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NEW MEDIA RESEARCH (London, Paris, Berlin)
instructor: curt cloningeremail: curt at lab404 dot com office: Zeis 214 location: abroad + university of north carolina asheville |
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intro syllabus rough project calendar attendance and grading policies major assignments * 12 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.) JUNE 1, saturday (London): south bank skate park listen: At The Chime of a City Clock ([Nick] Drake) read: Acquainted with the Night (Frost) bonus watch/listen: In the Shadow of the Sun (Jarman/Throbbing Gristle) * Day 1 Discussion Questions JUNE 2, sunday (London): Furtherfield [Time Portals exhibition] IMT Gallery [PLASTIQUE FANTASTIQUE | Zer0-City] read: Towards an Aesthetics of the Real (Spurse) * Day 2 Discussion Questions JUNE 3, monday (London): Tate Modern [Allora/Calzadilla, Ivekovik, Meireles, Tambellini, Kentridge, Whiteread/Rechmaoui, Tunga, Snow, Sze, Nakhova, Werthein] read: Sentences on Conceptual Art (Lewitt) * Day 3 Discussion Questions JUNE 4, tuesday (London): Barbican [AI: More Human Than Human] Wellcome Collection [Smoke and Mirrors: The Psychology of Magic] read: The Thousand Dreams of Stellavista (Ballard) * Day 4 Discussion Questions JUNE 5, wednesday (London): arebyte [AUDINT] Anna Kultys Gallery [Signe Pierce opening] read: Static Trapped in Mouths (Cloninger) Copperfield Gallery [Achiampong & Blandy opening] * Day 5 Discussion Questions /////////////////////////////// JUNE 6, thursday (Paris): 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) * Day 6 ~~ no discussion questions [travel day] JUNE 7, friday (Paris): Galerie Ceysson & Bénétière [Fatmi] Galerie Alberta Pane [Fogarolli] Galerie 22,48 m² [Transnatura show] read: Venus Smiles (Ballard) * Day 7 Discussion Questions JUNE 8, saturday (Paris): Galerie Danysz [Vibrations exhibition] Galerie Charlotte [Ratté] psychogeographic dérive read: Theory of the Dérive (Debord) read: excerpts from Psychogeographic Destination Kit (Randolph) watch: Mon Oncle opening sequence (Tati) * Day 8 Discussion Questions JUNE 9, sunday (Paris): Museum of Hunting and Nature [Mercier interventions] Gaite Lyriquee [Computer Grrrls] flâneur dérive 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) * Day 9 Discussion Questions JUNE 10, monday (Paris): Galerie Natalie Seroussi [peinturama exhibition] Louvre [Mona Lisa gift shop] read: The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (Benjamin) * Day 10 Discussion Questions /////////////////////////////// JUNE 11, tuesday (Berlin): travel/rest watch: Der Himmel über Berlin trailer (Wenders) [bonus: watch the entire film] watch/listen: Warszawa (Bowie) * Day 11 ~~ no discussion questions [travel day] JUNE 12, wednesday (Berlin): Museum für Fotographie [Bauhaus and Photography] read: Towards a Philosophy of Photography: "The Apparatus," "The Gesture of Photography" (Flusser) me Collectors Room [Wunderkammer Olbricht, BEYOND exhibition, B.A.R.O.C.K. interventions] panke.gallery [Metanatural Landscapes exhibition] read: Manifesto for a Theory of the 'New Aesthetic' (Cloninger) * Day 12 Discussion Questions JUNE 13, thursday (Berlin): Alma Alloro [ 1 * 2 ] studio visit read: Work with Material (Anni Albers) Galerie Mazzoli GmbH [Lang] read: Say Goodbye to the Wind (Ballard) * Day 13 Discussion Questions JUNE 14, friday (Berlin): Rosa Menkman studio visit view: The Collapse of PAL [part one] (Menkman) read: Walls of Our Technogardens interview (Menkman/Wallace) Galerie Judin [Buthe] watch: Sans Soleil opening sequence (Marker) [bonus: watch the entire film] * Day 14 Discussion Questions (that we never discussed) JUNE 15, saturday (Berlin): plane ride home listen: "Map Ref. 41ºN 93ºW": Wire version * My Bloody Valentine version * lyrics * Day 15 ~~ no discussion questions [travel day] |