INTRODUCTION:

This section of Advanced Computer Imaging will focus primarily on new forms of Internet Art. We will investigate such subjects as web art, digital rhetoric, hypertext, online exhibitions, network publishing, image-making and manipulation, new media theory and how to use the World Wide Web as a research and development tool for an advanced contemporary arts practice. Everyone in the course must have an email account that they check daily as well as ftp access to your campus account by the second class meeting (if you need help setting this up, ask me for help: it's easy!).

In this course we will focus on taking the computer skills you have developed thus far and using them to investigate new media art forms appropriate to the Internet.

In this regard, a great deal of self-motivation and open-mindedness to the developmental process of your online portfolio is required.

GRADING POLICY AND GENERAL RULES:

Grades will be measured on the following scale:

2. Attendance and participation in discussion (in class and on-line) 25%

The art portfolios will consist of work generated over the semester.

We will often have shorter in-class exercises (many of them writing or conceptual art/language oriented) that will give you a chance to put into practice some of the ideas and techniques introduced during the lectures and lab demonstrations. These in-class exercises will be due at the end of class so I can see how you are progressing (unless otherwise noted).

In addition to the short in-class exercises, you will be required to develop two outside projects (see syllabus for due dates). I will brief you on how these projects should evolve all throughout the semester.

The art projects and in-class exercises must be turned in when they are due. Failure to complete work when it is due will result in a full letter grade reduction for each subsequent class in which assignment is not turned in. Final versions of your online art portfolios must be turned in at the beginning of class on Monday, December 12th, to receive credit. No portfolios will be accepted late and no grades of "incomplete" will be given.

Note: It is absolutely essential that you attend class. Prior experience teaching this class consistently reveals that those who attend all of the classes and finish all of their work on time perform the best. There will be no unexcused absences and only one excused absence per semester. After that, it will start effecting your overall grade. Also be aware that coming to class late and/or leaving class early will not be tolerated. Being prompt and staying the course are required.

Remember: attendance and participation in discussion accounts for 25% of your total grade. Be aware. Be very aware.

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