Art in Digital Culture

This course traces the relationship between art and technology to now, a time when our relationship with computers permeates nearly every aspect of visual culture. How does this relationship relate to human history and what technologies will come next? In this course we examine the impact of these technologies on our everyday lives and ultimately in the arts. An emphasis will be placed on resourceful and creative use of technologies, to make new things or subvert existing tools. We will examine projects by artists who use digital media to produce art or, inversely, use conventional media to explore the digitized condition of contemporary life. Throughout the semester, students will work on a series of short works, and a final individual or collaborative project.