Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Nummer und Typ	BFA-BFA-Th.23H.010 / Moduldurchführung
Modul	Theorie
Veranstalter	Departement Fine Arts
Leitung	Jenifer Anne Catherine Fulton
Anzahl Teilnehmende	maximal 13
ECTS	3 Credits
Voraussetzungen	Course language: English
Zielgruppen	BA Fine Arts students Open for exchange-students Interested BA students of other study programmes can register from 28 August - 08 September 2023 by ClickEnroll; https://intern.zhdk.ch/?ClickEnroll Interested MA students write an email between 28 August - 11 September 2023 2023 to: studium.dfa@zhdk.ch We will inform you by e-mail in CW 39 whether participation is possible. Applications before 28 August 2023 will not be accepted. No registrations through our lecturers will be accepted.
Lernziele / Kompetenzen	Introduce the landscape of internet-based art practices, from the nineties pioneers JODI to now, with the explosion of Web 3 and Artificial Intelligence-based practices, such as Sarah Meyohas, Cory Arcangel, Simon Denny, and Sarah Friend. Analyse web, data, and technology-based artistic practices and look at how technical innovation and artistic creativity interact, from painting, to gaming, and block-chain-based practices. Look at how media and net art are supported by museums, institutions, curators, and the wider field of literature.
Inhalte	Technology and art have a long and fruitful history, from the foundation of Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.), a collaboration between the engineers of Bell Labs and artists, including Robert Rauschenberg, to today, when artists have access to an unprecedented number of tech-based resources, from blockchain, to AI, to the internet as a medium itself. This course aims to decode the various technology-based platforms, starting in 1994 with the foundation of net.art through artists including Jodi.org and Olia Lialina, going on to examine the post-internet based practices of Amalia Ulman, Jon Rafman, Simon Denny, and the DIS Collective among many others. We will look into the archives of Rhizome, the platform dedicated to net art hosted by the New Museum. Gaming, world-building, and the opportunities offered by both human and AI-based platforms are becoming increasingly important: here, Cao Fei’s RMB City and Ian Cheng’s Emissaries series, as well as works by Cory Arcangel will be examined. Technology as a site of utopia forms another aspect of this discussion, with the queering of the space by collectives such as The Institute of Queer Ecology. We will conclude with a discussion of the risks, opportunities, and issues with the current emergence of mass artificial-intelligence driven platforms such as MidJourney and ChatGPT 4. Dr. Jeni Fulton (*1981) is the Head of Editorial at Art Basel, leading editorial production – essays, interviews, short films and social media. She is the catalogue editor for the Art Market Report, an industry-leading bi-annual publication published in collaboration with Arts Economics and UBS. She holds a PhD on the topic of Value and Evaluation in Contemporary Art, which examined the relationship between art criticism, art writing, and the art market since the 2000s.
Bibliographie / Literatur	Will be handed out during the course
Leistungsnachweis / Testatanforderung	Mandatory attendance (minimum 80%); active participation
Termine	Time: 09:15 - 17:00 o'clock CW 45: 06 / 07 / 08 / 09 / 10 November
Bewertungsform	bestanden / nicht bestanden

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