Time-Based: Phantom Bodies and Moving Pictures

3 units

Phantom Bodies and Moving Pictures is a studio course that begins with a survey of media art from the '60s to the present. While Media Art histories developed alongside Art History, they remained distinct despite sharing common ground. In this course, students will produce time-based works using the software and technologies of their choice. Projects will reflect a consideration of the major concepts that define image and sound-based work. This course will also look at the ways in which time-based work is intertwined with the field of media archeology and various cultural practices from which evolving technologies emerged. Key theorists and media art historians will also be discussed.