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October 12, 2005

digital studio syllabus

link to my digital studio syllabus


Joellyn Rock
Assistant Professor
UMD Dept of Art + Design

office: Voss Kovach 131A
phone: 726-7527
email: jrock2@d.umn.edu

Fall 05 office hours:
MW 10:30 - 11:30
+ by appointment

FALL 2005 Syllabus

2D DIGITAL STUDIO COURSES>>>
provide a learning laboratory for digital artmaking + new media processes from brainstorming through digital output.

Students will expand both subject and content of their art-making by experimenting with 2d digital media... investigating mosaic + sequential formats, creative rule-making and rule-breaking, digital sketching, image and sound sampling, and interactive design. Students will be encouraged to mix media, taking clues from a rich tradition of avant guard experiments and current trends in film, new media, installation, performance, digital narrative and web-based art forms. All projects will incorporate digital tools in their process and use digital media as the delivery format. Students will produce at least one of their projects in a format suitable for viewing on the web. The class establishes a collaborative learning environment, wherein all participants will take turns sharing their expertise and discoveries in a laboratory of emerging technologies.

DIGITAL Studio 1 + 2
ART  3016  sec 002  
ART  5016  sec 002
2:00 - 3:50pm T / TH
SBE 17 Mac Lab

Digital Art Links

Design Links

Art Links

Visual Theory

Supplies:
• blank index cards (100)
• concept / sketch book
•profolio for roughs + print work
• cd-r or dvd for digital portfolio

Evaluation:
70% on digital studio projects + presentations
30% on attendance and engaged participation in all in class discussions + activities, crits and visiting designer lectures


Digital Studio Texts 1:

Digital Art (World of Art)
by Christiane Paul
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 0500203679

Internet Art (World of Art)
by Rachel Greene
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 0500203768

+Current Digital Software book
of your own choice...like:
Flash Cartoon Animation: Learn from the Pros
by Glenn Kirkpatrick, Kevin Peaty, Glen Kirkpatrick
ISBN: 1590592077

OR: The Art of Cartooning with FLASH
by Daniel Gray, Gary Leib, John Kuramoto
ISBN: 0782129137

Digital Studio Texts 2:

Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace
by Janet H. Murray
ISBN: 0262631873

First Person : New Media as Story, Performance, and Game
by Noah Wardrip-Fruin (Editor)
Publisher: The MIT Press )
ISBN: 0262232324

Pause & Effect: The Art of Interactive Narrative
by Mark S. Meadows
Publisher: New Riders Press
ISBN: 0735711712

DIGITAL STUDIO ASSIGNMENTS FALL 2005
::::subject to revision::::
Week
Tues Class
Thurs Class
Readings + Lectures
Sept 5 - 9 Introductions Sketch/Scrap/Sampling Digital Art: Chapter 1
Sept 12 - 16 Project 1 : Bio-Grid Project 1 : Bio-Grid Digital Art: Chapter 2
Sept 19 - 23 Project 1 : Bio-Grid Project 1 : Workday Digital Art: Chapter 3
Sept 26 - 30 Project 1 : DUE for Critique Project 2 : Narrative Brainstorm Greek Myth Links
Oct 3 - 7 Project 2 : Storyboards DUE Project 2 : Narrative Digital Art Links
Oct 10 -14 Project 2 : Narrative Project 2 : Narrative Portfolios DUE for grading
Oct 17 - 21 Project 2 : Narrative Project 2 : DUE for Crit ...
Oct 24 - 28 Project 3 : Random Access Project 3 : Random Access View Tattoo U
Oct 31 - Nov 4 Project 3 : Random Access Project 3 : Random Access ...
Nov 7 - 11 Project 3 : Random Access Project 3 : DUE for Crit ...
Nov 14 - 18 Alex Kirwan visit Digital Art Presentations Alex Kirwan lecture
Nov 21 - 25 Final PROJECT Brainstorm Thanksgiving Thanksgiving
Nov 28 - Dec 2 Final Project Idea DUE Project Feedback ...
Dec 5 - 9 Project Workday Project Feedback ...
Dec 12 - 16 Project Workday Project Feedback Last Week of Class
Dec 19 - 23 Final Project: feedback Final Project: DUE for Crit Finals week
FINAL CRIT TIME Final projects +
digital scrapbooks
due at final exam time...		 ART 3016 /5016 sec 2
Final Exam / CRIT
Wed Dec 21 at 4pm		 Finals week

Please plan to attend as many of the Art + Design Guest Lectures in the Tweed Musem as you can:

Fall ADLS Speakers 2005/2006

John Adams, Designer
Thurs 9.22.05 2pm

Tom Millard, Ceramist
Thurs 10.20.05 2pm

Susan Ryan, Art Historian 
Tues 10.25.05 noon

Alex Kirwan, Animator
Tues 11.15.05 noon

Deborah Lillie, Photo/Mixed Media
Tues 11.22.05 noon

****If you have any special needs which will hinder your ability to meet the basic requirements of the class, please inform the instructor the first week of class. All University policies apply to this class with regards to respect and fairness to all no matter, race, creed, religion, sexual preference, gender, beliefs, and physical disability.

It is University policy to provide, on a flexible and individualized basis, accommodations to students with disabilities that may affect their ability to participate in course activities or to meet course requirements.

Students with disabilities are also encouraged to contact Disability Services & Resources to discuss their individual needs for accommodations.

Posted by Joellyn Rock at 11:12 AM | | Comments (1)

Vasalisa Project image : EMPLOY

here is an image from my own digital narrative work:


View The Vasalisa Project

View Joellyn Rock's Portfolio

Posted by Joellyn Rock at 11:02 AM | | Comments (0)

digital art presentations

Please choose a topic for your presentation from the Digital Art (world of art ) text book:

Here are the topics:

Posted by Joellyn Rock at 10:57 AM | | Comments (0)

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