{"ModuleCode":"NM5209","ModuleTitle":"Interactive Media Arts","Department":"Communications And New Media","ModuleDescription":"This course will cover major artistic threads, such as networked art, that involve large numbers of geographically distributed participants, large-scale public works as well as virtual and augmented reality works that blur the distinction between real-world and synthetic information. The course will focus on interactive works where media consumers participate in creating their own artistic experience. It will also cover the historical development of ideas, put them into a social context and examine contemporary critical reflections about art. The course will culminate in the study of several works by some of the most important emerging new media artists.","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","AcadYear":"2014/2015","History":[{"Semester":1,"Timetable":[{"ClassNo":"1","LessonType":"Seminar-Style Module Class","WeekText":"Every Week","DayText":"Tuesday","StartTime":"1800","EndTime":"2100","Venue":"AS6-0333"}],"IVLE":[{"Announcements":null,"Forums":[],"Workbins":[],"Webcasts":[],"Gradebooks":[],"Polls":[],"Multimedia":[],"LessonPlan":[],"ID":"078a6903-b5be-4dd3-9137-a88ac4b9ee82","CourseLevel":"1","CourseCode":"NM5209","CourseName":"INTERACTIVE MEDIA ARTS","CourseDepartment":"","CourseSemester":"Semester 1","CourseAcadYear":"2014/2015","CourseOpenDate":"/Date(1400601600000+0800)/","CourseOpenDate_js":"2014-05-21T00:00:00","CourseCloseDate":"/Date(1417881540000+0800)/","CourseCloseDate_js":"2014-12-06T23:59:00","CourseMC":"0","isActive":"N","Permission":"S","Creator":{"UserID":null,"Name":"Wyse, Lonce Lamar","Email":null,"Title":null,"UserGuid":"b875a5d1-d255-4ad5-a640-20e5d89ccff5","AccountType":null},"hasGradebookItems":false,"hasTimetableItems":true,"hasGroupsItems":false,"hasClassGroupsForSignUp":false,"hasGuestRosterItems":true,"hasClassRosterItems":false,"hasWeblinkItems":false,"hasLecturerItems":true,"hasDescriptionItems":true,"hasReadingItems":false,"hasAnnouncementItems":false,"hasProjectGroupItems":false,"hasProjectGroupsForSignUp":false,"hasConsultationItems":false,"hasConsultationSlotsForSignUp":false,"hasLessonPlanItems":true,"Badge":0,"BadgeAnnouncement":0,"WebLinks":[],"Lecturers":[{"ID":"6d69133d-c1d1-4545-9657-b81bc95e4fbc","User":{"UserID":null,"Name":"Wyse, Lonce Lamar","Email":null,"Title":null,"UserGuid":"b875a5d1-d255-4ad5-a640-20e5d89ccff5","AccountType":null},"Role":"Lecturer ","Order":1,"ConsultHrs":null}],"Descriptions":[{"ID":"1e5f053b-8835-4692-be49-41f07234cfff","Title":"Learning Outcomes","Description":"NM5209 New Media Art
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\nThis course will cover major artistic threads, such as networked art, that involve large numbers of geographically distributed participants, large-scale public works as well as networked and virtual works that blur the distinction between real-world and synthetic information. Much of the course will focus on socially-oriented and interactive art where audiences are given a voice and participate in creating their experience. It will also cover the historical development of ideas, put them into a social context and examine contemporary critical reflections about culture, society, and art. A hands-on component will allow students to experiment with creating interactive works. The course will also familiarize students with works by some of the most important emerging new media artists.
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\nThe Lecture component introduces historical background and foundational material. The Lectures are primarily a one-way presentation of information, but are designed to accommodate class discussion, as well. 20th & 21st century art and writings that embody the roots of significant trends found in New Media Art such as interactivity, kinetics, social critique, performance, and open works, as well as technological roots in video and early computer works will be covered in the Lectures. (It is hoped that much of this material will be covered in courses that can be structured as prerequisite as the CNM media track matures). Command of this material is essential for engaging deeply with the seminar material to come.
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\nThe Seminar section classes will be flanked with a discussion of specific artworks, but the central activity is a round-table discussion on the readings for the week. Discusssion will be largely student-led. Leading paper discussions is one of the key course requirements for the students.
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\nThe Lab section explores the hands-on creation of interactive software. We will use the JavaScript language for working with code. The language is becoming more popular among artists, and creative expression is easily accessible by people who are neither software nor electrical engineers. The point of the Lab is not so much skill development as it is practical and tangible experience with the theoretical ideas we cover in the rest this course (such as interactivity, physical computing, visualization, etc.), No previous coding experience is necessary.
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\nIn addition to the reading and seminar participation, the assignments include reading reflections, short software exercises following the Labs, leading a paper discussion, and the final project for the class is a paper on one of the themes developed during the course.","Order":3},{"ID":"8e5f053b-8835-4692-be49-41f07234cfff","Title":"Assessment","Description":"
\nGrading for this module is based 100% on individual performance. The different assessment components are:
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\n• Tutorial/Lab: 30% for reflection papers and software exercises
\n• Class discussion-leading: 20%
\n• Participation (class; blog/forum, engagement): 15%
\n• Reflection papers
\n• Term Paper/Project: 35%","Order":8},{"ID":"57468f47-2787-4756-9702-44063432bc08","Title":"Preclusions","Description":"Nil","Order":9},{"ID":"5c16023b-700e-49cd-be79-87e308ff322d","Title":"Workload","Description":"3-0-0-3-4
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\nWorkload Components : A-B-C-D-E
\nA: no. of lecture hours per week
\nB: no. of tutorial hours per week
\nC: no. of lab hours per week
\nD: no. of hours for projects, assignments, fieldwork etc per week
\nE: no. of hours for preparatory work by a student per week","Order":10}],"ReadingFormatted":[],"ReadingUnformatted":[]}],"Lecturers":["Wyse, Lonce Lamar"],"LecturePeriods":["Tuesday Evening"]}]}