#NEW MEDIA 01: I/O Systems:
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#MEDIA:

we will be [discussing/developing] new media as an art-historical
(chronological media arts) genre in relation to screen based media 
(from cinema to video art) + as social technological concept/construct. 

#NEW:

New Media's new-ness will be [discussed/developed] in relation to 
utopian hopes + promises, faded glories + various futurisms.

#I/0:
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#INPUT:

students will be expected to try [technologies/systems] which 
are [demonstrated/discussed] in class. these [technologies/systems]
will incl object oriented programming for media files 
(i.e. {ActionScript, FlashMX + Sorenson|entropy8zuper|Alan Kay's 
'Personal Dynamic Media'}), transcoding (i.e. {Cleaner + QuickTime|
the Boston CyberArts Festival's Transcodex|Vivian Sobchack's 
'Nostalgia for a Digital Object'}) + web-based approaches to 
experimental media arts (i.e. {[scripting/coding/programming] media
with various languages|Mongrel's NINE|Vannevar Bush's 'As We May
Think'}). those [technologies/systems] + others should all be 
considered during the creation of work to be critiqued during
class meetings. 

#OUTPUT:

01 assignment will be given + this assignment should articulate 
in some way, the concerns of the class. i do not, however, 
assume that this assignment will be solely relevent to or 
limited in scope or application to New Media 01.

#EXCLUDE:

there will not be any tests or any assigned technical excercises.

#EVALUATE:

we will critique all student projects twice (as a class) + i will
address projects + students individually throughout the semester.

#PARAMETERS

class will meet every FRI from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 PM, with a one-hour 
break for nutrients, with the exception of Graduate Critique Week. 

attendance and punctuality are required.
3 absences == NO CREDIT. 2 lates == 1 absence.

#GRAPH:

classTime will be divided in the following manner:

90% Input
10% Output

Inputs will be divided in the following manner:

30% techno-social skillset development
30% readings + discussions
30% screenings of relevent works
10% critiques of student projects