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soongsil university / the Global School of Media

2011 fall
introduction to media art: new media and arts

   

professor: 

dr. joonsung yoon  <dryoon@maat.kr>

office hours: tuesday 16:00 - 19:00, wednesday 14:00 - 16:00 (information science building, room 529)

time & place: 

section A: wednesday, thursday 10:30 - 11:45 (infomation science building, room 601)
section B: wednesday, thursday 12:00 - 13:15 (infomation science building, room 601)

   

description: 

This class for sophermore students is an introduction to new media approaches to media art with practical examples. Overall scanning of the burgeoning era of media art from mechanical art to computer based interactive art including video art, computer art and net art will be introduced. Then, New media and new technologies are covered for considering aesthetic relationships between traditional art forms and ideas of contemporary art. Students will practice and reconsider their ideas and thoughts on media art and leading edged technologies reflecting cultural matter and current issues. Every week students have to follow up given readings presented by the professor and appointed students. By posting comments and summaries to each own blog, we can share our understanding and knowledge together.