schedule

soongsil university 

2016 Fall
media aesthetics

Week 1

introduction of the class : our study

2016.09.06

What to do today

  • get the required texts

Week 2

I. Dance, Dance 1

09.13

1. Motion Tracking of a Fish as a Novel Way to Control Electronic Music Performance 1 Nah

2. Robocygne: Dancing Life into an Animal-Human-Machine 2 Cho

Week 3

I. Dance, Dance 2

09.20

3. danceroom Spectroscopy: At the Frontiers of Physics, Performance, Interactive Art and Technology 3 Noh

4. The Ghost in the Machine: Merce Cunningham and Bill T. Jones 4 Ahn

Week 4

II. Groove, Groove 1

09.27

5. To Make Sounds inside a “Big Can”: Proposing a Proper Space for Works of Sound Art 5 Nah

6. Prosthetic Abilities: Conceptualizing Sound Machines for Amplified Elephants 6 Kwon

Week 5

II. Groove, Groove 2

10.04

7. Sound in New Media and Design Studies 7

8. Sound Art: Origins, development and ambiguities 8 Ho

Week 6

III. C’est la Vie 1

10.11

9. Art, Space and Hyperreality: An Artistic Exploration of Artificiality, Meaning and Boundaries within Astrobiological Practice 9 Ahn

10. Biopaintings Produced by Filamentous Fungi 10 Shin

Week 7

Mid-term

10.18

Mid-term period

Week 8

III. C’est la Vie 2

10.25

11. Biomimicry: A Path to Sustainable Innovation 11 Shin

12. Aesthetics of Biocybernetic Designs: A Systems Approach to Biorobots and Its Implications for the Environment 12 J.H. Kim

Week 9

III. C’est la Vie 3

11.01

13. The Work of Art in the Age of Biocybernetic Reproduction 13 Ho

14. Splicing Boundaries: The Experiences of Bioart Exhibition Visitors 14 Noh

Week 10

IV. Mix, Mix 1

11.08

15. Black (W)hole: An Artscience and Education Collaboration 15 Cho

16. The Aesthetics of Liminality: Augmentation as Artform 16 Kwon

Week 11

IV. Mix, Mix 2

11.15

17. Beyond the Blandscape: Utilizing Aesthetics in Digital Cartography 17 Jiang

18. Wave of the Future? Reconsidering the Neuroscientific Turn in Art History 18 Shin

Week 12

V. Think, Think

11.22

19. The Image of the Book: Cognition and the Printed Page 19

20. Criticism and Function in Critical Design Practice 20

Week 13

VI. Watch, Watch 1

11.29

21. Designing Media Architecture: Tools and Approaches for Addressing the Main Design Challenges 21 Kim

22. SCREENS AS FACES AND FAÇADES: OLD ORDER AND NEW MEDIA - SCREENS ON TIANANMEN SQUARE IN BEIJING 22 Jiang

Week 14

VI. Watch, Watch 2

12.06

23. The Dual Skins of a Media Façade: Explicit and Implicit Interactions 23

24. Art, Virtual Worlds and the Emergent Imagination 24

Week 15

Thesis Writing Strategy

12.13

Week 16

final term examination priod

12.20

final-term period