soongsil university / the Global School of Media

2012 spring
digital media curating

 

Week 1 introduction of the class : our study and life

2012.03.06-07

*no class on mar. 07

 

 

  • get the required texts reserved in the library
Week 2 Introduction

03.13-14

  • positioning new media art and curatorial models
  • interfacing new media
  • from object to process and system
  • autonomous cultural zones
  • case studies
  • how to design and curate?-simple process
  • ppt 0
  • new media curating project: draft-1 :1page, word doc. due: 03.27 send to dryoon@maat.kr
    1. Title and basic concept
    2. choose venue: where? how long?
    2. choose the artists: who? what kind of work?
Week 2 1. new media art and the gallery in the digital age

03.20-21

 

  • histories of digital art
  • museums and the archive of the future
  • ppt 1
  • 20: invited lecture: "History of Digital Art and The Future of Museum and Gallery" by TBA
  • 21: invited lecture: "Preparing Exhibition as Artist" by Wonjin Song
Week 4 2. immateriality and its discontents: an over view of main models and issues for curating new media

03.27-28

  • museums and curating
  • autonomous zones and temporary contemporaries: the effect of networking
  • alternatives to the traditional museum exhibition
  • alternative models of curating
  • ppt 2
  • 28 : will look through your curating plans with comments: you follow up
Week 5 3. challenges for a ubiquitous museum

04.03-04

  • challenging of the medium
  • models of presentation: from installation to mobile art
  • platforms of exchange
  • engaging the audience
  • ppt 3
  • 04: presentation 1 (10 students for 5 min each)
  • youongjin, jaewon, byoungjoo, hoyong, kyurin, kyounghwa, myounghwa, minsub, soohyun, yunjee kim
Week 6 4. curating net art: a field guide

04.10-11
*no class on 11 (election day)

  • ornithology
  • runme.org-habitat enhancement
  • lepidoptery
  • vivariums and eco-tours
  • hybrid roses
  • diversity
  • ppt 4
  • 10: presentation 2 (10 students for 5 min each)
  • yourin kim, yoonsoo, jonghyun, hyojung, gunju, junghwa, soyun, jongmin, jinah, insik suh
Week 7 5. distributed curating and immateriality

04.17-18

  • immateriality
  • transformative systems
  • distributed curating
  • ppt 5
  • 18: presentation 3 (10 students for 5 min each)
  • jungye, heemin, doowon, minji, jieun, jiho, pureum, sohye, yuna, jieun cha
Week 8 mid-examination period

04.24-25

*no class in the week

  • mid-term exam period
Week 9 6. death by wall label

05.01-02

  • fixity equals death
  • variable authors: teams
  • variable authors: interpreters
  • variable authors: other models
  • variable titles
  • variable dates
  • variable media
  • variable dimensions
  • variable collections
  • the writing on the wall
  • distribute or die
  • ppt 6
  • 02: presentation 4 (10 students for 5 min each)
  • mihee choi, younghyun choi, hyunah choi, hyemi choi, yura ha, kiyoung hahn, sojin hahn
Week 10 7. participation, flow, and the redistribution of authorship

05.08-09

*05.05 children's day. no class

  • authorized authors
  • productive exclusions
  • network: metaphor of flows
  • telematic improvisation
  • collecting controversy
  • collaborative community practice: the aborginal contribution
  • technologies that come alive: finding platforms for cohesion
  • the return of the curators
  • preparation method 1: for the final presentation preparation
Week 11 (8. reconfiguring curation) graduate theses

05.15-16

  • strange days and the rise of the noninstitutional e-curator
  • definitions and motivations: what/who is a curator?
  • "sites" of independent new media curating
  • intermezzo: porous boundaries
  • ramifications of independent new media curating
  • metaphors for new media culture and curating
  • the revolution will be webcast
  • preparation method 2: for the final presentation preparation
Week 12 9. serious games

05.22-23

  • background
  • venues
  • installation
  • publicity and print material
  • audience
  • press
  • was the process different?
  • development curves
  • ppt 9
  • ppt 10
Week 13 10. (re)distributions: pda, information appliance, and nomadic arts as cultural intervention

05.29-30

  • an idea takes shape
  • a call for works as a leap of faith
  • curatorial models of sliding signification
  • categorization of an amophous field
  • "how nothing ever goes as planned"
  • postmortem/next steps
  • 29, 30: final presenation 1: 15 students for 10min each)
  • youngjin, jaewon, byoungjoo, hoyong, kyurin, kyounghwa, myounghwa, minsub, soohyun, yunji, yoorin, yoonsoo, jonghyun, hyojung, gunjoo
Week 14 [11. seeing double: emulation in theory and practice

06.05-06

*no class on jun.6 (memorial day)

  • the premise
  • the works
  • ppt 11
  • 05: final presenation 2: 7students for 10min each)
  • junghwa, soyeon, jongmin, jinah, insik, jungye, heemin
Week 15 [12. games: computerspiele von kunstlerinnen

06.12-13

  • subject
  • the presentation of digital art: problems and approaches
  • ppt 12
  • 12, 13: final presenation 3: 15 students for 10min each)
  • doowon, minji, jieun, jiho, pureum, sohye, yoona, jieun, mihee, younghyun, hyunah, hyemi, yoora, kiyoung, sojin
Week 16 final term examination priod

06.19-20


final-term exam period

  • 19: final presenation 4: (if any) students for 10min each)