ELECTRONIC MEDIA HT5302A 2002-2003
Electronic Media, within the framework of contemporary critical theory, seeks to explore the intersection between art, culture and technology,through an examination of video, screen based and photographic work.
The course is divided into eight blocks: first block is an overview and introduction
to the differing genealogies in contemporary theory locating the development
of electronic media. The second block introduces the idea of prosthetic memory
as a recurrent theme within electronic media. The third block examines the ways
in which contemporary electronic media is challenging the psychoanalytical theories
of the mirror/screen as a mode of identification and subject formation. The
forth block looks at artistic interventions into the the modern computer interface
(Graphic User Interface). The fifth block looks at how the interface between
technology and the body, through the image of the cyborg, has seen the positing
of new subjectivities in contemporary electronic based performance art. The
sixth block looks at theories of hypertext and interaction and how they challenging
contemporary theories of critical writing and artistic and audience intervention.
The seventh block, through the figure of the automata, examines a body of work
which is emerging around the concepts of telepresence and telerobotics which
disrupts the narrative of technology as subjection/control. A theoretical position
and proposes that the telephone,the telescope, TV and the web are technologies
which are producing new forms of knowledge and understanding. The final block
looks at issues of technological surveillance and embodiment.
The course will also cover the making and setting up of a web site on the college network - as an essential part of the course requirements.
MONDAYS - 2PM - 4PM
Course Leader: Janice Cheddie