Transdisciplinary New Media

Students draw upon their previous knowledge and experience to contribute to the collaborative process. Projects are set to test preconceived ideas and the limits of students’ understanding. The course emphasizes computer use for artistic creation and research. Overview of image making and time-based media within the broad context of contemporary art, new media art, and mediated culture. During the semester, students will explore digital software and hardware tools, digital artists, art history, and conceptual thinking to develop own skills and create project work culled from these resources.

The course includes a series of workshops, readings, and exercises that give students conceptual and technical skills to develop their own projects

This course will introduce students to digital design and fabrication techniques within the context of contemporary art and design. The hands-on course will assist students in nurturing the ability to efficiently translate ideas and concepts into digitally produced physical objects. Students will be given the opportunity to develop the skills necessary to maintain, calibrate and troubleshoot equipment in a fabrication lab as well as learn what it takes to keep a lab in operation. Students will be given the opportunity to create objects utilizing industrial laser cutters, 3D digital modeling, 3D digital scanning, and 3D printing. We will consider digital fabrication and its role in the localization and production of global goods and explore its impact on the commodification of the art object. At such early stages of digital fabrication, students can take on great roles in fostering the development of alternative materials, the creation of more efficient digital production as well as the abstraction and deconstruction of the many digital fabrication processes. The class will include three assignments to create projects using the three machines (laser, 3D) and the opportunity to work on a final project.

History of New Media is an overview of the pioneering artists and scientists who have brought about the dissolution of boundaries that have traditionally existed between the artistic and technological disciplines. The course will survey the work and ideas of artists who have explored new interactive and interdisciplinary forms, as well as engineers and mathematicians who have developed information technologies and influential scientific and philosophical ideologies that have influenced the arts. The course begins with seminal artistic movements and genres as well as the study of the invention of information technologies and new human-machine paradigms that have come to define digital culture. This broad historical analysis will help illuminate an understanding of the emerging digital arts and its aesthetics, strategies, trends, and socio-cultural aspirations. Central to this analysis will be an understanding of key concepts for the interpretation of evolving multimedia forms: including integration, interactivity, hypermedia, immersion, and narrativity. The course will reveal how these primary elements of contemporary media have roots in experimental electronic and performance art prior to the digital era. Students will develop commentary in the form of critical projects through in-depth analysis of historical trends and seminal work in the media arts and information sciences.

You may select an elective from the many course offerings in your department or in other departments with the approval of your department chair.

• French
• Drawing Technology and Perception
• Advanced Printmaking*
• Intellectual Property Rights
• Concept Development Storytelling
• Photography as Installation*
• Photography in the Expanded Field*
• History of New Media*
• Designer’s Ethical and Social Responsibility
• Educational Principles
• Alternative Processes Image-Making*
• Digital Fabrication Design
• The Art of Code I & II
• 4D Studio I & II*
• The Fashion Editorial
• Design Thinking
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Project Management*

* Undergraduate level courses

The class encourages a questioning collaborative practice. Students are expected to rethink their experience/practice by working through projects designed to test definitions and boundaries between disciplines. New forms of working and thinking will be developed through a consideration of ‘technology’ in its widest sense, from digital-screen-based work to experiential and auditory proposals. Through a shared creative process students will challenge their understanding of different tools and methods, developing hybrid systems and solutions that go beyond any one discipline. Students will engage in critical reflection of their relationship to the group, contextualizing their experience through theories of the collaborative role and situating their emerging practice in relation to the professional world. Masterclasses with practitioners who explore the possibilities of multi-media practice will provide students direct access to knowledge and hands-on experience of the most current and challenging ideas.

The course includes a series of workshops, readings, and exercises that give students conceptual and technical skills to develop their own projects.

This course focuses on achieving core competency in a wide variety of new media technologies. Closely linked to the studio class, students are expected to put into practice the theories and methodologies presented in other core classes, but the focus is on developing technical skills and a thorough understanding the working processes of each specialization. Technology is defined in the widest sense possible – not just screen-based, digital technology, but also mechanical, chemical, auditory, experiential, etc. – since the hybridization of “low tech” and “high tech” often produce powerful emotional experiences – familiar yet awe-inspiring at the same time.

