Just ran across this post looking at a new NEA report on artists in the U.S. You can access the full report here, but the summary in the post does a nice job of pulling out relevant demographic and economic… Continue Reading
I’ve been reading Marcus Boon’s In Praise of Copying over the past few weeks, and it is an excellent book. As luck would have it, Mr. Boon has written the latest installment of a series that the Wire magazine… Continue Reading
Image via Wikipedia WHAT MIGHT REMIXED PROGRAMMING OR ARTS PARTICIPATION LOOK/SOUND/FEEL LIKE? AND WHAT PLACE WOULD AESTHETICS HAVE IN THIS REMIXING? This is the question you will address in your essay, taking the perspective of arts and culture workers dedicated… Continue Reading
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/31271642[/vimeo] I put this together from the footage I shot with my phone while you all built your spaghetti structures. Music is CC-licensed, and I found it on the Free Music Archive. Enjoy!
Comments on this post should address the main question for Module 3: ∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞ What is the aesthetic of our time? In what ways do practices, ideas, narratives, or ideologies associated with this aesthetic depend on transmediations? ∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞ In your… Continue Reading
Group B1 Group B2 Grab the essays for today’s group presentations via the links above. We’ll have a special guest in class today for the second half, so come prepared to participate!
Just ran across this post on the Technology in the Arts blog (well worth following…) about a new “arts participation” endeavor anchored in Australia. The effort is called “What Makes Me” and can be found here. It’s an ambitious… Continue Reading
Components Essay = @ 1000 words Exhibit/experience = curation of 7-10 transmedia examples Due date = Oct. 25 (by midnight); essay should be sent to me, along with link to curated examples (if online) or presentation file { For the… Continue Reading
Amazing, awesome, insightful, reflexive—we could spend a whole class period on any one of your comments from the Module 2 initial post! Thanks for taking the assignment seriously and contributing rich material to the ongoing “course text” that is this… Continue Reading
Comments on this post should address the initial/primary questions for Module 2: ∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞ What are the politics of participation—in curating, collecting, critiquing,etc? How do power and social practice intersect? How do power and social practice intesect in transmedia environments?… Continue Reading