Faculty: York Wong LIB 1604 ext.6624 (wongy@elwha.evergreen.edu)
In this final quarter of the year-long program "Virtual College", we will examine artitstic expressions of the connection between (post)modern society and technology. Each student will complete this study by creating a piece of art to symbolize his/her interpretation of these processes.
Meeting Times and Places
Monday and Friday:
SOS and studio work. Research and presentation on an artist/movement of your choice.
Tuesday and Thursday:
Seminar 10-noon Library 1509. Afternoon open office hours with faculty.
Wednesday:
Sign-up conference with faculty. (workshops, films, field trips to be arranged)
Reading Assignments
Week 1
Article 1. Michael Brenson, "Where Do We Go From Here?" Article 2. John Lukacs "End of the 20th Century"
Week 2
Article 3. "Art and the Computer" Brian Wallis, ed., Art After Modernism. Introduction; seminar on "Re:Post" Article 4. Michael Sandel, "America's Search For a New Public Philosophy". Article 5. "Social Science and the Citizen."
Week 3
Article 6. Walter Benjamin "The Work Of Art In The Age of Mechanical Reproduction". Wallis: Sections 1 and 2. Seminar on "Realism for the Cause of Future Revolution" and "Re-Viewing Modernist Criticism". Article 7. Ann Landi "The 50 Most Powerful People in the Art World". Article 8. Geraldine Norman "The Biggest Spender".
Week 4
(tu) Wallis: Section III. Seminar on "Last Exit:Painting".
(th) Article 9: James Fallow "Why Americans Hate the Media".
Week 5
(tu) Wallis: Section V. Seminar on "Progress vs. Utopia"
(th) Article 10. National Review: "Defense and Technology".
Week 6
(tu) Wallis Section VI. Seminar on "Trojan Horses: Activist and Art Power".
(th) Article 11. Review of Resisting the Virtual Life.
Article 12. Julian Stallabrass "The Promise of the Internet".
Week 7
(tu) Wallis: Section VII.
(th) Guy Debord, Society of the Spectacle. Part 1.
Week 8
(tu) Guy Debord, Society of the Spectacle. Part 2.
(th) Guy Debord, Society of the Spectacle. Part 3.
Weeks 9, 10
Student Research presentations on individual artisit/movement.