Goals
This core New Media course grounds you in the critical language, concepts, and creative practice in the field of New Media.
Our basic questions will be NOT what New Media IS but what New Media DOES: what are the issues, ideas or controversies explored by New Media creators? how can/does New Media shape our culture and experience? what can I make, when I make New Media work? and why do i make it? what critical issues of our times can New Media address and how? and how can i participate –via New Media–in the unfolding story of my culture?
Answering these questions will take us through readings, class discussions, viewings of New Media projects, videos, and reviews of classmates’ work. Your goal is not merely to understand but to question and push the ideas & techniques in the work you encounter. Your goal is to come up with a clear, working practice for New Media that both understands the field, and reflects your own creative input.