{"id":392,"date":"2015-09-08T15:59:35","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T22:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/visa210002\/?page_id=392"},"modified":"2017-01-05T22:45:01","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T05:45:01","slug":"week-1-introductions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/visa2100316\/class-notes\/week-1-introductions\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 1- Introductions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica LT Std Light,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>About this course<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica LT Std Light,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Examination of current art practices and issues related to digital technologies and contemporary culture. Technical instruction in image and sound manipulation with an emphasis on the theoretical conceptualization of digital artistic media.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica LT Std Light,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The general thesis if this course is this: <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica LT Std Light,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">the ongoing changes in our relation to images brought about by current technologies signals the emergence of a new, visual language<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica LT Std Light,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">. During the term we will investigate such possibility by attempting to communicate through images, to create a term-long image-based dialogue. This dialogue will revolve around the interrelation between technology and humanity, a relation in which -as we will see- art and images play a mayor role.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica LT Std Light,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Objectives<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica LT Std Light,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The general and main goal of this course is <u>to introduce and develop a way of thinking and examining the world proper to an artistic practice<\/u>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica LT Std Light,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Develop a personal visual vocabulary in light of contemporary visual culture<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica LT Std Light,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Gain awareness of the powerful social role of images in contemporary life<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica LT Std Light,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Technical instruction- <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica LT Std Light,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Class website. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rhizome.org\/editorial\/2014\/aug\/26\/new-hive\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica LT Std Light,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Newhive<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica LT Std Light,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Topics<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica LT Std Light,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">1. What is an Image? What is the role of images in our lives?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tech.firstpost.com\/news-analysis\/now-upload-share-1-8-billion-photos-everyday-meeker-report-224688.html\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica LT Std Light,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">We now upload and share over 1.8 billion photos each day<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica LT Std Light,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">2. What is Art?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.ca\/search?q=prehistoric+paintings&amp;biw=1600&amp;bih=1127&amp;tbm=isch&amp;tbo=u&amp;source=univ&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0CBwQsARqFQoTCLuSoL266McCFY4qiAodjVIK7g#imgrc=_\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica LT Std Light,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Prehistoric paintings<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica LT Std Light,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">3. What is technology?<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica LT Std Light,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Films and scientists speculate about our past and future relations with technology:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica LT Std Light,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Space Odissey 2000<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica LT Std Light,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The Matrix<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About this course Examination of current art practices and issues related to digital technologies and contemporary culture. Technical instruction in image and sound manipulation with an emphasis on the theoretical conceptualization of digital artistic media. 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