syllabus
class 1
introduction (presentation
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Introduction and overview to the themes of the class including
wireless networks and emerging forms of public art practice.
class 2
investigation: hertzian space (presentation)
Lecture and discussion about Hertzian space. The class will focus on cellular
netoworks, as an example, and include a survey or projects examining and utilizing
cell phones.
Due: and Design
Noir: The Secret Life of Electronic Objects (London: Birkhäuser, 2001)p.
15-43.
class 3
investigation: hertzian space
lab
Bring your cell phones to class for an in-class exercise.
Due: Read Fiona Raby + Ben Hooker. Project #26765-FLIRT: Flexible Information and Recreation
for Mobile Users (London: Royal College of Art, 2000).
class 4
investigation: hertzian space
Meet with Susan Schwartzenberg + Peter Richards (confrimed) of the San Francisco Exploratorium to
discuss their current project exploring technology in urban space. Wifi workshop
with Jonathan Foerster (confirmed). Bring a can with a metal end (at least 2" in
diameter) to make your own wifi transmitter.
class 5
investigation: hertzian space
lab
PDA demo with software. Wardriving exericise.
class 6
investigation: hertzian space
Visit Rick Prelinger's Archive (confirmed). Guest lecture on technology and
the landscape. Followed by urban walk.
Due: Read William
Mitchell, "Wireless Bipeds " in Me++ (Cambridge: MIT
Press, 2003) p. 41-62.
class 7
investigation: hertzian space
In class lab, mapping wardriving exercise. Discussion of reading (assigned
Feb. 8).
class 8
investigation: hertzian space
In class lab, mapping wardriving exercise. Discussion
of reading.
Due: Read William
Mitchell, "Electronic Mnemotechnics" in Me++ (Cambridge:
MIT Press, 2003) p. 113-129.
class 9
investigation: locative media (presentation)
Lecture and discussion about locative media + projects (GPS, geo-caching).
Due:
Presentation of wardriving exercises.
class 10
investigation: locative media
In-class lab using GPS.
Due: Read Pall Thayer "On narrative, abstract and location: A few words on lacation-based data in art" (Creative Commons, 2004). Available on Pall Thayer's web site:http://this.is/pallit/
class 11
investigation: locative media
In-class lab using GPS. Guest lecture by Michelle Kasprzak via video conference
(confirmed).
Due: Presentation of locative projects.
Review http://michelle.kasprzak.ca.
class 12
intervention:
mapping (presentation)
Lecture and discussion about mapping in art practice.
Due: Guy Dubord "Theory of the Dérive" (International Situationiste #2, 1958). Also republished
at nothingness.org.
Simon Sadler, "A Passion for Maps" in The Situationist City (Cambridge:
MIT Press, 1998)p. 82.-91.
class 13
intervention: mapping (presentation)
Lecture and discussion about mapping in art practice.
Due: Simon Sadler, "Making
Sense of Psychogeography" in The Situationist City (Cambridge:
MIT Press, 1998)p. 76-81 and "Drifting
as a Revolution in Everyday Life" in The Situationist City (Cambridge:
MIT Press, 1998)p. 91-95.
class 14
investigation:urban investigation in social science research (presentation)
Due: Read Francois Maspero and Anaïk Frantz, Roissy Express: A Journey Through the
Paris Suburbs (London: Verso, 1994) p. 105-107 and Setha Low, On the
Plaza: The Politics of Public Space and Culture (Austin, U of Texas
Press, 2001). p. 162-167, 178-179
class 15
intervention: probes
Guest lecture Eric Paulos (confirmed).
Due: Read Eric
Paulos, "Our
Emergent Urban Computing Landscape: Familiar Strangers" in Receiver #10,
2004. and Anne
Galloway "Mobility as world-building/technologies at play" in Receiver #10,
2004.
class 16
intervention: probes
Lecture and discussion about artists that have inserted objects inro the urban
landscape as a means of artistic research.
class 17
student presentations
Students will present work on an artist, artistic group or theme to the class
that is relevant to their final project
class 18
spring break
no class
class 19
spring break
no class
class 20
intervention: tour
A discussion of the strategies of the tour from the Dadaists in Paris and the
Fluxus in New York to Michelle
Teran's serveillance walks and Kate Pocrass' Mundane
Journeys. Guest lecture David Pinder (confrimed).
Due: Read Francesco Cerari "Anti-walk" in Walkscapes (Barcelona:
Gustavo Gili, 2002) p. 68-94. and Robert
Smithison, "A Tour of the
Monuments of Passaic New Jersey" in
Jack Flam ed. Robert Smithson: The Collected Writings (Berkeley:
University of California Press, 1996) p. 68-74.
class 21
student presentations
Final project proposals due. Students will present a proposal of
their final project for the semester to the class.
class 22
intervention: performance (presentation)
Lecture and discussion on tactics of performance in public space using new media.
Due: Read Pete Gomes, “ WYSIWYG” (Receiver
#08, 2004).
class 23
lab
tutorial
class 24
intervention: performance
Guest lecture Jane McGonigal (unconfirmed) on performative gaming in public space.
Meet in San Francisco.
Due: Read Jane
McGonigal, "A Real Little Game: The Performance of Belief in Pervasive
Play." Digital Games Research Associaton (DiGRA) "Level
Up" Conference Proceedings. November 2003
class 25
student presentations
Review of progress on final projects.
class 26
lab
tutorial
class 27
no class meeting.
class 28
individual critiques
class 29
Final review.
class 30
Final review.