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James Coupe
DXARTS 200
Seattle Campus
Provides a historical and critical overview of artists and scientists pioneering the digital arts. Discusses important digital media issues from aesthetics, creative strategies, emerging trends, and socio-cultural aspirations.
Class description
The future of art has always been a matter of critical concern, as the role of the artist within society shifts and aesthetic sensibilities become transformed. Science can provide strong insights into methods for understanding these mutations, for example through looking at Kuhn’s notion of paradigms, Einstein’s theory of relativity or Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle. This course analyses examples from art, science, technology, sociology and philosophy in order to provide students with the means to establish their own vision of what art can become, from both a practical and a theoretical perspective. It focuses upon the methodologies and ideologies that underpin our current understanding of digital art, approaching it as a multi-dimensional array of related possibilities. Students are asked to use this grounding as a stimulus to speculate about new, emerging art forms, and in the process take their first step towards inventing the boundaries of future art practice.
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
Contextual lecture, guest artist lecture and discussion section.
Recommended preparation
Class assignments and grading
Weekly homework, discussion and final project
