Collaborative Strategies in Interactive Media

Catalog description

Collaborative Strategies with Interactive Media (CSIM) will be an extension of Filming the Moving Body and Video Art courses by addressing artistic concerns and prompts through technology with in-depth programming. This is a graduate-level interdisciplinary course focusing on two vocational components: ● Extensive instruction in graphical computer programming ● Devising artistic studies in collaborative groups that will be presented in various formats across the duration of the course. This course aims to explore the intersection of devised performance and technological applications through theoretical frameworks, contextualizing artistic works within societal realms. Technology-focused classes serve as practical labs to refine students' technical skills for collaborative projects. Students are encouraged to incorporate their respective artistic and technological endeavors into coursework. Weekly, students are expected to bring artistic material, notes from readings and viewings, and questions for discussion. Dialogues will be structured around open-ended feedback methods. The course will address the listed objectives through individual programming tasks and collaborative projects, fostering a deeper understanding of the creative relationship between performance and technology in broader contexts: ● How does one incorporate and use semiotics when creating collaborative interdisciplinary artistic work? ● How does learning a computer programming language to incorporate media and technology in their work serve the artistic statement? ● How does technology allow performance to expand beyond corporeal boundaries?