First-Year Studies: New Genres: Abstract Video

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Although amateurs often confuse the terms, "abstract video" is a new art form that is very different from the experimental film movement of the 1970s and 1980s. Often drawing from the digital worlds of games, signal processing, 3D modeling, and computational media, abstract video has become an important new aspect of art installation, site-specific sculpture, and gallery presentations. This project course will be an introduction to the use of video as a material for the visual artists. Using open-source software and digital techniques, students will create several small works of video abstraction intended for gallery installation, ambient surrounds, and new media screens. Artists will include Refik Anadol, the Light Surgeons, Ryoji Ikeda, and more. In fall and spring, students will meet biweekly with the instructor for individual conferences, alongside corequisite First-Year Studies Project (