Assignment #1

This will be our class blog and repository for homework. Assignments #1, Your blog will serve as your visual journal throughout the semester. You will use it as an archive, as a repository for course work, and as your visual journal. Use it also to reflect your learning process and to post notes from the class. Make entries related to our topic along the way including sketches, drafts, media files, etc. Give each blog posts descriptive titles that identify each assignment (1/1, 1/2, etc.) so that you (and others) can follow your progress throughout the semester. 1.Create an individual blog with a first entry that introduces you and your educational background. Add a few sentences about your experience level with new media. Post a photographic portrait of yourself in the sidebar of your blog. Send your URL to the instructor (rj2137@tc.columbia.edu). 2.Conduct a short research online and locate an artist (or designer) who uses technology as an important part of her studio practice or teaching. Write a blog entry about his/her work and how he/she uses technology creatively (one paragraph; include a reference image of his/her work; do not copy/paste text, use your own words to summarize). 3.Research an art institution/gallery/museum or, if you prefer, school, that focuses on technologies and list the type of media they specialize in. 4.Read Douglas Rushkoff, either Chapter 1 or 2 (see Canvas/Files "ReadingNMNF#1.pdf), and share two takeaways on your blog. (PS: As I mentioned, New Media New Forms is not primarily reading focused; while the readings will help you to place the art&technology-debate within a broader context and to develop some language, I encourage you to skim the readings only instead of spending a lot of time with them.) 5.Become a digital steward for one subtopic-area of the class and select your presentation spot through Canvas/Pages.