The reading due for 22/23 Jan is now posted. Download the link by clicking here: "The Use of Forms", an essay from the book Postproduction by art theorist Nicolas Bourriaud. Be prepared to discuss this writing in class, in addition to researching at least one of the artists or art movements mentioned in the article. Use your blog to link to the information you found.
You are required to attend at least 5 cultural events this semester and write about them in your blog. Eligible events are listed in the "Cultural Events Calendar" in the LINKS section of the blog, to the right. More will be added as they come up, but don't put it off until the end of the semester. The first two are in January, so you could get a couple out of the way already.
Wed. Jan. 24, 4:30 – 6:00 pm BOYDEN GALLERY in Monty 2nd floor
Melissa Dean: Opening reception and artist talk - you must write about the artist talk, not just the food at the opening :)
Mon. Jan. 29, 4:30 pm LIBRARY 321
Lance Winn: drawing, robotics, sculpture
LINK TO COURSE POLICIES.
This is the initial syllabus which is the contract you agree to by being enrolled in this course. Remember that things are subject to change so make sure you check this blog and your Saint Mary's email regularly. To download the PDF, right-click/cntrl-click to get the drop down menu and choose "Save link as". I will not be distributing this on paper.
Command-O Open
Command-S Save
Shift-Command-S Save as
Command-P Print
Command-W Close Window
Command-T create new tab (esp. useful for browsing in Firefox)
Command-I Get Info
Command-D Duplicate
Command-Delete Move to Trash
Command-E Eject
Command-F Find
Command-Z Undo
Command-X Cut
Command-C Copy
Command-V Paste
Command-A Select All
And there are lots more, check it out here.
16/17 Jan
-in-class: Q&A, lab intro
-set up a Blogger account
-make sure you can access Blackboard & log-in to MACs
18 Jan (MON-WED section will do these next week!)
-HW: be prepared for quiz on the syllabus
-in-class: hardware and OS basics
22/23 Jan
-HW: read Bourriaud article (check back for PDF to download), write response in your blog, make sure you have purchased your storage media (at least 1GB on USB flash drive), reply to e-mail to become a member of the class blog
-in-class: Audacity demo, intro to project & exercise 1
24/25 Jan
WED: 4:30 Artist Lecture by MELISSA DEAN, Boyden Gallery in Monty
-HW: Audacity tutorial at http://www.edhsonline.org/other/audacity/
-in-class: work on exercise 1, audio cut-up