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schedule

This schedule is a basic outline of what we will be covering when - it is subject to change at anytime and you are not recommended to miss any classes. The class blog will be used for regular updates.

Week 1
+ Introduction (syllabus, expectations, methodology)
+ Overview of time arts
+ Setting up individual blogs on Blogger (for reading responses)
+ Begin Project 1: Cutting Sequential Rhythm
+ Screening: Bruce & Norman Yonemoto, Jan Svankmajer's "The Ossuary" , Chris Marker's Le Jetee
+ Eisenstein's Methods of Montage
+ Using Scanners & Photoshop to acquire/scale/crop/alter images
+ Intro to FCP
+ Check out Lacie drives and firewire cables

Week 2
+ Editing Project 1
+ View completed Project 1 videos (Cutting Sequential Rhythms)

Week 3
+ Discuss reading: Lev Manovich's What is Digital Cinema
+ Jan 29 + 31: Stop Motion Animation
+ View Svankmajer, Laurie Simmons, Eric Saks, BrickFilms, demo iStopMotion, work with partner on concept, needs & sketches
+ Reserve a camera & tripod for Jan 31 - working on production in class

Week 4
+ Final stop motion projects due - view in class (Feb 5)
+ Reading Discussion: Pier Paolo Pasolini's Observations on the Long Take (1967) (who is Pasolini?)
In preparation for Project 3, "The Long Take"
+ Screening: Feb 7, 5:30 KAM 62 (Antonioni's Blow Up)

Week 5
+ View Long Takes
+ Sound art
+ Some examples to consider (there are so many!): Janet Cardiff (have a listen and read an interview) , Sonic Arts Network, BBC's Dots & Lines Exhibition, Stephen Vitiello, OpSound, Ubu Web Sound (giant collection - browse away!), Anthony Ptak, DJ Spooky, Teresa Gale, Jason Freeman's Flou, Mark Cooley, Invisible 5, This American Life, where to stop...
+ Project 4: Audio walk + podcast

Week 6
+ audio recording and editing
+ Reading - Goldsmith's Bring Da Noise: A Brief Survey of Sound Art (from Duchamp to cell phones)

Week 7
+ audio walk due March 4

Week 8
+ Interrogating Interviews assignment
+ Documentary practice
+ Reading for next week: Martha Rosler's In, Around and Afterthoughts

Week 9
+Spring Break

Week 10
+ View Interrogating Interviews

Week 11
+ Broadcasting art
+ Not Advertising assignment
+ Screening: Adam Curtis "Century of the Self" (clip), Richard Serra "Television Delivers the People", Martha Rosler "Semiotics of the Kitchen" Peter Weibel "Perfect Sandwich" Valie Export "Watching a Family", Stan Douglas "Monodrama", Electrodist "Who is Guy Debord", League of Imaginary Scientists "Really Real Estate", The Yes Men, Rev Billy

Week 12
+ After Effects + motion graphics