Class Schedule and Materials



Session 1 (Week of Feb 1): A Tour of the Museum of Virtual Art on the New Caerleon Sim in Second Life



Session 2 (Week of Feb 8): Beauty, Art, and Society


Session 3 (Week of Feb 15): Art and Technology 1


Session 4 (Week of Feb 22): Art and Technology 2


Session 5 (Week of Mar 1): Significance of the Avant-Garde



Session 6 (Week of Mar 8): Reality, Appearance, Illusion, and Simulation


Midterm Exam (Due Mar 15)
 


Session 7 (Week of March 15): Classical Virtual Art


Week of March 22: Spring Break


Session 8 (Week of March 29): Virtuality and Posthumanism in Stelarc's Art





Session 9 and 10 (Week of April 12): Immersion and Interaction


April 7: Harbor Gallery Exhibition Opens


Session 11 (Week of April 19): Ambiguity of Identity and Environmental Fluidity



Session 12 (Week of April 26): Artificial Agency and Networked Collaboration


Session 13 (Week of May 3): Class Meeting in Second Life on the New Caerleon Sim



Final Paper (Due May 14)