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DANCE 449

SURVEY OF INTERARTS AND TECHNOLOGY

3 credits.

Overview of the history and practice of interdisciplinary work by artists working alone or in collaboration with others. Explores work that relies on or has a contingent relationship to the technology of the era in which it was created. Covers the history of lnterarts and Technology from the early 1900's to the present with additional lectures focusing on relevant topics from earlier periods of history, e.g. Guttenburg's printing press, Da Vinci's flying machines, etc. Individual artists and movements will be profiled with a focus on the Futurists, Dada, and Surrealists in the early half of the century, dance and technology in general and the crossover of contemporary avant garde theater and performing artists such as Laurie Anderson and others whose work is dependent on high tech electronics.

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Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Contextualize the contemporary hybrid of art and technology within a historical framework which the student will learn through lecture, screenings, and readings. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Develop a firm grasp of the relationship of technology to the arts throughout history. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Analyze both the philosophical and aesthetic strategies at work within the various methodologies chosen by artists within the framework of art and technology. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Contextualize the contemporary hybrid of art and technology within a historical framework which the student will learn through lecture, screenings, and readings. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Develop a firm grasp of the relationship of technology to the arts throughout history. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Analyze both the philosophical and aesthetic strategies at work within the various methodologies chosen by artists within the framework of art and technology. Audience: Graduate

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