Prehistories of New Media: 1965 to the Present
ARTHI 2511
1 PM - 4PM THURS
SPRING 2005

jonCates
Assistant Professor (Film, Video & New Media)
Art History Theory and Criticism
JCATES at SAIC dot EDU

Lori Felker
Teaching Assistant
LFELKER at SAIC dot EDU

COURSEWARE: DESCRIPTION ++ SYLLABUS ++ REFERENCE MATERIALS

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01. re:mediations + rear view mirrorism



"A dread of the past and fear of the future
Thats maniacal, I cuff through my manocle
Mechanical and super-natty
Brand new, youre retro
Brand new, youre retro
Brand new, youre retro"

"Brand New You’re Retro" from Maxinquaye - Tricky (1995)




Marshall McLuhan



The Medium is the Massage - Marshall McLuhan, Quentin Fiore + Jerome Agel (1967)
http://www.ubu.com/sound/mcluhan.html



"The past went that-a-way. When faced with a totally
new situation, we tend always to attach ourselves
to the objects, to the flavor of the most recent past.
We look at the present through a rear-view mirror.
We march backwards into the future."

The Medium is the Massage - Marshall McLuhan + Quentin Fiore (1967)



Remediation: Understanding New Media - Jay David Bolter + Richard Grusin (1999)



Spectres of the Spectrum - Craig Baldwin (1999)


TechGnosis - Erik Davis (1998)
http://www.techgnosis.com

The Sub-Division of the Electric Light - Perry Hoberman (1996)



Illusions: Philosophical Toy World - Zoe Beloff (1999)



Inflat-o-scape - Jessica Irish (2001)
http://www.inflatoscape.com

READ:

Pour faire un poème dadaiste - Tristan Tzara (1920)

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The Cut-Up Method of Brion Gysin - William S. Burroughs (1961)

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Nova Express (excerpt) - William S Burroughs (1964)

READ REVIEW QUESTIONS:

who is Brion Gysin + what is The Cut-Up Method?

who is the "The Subliminal Kid" + what does he do?

are all New Media Art projects in fact cut-ups?

Email your answers in plain ASCII text format to Lori Felker lfelke@saic.edu before the next Prehystories of New Media class mtg on 2006.09.14

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