Each New (Digital) Media and Technology class builds on its predecessor, so that over 2 semesters, students have had an opportunity to be introduced to a wide variety of tools and techniques. Every student attempts every technique, not just to appreciate the difficulties of mastering a technology, but also to understand the core knowledge that a collaborative expert can bring to the table. Students with high competency in a topic will co-teach that segment, introducing them to the world of education, increasing their understanding of their collaborative contribution/potential, and improving their communication skills.

This course will introduce and outline the role, purpose, and perception of « art » and « design » in various marketplaces and contexts for the emerging arts entrepreneur. Topics include issues in marketing aesthetic products, case studies on art fairs, art institutions and cultural events, models of consumer behavior, art, and technology, macro-economic issues that affect the arts industries, arts policy, and access, art-as-business, design in the international context, merchandising, difficulties and the impact of the various business environments on art and design disciplines.

Professionals from the Parisian art and design world will come in to introduce students to their professional practice and engage them in practical exercises preparing them for the job market. Instructors will be drawn from a broad range of fields: photographers and videographers; designer and architects; galleries, museums, auction houses and private collections; art fairs and international exhibitions; art dealers; curators; historians; journalists and iconographers; artists; magazine editors; I.P. and licensing lawyers, etc. This class brings together students from all the graduate programs.

You may select an elective from the many course offerings in your department or in other departments with the approval of your department chair.

• French
• Drawing Technology and Perception
• Advanced Printmaking*
• Intellectual Property Rights
• Concept Development Storytelling
• Photography as Installation*
• Photography in the Expanded Field*
• History of New Media*
• Designer’s Ethical and Social Responsibility
• Educational Principles
• Alternative Processes Image-Making*
• Digital Fabrication Design
• The Art of Code I & II
• 4D Studio I & II*
• The Fashion Editorial
• Design Thinking
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Project Management*

* Undergraduate level courses

Students draw upon their previous knowledge and experience to contribute to the collaborative process. Projects are set to test preconceived ideas and the limits of students’ understanding. The course emphasizes computer use for artistic creation and research. Overview of image making and time-based media within the broad context of contemporary art, new media art, and mediated culture. During the semester, students will explore digital software and hardware tools, digital artists, art history, and conceptual thinking to develop own skills and create project work culled from these resources.

The course includes a series of workshops, readings, and exercises that give students conceptual and technical skills to develop their own projects

This course will introduce students to digital design and fabrication techniques within the context of contemporary art and design. The hands-on course will assist students in nurturing the ability to efficiently translate ideas and concepts into digitally produced physical objects. Students will be given the opportunity to develop the skills necessary to maintain, calibrate and troubleshoot equipment in a fabrication lab as well as learn what it takes to keep a lab in operation. Students will be given the opportunity to create objects utilizing industrial laser cutters, 3D digital modeling, 3D digital scanning, and 3D printing. We will consider digital fabrication and its role in the localization and production of global goods and explore its impact on the commodification of the art object. At such early stages of digital fabrication, students can take on great roles in fostering the development of alternative materials, the creation of more efficient digital production as well as the abstraction and deconstruction of the many digital fabrication processes. The class will include three assignments to create projects using the three machines (laser, 3D) and the opportunity to work on a final project.

The course provides introductory-to-advanced-level research and methodology instruction, covering topics from art and design theory to the use of technology. This course focuses in depth on various research methods currently used to inform the design process. It builds on knowledge and skills acquired in the first semester to introduce students to specific research methods for designers and artists. The course will cover research in physical human factors; human cognitive factors; cultural human factors; and ethnographic fieldwork. Students will learn how to apply these methods to the design process through hands-on projects requiring a multidisciplinary approach.

In this section, students will be introduced to the basic tenets of research in order to support their reasoning with respect to the design process. Foremost, they will learn to formulate a design research problematic; engage in data gathering and analysis; differentiate between primary and secondary research sources; carry out quantitative and qualitative research.

