Schedule


# Schedule

## Week 1

- Instructor, teaching assistant, and student introductions
- Review course outline, schedule, and assignments
- Course introduction

**Moodle:**

- Group presentation sign-up due by end of Week 2
- Pre-course survey due by end of Week 2

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## Week 2

- Lecture: Selecting your platform(s)
- Review: Research-creation project proposal requirements
- Field trip: In-person or virtual exhibition

**Moodle:**

- Individual meetings sign-up due by end of Week 3

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## Week 3

- **Reading/Presentation #1:** [*New Media Art*](https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262201687/new-media-art/) by Mark Tribe and Reena Jana
- Lecture: Exploring online resources
- Proposal workshop: Draft proposals due during class for peer review and feedback

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## Week 4

- **Reading/Presentation #2:** "Nonhuman Vision" in [*Nonhuman Photography*](https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262538325/nonhuman-photography/) by Joanna Zylinska
- Lecture: Navigating online tools

**Moodle:**

- Final proposals due
- Exhibition response due

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## Week 5

- **Reading/Presentation #3:** "Remote Action and the Trauma of (Not) Being Touched" in [*HERE/THERE: Telepresence, Touch, and Art at the Interface*](https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262037075/here-there/) by Kris Paulsen
- Lecture: Internet of Things

**Moodle:**

- Mid-term group sign-up due by end of Week 6

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## Week 6

- Individual meetings: students are required to bring work-in-progress of their final projects
- Studio time

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## Week 7

- Individual meetings: students are required to bring work-in-progress of their final projects
- Studio time

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## Week 8

- **Reading/Presentation #4:** "Open Sky: Part I" in [*Open Sky*](https://www.versobooks.com/products/683-open-sky) by Paul Virilio
- Artist talks:
  - Adam Simms
  - Petrija Dos Santos

**Moodle:**

- Mid-term survey due by end of Week 9

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## Week 9

- **Reading/Presentation #5:** "In Defense of the Poor Image" + "Too Much World: Is the Internet Dead?" by Hito Steyerl
- Workshop: Mid-term work-in-progress presentation (breakout groups of 3–4 people during class time)

**Moodle:**

- Mid-term work-in-progress due by end of Week 10

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## Week 10

- Guest: Galerie Galerie
- **Reading/Presentation #6:** [*New Aesthetic, New Anxieties*](https://v2.nl/archive/books/new-aesthetic-new-anxieties) by David M. Berry, Michel van Dartel, Michael Dieter, Michelle Kasprzak, Nat Muller, Rachel O'Reilly and José Luis de Vicente
- Film screening: [*Coded Bias*](https://www.codedbias.com/) by Shalini Kantayya

**Moodle:**

- Film screening response due by end of Week 11

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## Week 11

- Lecture: Image economies
- Course and final project Q&A
- Open peer feedback

**Moodle:**

- Course evaluation due by end of Week 11

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## Week 12

- Final presentations and critiques: Group A

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## Week 13

- Final presentations and critiques: Group B

**Moodle:**

- Uploaded research-creation project due by end of Week 13