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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