History of New Media is an overview of the pioneering artists and scientists who have brought about the dissolution of boundaries that have traditionally existed between the artistic and technological disciplines. The course will survey the work and ideas of artists who have explored new interactive and interdisciplinary forms, as well as engineers and mathematicians who have developed information technologies and influential scientific and philosophical ideologies that have influenced the arts. The course begins with seminal artistic movements and genres as well as the study of the invention of information technologies and new human-machine paradigms that have come to define digital culture. This broad historical analysis will help illuminate an understanding of the emerging digital arts and its aesthetics, strategies, trends, and socio-cultural aspirations. Central to this analysis will be an understanding of key concepts for the interpretation of evolving multimedia forms: including integration, interactivity, hypermedia, immersion, and narrativity. The course will reveal how these primary elements of contemporary media have roots in experimental electronic and performance art prior to the digital era. Students will develop commentary in the form of critical projects through in-depth analysis of historical trends and seminal work in the media arts and information sciences.

You may select an elective from the many course offerings in your department or in other departments with the approval of your department chair.

• French
• Drawing Technology and Perception
• Advanced Printmaking*
• Intellectual Property Rights
• Concept Development Storytelling
• Photography as Installation*
• Photography in the Expanded Field*
• History of New Media*
• Designer’s Ethical and Social Responsibility
• Educational Principles
• Alternative Processes Image-Making*
• Digital Fabrication Design
• The Art of Code I & II
• 4D Studio I & II*
• The Fashion Editorial
• Design Thinking
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Project Management*

* Undergraduate level courses

The class encourages a questioning collaborative practice. Students are expected to rethink their experience/practice by working through projects designed to test definitions and boundaries between disciplines. New forms of working and thinking will be developed through a consideration of ‘technology’ in its widest sense, from digital-screen-based work to experiential and auditory proposals. Through a shared creative process students will challenge their understanding of different tools and methods, developing hybrid systems and solutions that go beyond any one discipline. Students will engage in critical reflection of their relationship to the group, contextualizing their experience through theories of the collaborative role and situating their emerging practice in relation to the professional world. Masterclasses with practitioners who explore the possibilities of multi-media practice will provide students direct access to knowledge and hands-on experience of the most current and challenging ideas.

The course includes a series of workshops, readings, and exercises that give students conceptual and technical skills to develop their own projects.

This course focuses on achieving core competency in a wide variety of new media technologies. Closely linked to the studio class, students are expected to put into practice the theories and methodologies presented in other core classes, but the focus is on developing technical skills and a thorough understanding the working processes of each specialization. Technology is defined in the widest sense possible – not just screen-based, digital technology, but also mechanical, chemical, auditory, experiential, etc. – since the hybridization of “low tech” and “high tech” often produce powerful emotional experiences – familiar yet awe-inspiring at the same time.

Each New (Digital) Media and Technology class builds on its predecessor, so that over 2 semesters, students have had an opportunity to be introduced to a wide variety of tools and techniques. Every student attempts every technique, not just to appreciate the difficulties of mastering a technology, but also to understand the core knowledge that a collaborative expert can bring to the table. Students with high competency in a topic will co-teach that segment, introducing them to the world of education, increasing their understanding of their collaborative contribution/potential, and improving their communication skills.

The course provides introductory-to-advanced-level research and methodology instruction, covering topics from art and design theory to the use of technology. This course focuses in depth on various research methods currently used to inform the design process. It builds on knowledge and skills acquired in the first semester to introduce students to specific research methods for designers and artists. The course will cover research in physical human factors; human cognitive factors; cultural human factors; and ethnographic fieldwork. Students will learn how to apply these methods to the design process through hands-on projects requiring a multidisciplinary approach.

You may select an elective from the many course offerings in your department or in other departments with the approval of your department chair.

• French
• Drawing Technology and Perception
• Advanced Printmaking*
• Intellectual Property Rights
• Concept Development Storytelling
• Photography as Installation*
• Photography in the Expanded Field*
• History of New Media*
• Designer’s Ethical and Social Responsibility
• Educational Principles
• Alternative Processes Image-Making*
• Digital Fabrication Design
• The Art of Code I & II
• 4D Studio I & II*
• The Fashion Editorial
• Design Thinking
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Project Management*

* Undergraduate level courses