Research-based Art Practice

Catalog description

Engages works of art, architecture, design, film, writing, digital media, and contemporary critical theory. Includes internet culture, economies of artistic practice, aesthetics, cybernetics, and how these cultural phenomena have shaped conceptions of culture and identity. Readings and discussions center on cultural producers who are researchers or use a research-based approach in their practice. Provides the historical backdrop for contextualizing important contemporary issues and their multiple trajectories.