classes

California College of Art
Fall 2007
Mapping the Ephemeral Landscape
ccamapping.wikispaces.com
Often we see maps as static sources of information, delineating a street name or the boundaries of a building. In fact, our understanding of the city is largely shaped by ephemeral events. We read the street through cues like the number of people walking on the sidewalks, the sounds we hear, the conditions of the buildings, or the flyers posted on a corner. Can we consider mapping the city through its use patterns, rather than illustrating it as an assembly of static landmarks? As Landscape Architect, Michael Batty proposes, "Is it possible to conceive of cities as being clusters of 'spatial events?” Mapping the Ephemeral Landscape examines strategies for mapping these spatial events.
(A four-week section of Ellen Babcock's mapping class.)

California College of Art
Spring 2007
SITEspecific: wireless networks and urban art practice
sitespecific.wikispaces.com
SITEspecific explores emerging technologies of wireless networks and locative media as platforms for urban art practice. As public and private, local and global are collapsed by the infiltration of portable electronics and the invisible flows of wireless connectivity, our experience of the urban environment grows increasingly complex. SITEspecific approaches these changing notions of urban space as opportunities for artistic intervention. It proposes that artists use the emerging technologies of wireless networks and locative media to invent new forms of public practice.

San Francsico Art Institute
Fall 2006
In Your Pocket: art for mobile devices
http://inyourpocket.pbwiki.com
Mobile phones, iPods, and PDAs have become constant accessories to our daily lives, augmenting our experiences of the city, each other, and our everyday activities. This class examines ways in which artists can create work for these electronic devices. Co-opting popular practices such as “podcasting,” students in the class will create artwork to be distributed via the internet and deployed on student’s mobile phones, iPods, or PDAs. As each wave of mobile computing brings us an ever shrinking and more powerful array of digital and wireless tools, students will be encouraged to respond to the established social rituals of this mobile gadgetry. We will examine the work of artists working with handheld devices, as well as read and discuss the evolving theoretical dialog about the social life of mobile media.

California College of Art
Spring 2006
SITEspecific: wireless networks and urban art practice
www.alisant.net/cca/sitespecific

Mills College
Spring 2004 SITEspecific: wireless networks and urban art practice

San Francsico Art Institute
Fall 2003
SITEspecific: wireless networks and urban art practice
Taught with Elizabeth Goodman.

California College of Art
Fall 2003
Digital Imaging
www.alisant.net/cca/digitalimaging
This class introduced students to the tools of digital imaging within a conceptual framework that emphasizes individual creative practice. The class was broken into four major themes including Foundations in Digital Imaging, Process: From Conceptual Art to Code, Device: Exploring New Platforms for Photography and Compression and Extraction: Time and Photography. These thesmes offered students a foundation for incorporating digital tools into their artistic process as well as emphasize the unique opportunities of medium. Readings and art projects supported a critical examination of digital tools and provide a historical context with which to view the current state of the medium.

California College of Art Fall 2007	Mapping the Ephemeral Landscape ccamapping.wikispaces.com Often we see maps as static sources of information, delineating a street name or the boundaries of a building. In fact, our understanding of the city is largely shaped by ephemeral events. We read the street through cues like the number of people walking on the sidewalks, the sounds we hear, the conditions of the buildings, or the flyers posted on a corner. Can we consider mapping the city through its use patterns, rather than illustrating it as an assembly of static landmarks? As Landscape Architect, Michael Batty proposes, "Is it possible to conceive of cities as being clusters of 'spatial events?” Mapping the Ephemeral Landscape examines strategies for mapping these spatial events. (A four-week section of Ellen Babcock's mapping class.)
California College of Art Spring 2007	SITEspecific: wireless networks and urban art practice sitespecific.wikispaces.com SITEspecific explores emerging technologies of wireless networks and locative media as platforms for urban art practice. As public and private, local and global are collapsed by the infiltration of portable electronics and the invisible flows of wireless connectivity, our experience of the urban environment grows increasingly complex. SITEspecific approaches these changing notions of urban space as opportunities for artistic intervention. It proposes that artists use the emerging technologies of wireless networks and locative media to invent new forms of public practice.

San Francsico Art Institute Fall 2006	In Your Pocket: art for mobile devices http://inyourpocket.pbwiki.com Mobile phones, iPods, and PDAs have become constant accessories to our daily lives, augmenting our experiences of the city, each other, and our everyday activities. This class examines ways in which artists can create work for these electronic devices. Co-opting popular practices such as “podcasting,” students in the class will create artwork to be distributed via the internet and deployed on student’s mobile phones, iPods, or PDAs. As each wave of mobile computing brings us an ever shrinking and more powerful array of digital and wireless tools, students will be encouraged to respond to the established social rituals of this mobile gadgetry. We will examine the work of artists working with handheld devices, as well as read and discuss the evolving theoretical dialog about the social life of mobile media.
California College of Art Spring 2006	SITEspecific: wireless networks and urban art practice www.alisant.net/cca/sitespecific
Mills College Spring 2004	SITEspecific: wireless networks and urban art practice
San Francsico Art Institute Fall 2003	SITEspecific: wireless networks and urban art practice Taught with Elizabeth Goodman.
California College of Art Fall 2003	Digital Imaging www.alisant.net/cca/digitalimaging This class introduced students to the tools of digital imaging within a conceptual framework that emphasizes individual creative practice. The class was broken into four major themes including Foundations in Digital Imaging, Process: From Conceptual Art to Code, Device: Exploring New Platforms for Photography and Compression and Extraction: Time and Photography. These thesmes offered students a foundation for incorporating digital tools into their artistic process as well as emphasize the unique opportunities of medium. Readings and art projects supported a critical examination of digital tools and provide a historical context with which to view the current state of the medium.