8, monday (Paris): psychogeographic dérive [begin at Les Deux Plateaux (Buren)] read: Theory of the Dérive (Debord) read: excerpts from Psychogeographic Destination Kit (Randolph) watch: Mon Oncle opening sequence (Tati) flâneur dérive [begin at Passage des Panoramas] read: excerpt from "The Painter of Modern Life" (Baudelaire) read: excerpts from The Arcades Project: "The Flâneur" (Benjamin) bonus read: The Man of the Crowd (Poe) JUNE 9, tuesday (Paris): Galerie Charlot [Schmitt] Christian Berst Gallery [Dilla] New Galerie [Chatriot] read: Venus Smiles (Ballard) JUNE 10, wednesday (Paris): Galerie Maubert [Daubanes] Swiss Cultural Center [Perret, Lüscher, Adu-Sanyah] Les Douches [Balanger] read: Towards a Philosophy of Photography: "The Apparatus," "The Gesture of Photography" (Flusser) /////////////////////////////// JUNE 11, thursday (Berlin): {travel/rest} watch: Der Himmel über Berlin trailer (Wenders) [bonus: watch the entire film] watch/listen: Warszawa (Bowie) JUNE 12, friday (Berlin): Alma Alloro [ 1 * 2 ] studio visit Konrad Fischer Galerie [Buren] read: Work with Material (Anni Albers) JUNE 13, saturday (Berlin): Fluentum [Demolition/Escape] read: Ordinary Affects [excerpts] (Stewart) JUNE 14, sunday (Berlin): Julia Stoschek Foundation [Leckey] read: Funes, the Memorious (Borges) JUNE 15, monday (Berlin): {begin departures} listen: "Map Ref. 41ºN 93ºW": Wire version * My Bloody Valentine version * lyrics watch: Sans Soleil opening sequence (Marker) [bonus: watch the entire film] |