Tin Sheds Art Workshops (updated 5th March 2008)
Web Art & Design
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Overview
Session 1, 2008, Wednesdays, 2-5 pm
The Web Art & Design course is aimed at students who wish to learn the basics of web design and internet page creation. It will cover Dreamweaver site building, Photoshop for the web as well as basic Flash animation skills and will culminate in the construction of a website. Students are encouraged to look beyond the more obvious uses of the internet and engage with the net in terms of its creative potential and its role within contemporary visual arts and design. The course will examine uses of the internet by contemporary artists and designers in such diverse areas as media arts and other emerging online forms.
WEEKLY outline
Wk 1 March 05 Introduction to the Dreamweaver & the web today.
An overview. Course outline discussed. Assessment and your blog.
Identifying the inherent qualities (interconnectedness) of the internet and identifying possibilities for contemporary art practice and design.
html: mark-up languages, introduction to xhtml, data and representation, navigation, file transfer (upload)
view: internet as material to work from JODI the shredder
and the intersection btn gaming and full blown Hollywood drama?? interactivestory
Introductory Reading::
How the Internet Works
An Internet Timeline
Alternate Visions: Way Out of the Box
New Media Concepts
theorist manovich
Wk 2 March 12 Basic page building skills. An introduction to html, looking at the code behind the scene. Using tables & CSS to achieve visually interesting layouts. Issues relating to changes to the web.
Research presentation started today (Each student is to present a site or (v)blog or some other online experiment that engages them – as an example of an art form or design - investigate - with attention to how it contributes to the development of the internet and identifying possibilities for contemporary art/design practice. This will followed up by a short report due in the final week)
viewing: pagesmagazine
Discussion of various web based projects and possible ways to look at the design/art relationship
Reading:: css: webmonkey stylesheet guide
best web development
make tables
concrete poetry today
Wk 3 March 19 General discussion on subject of major project. Preparing imagery for the web. Photoshop. The basics including the digital file preparation, image file formats for the web and Intellectual property.
Research presentation to be continued today
Hypertext & cascading style sheets: box model and flow-based layout
Reading: Borges: The Garden of Forking Paths (Borges questions of the idea of history as a single path or linear process; posing instead the idea of history branching out in an infinite number of different directions at every point in time and space; every space-time node (terminal in a computer network where data is received or transmitted) as the centre of a system of branching or forking paths, an ever-recurring moment/place of choice with profound effects on and links to everything else.
hypertext links: My Body
hypertext
:: Common week March 21-28 ::
Wk 4 April 02 Examining the use of made of digital and non digital imagery by artists working on the web. Design & layout techniques for html. the limits of html. Photoshop and layers in planning. Class exercise 1
Reading:: web colors complete
a list apart
Wk 5 April 09 Planning your internet site - flow charts, story boards and / or mockups etc to think through sequence and structure. narrative structure within hypermedia, examining recent web based art projects.
Watch:: UBU Concrete Poetry
Wk 6 April 16 Considering colour as a design element. Examining the use of colour in a array of recent contemporary art websites. Advanced work with
Major project concept due. (in class discussion + peer review)
Wk 7 April 23 Animation for the web. animated Gifs. Identifying current web animation technologies – Flash & Quicktime etc. Using sounds on your website, some common file formats. Examination of recent contemporary art projects that - sound & video. Feedback & help on final project.
Wk 8 April 30 Class exercise 2
Wk 9 May 07 animation & sound pt 2.
Wk 10 May 14 Final studio workshop and tutorial sessions. Studio development of major project.
Wk 11 May 21 Considering spaces for contemporary art and design for the Web. An examination of the multiplicity of uses artists/designers make of the world wide web. Attempting to identify broad trends within such uses - web galleries, online projects, net.art, examples and exceptions.
Studio development of major project.
Wk 12 May 28 Use of flash in your online artwork.
:: Common week March 21-28 ::
Wk 4 April 02 Examining the use of made of digital and non digital imagery by artists working on the web. Design & layout techniques for html. the limits of html. Photoshop and layers in planning. Class exercise 1
Reading:: web colors complete
a list apart
Wk 5 April 09 Planning your internet site - flow charts, story boards and / or mockups etc to think through sequence and structure. narrative structure within hypermedia, examining recent web based art projects.
Watch:: UBU Concrete Poetry
Wk 6 April 16 Considering colour as a design element. Examining the use of colour in a array of recent contemporary art websites. Advanced work with
Major project concept due. (in class discussion + peer review)
Wk 7 April 23 Animation for the web. animated Gifs. Identifying current web animation technologies – Flash & Quicktime etc. Using sounds on your website, some common file formats. Examination of recent contemporary art projects that - sound & video. Feedback & help on final project.
Wk 8 April 30 Class exercise 2
Wk 9 May 07 animation & sound pt 2.
Wk 10 May 14 Final studio workshop and tutorial sessions. Studio development of major project.
Wk 11 May 21 Considering spaces for contemporary art and design for the Web. An examination of the multiplicity of uses artists/designers make of the world wide web. Attempting to identify broad trends within such uses - web galleries, online projects, net.art, examples and exceptions.
Studio development of major project.
Wk 12 May 28 Use of flash in your online artwork.
Further feedback & help on final project.
Wk 13 June 04 Presentation of your major web-based projects with group critique.
Wk 13 June 04 Presentation of your major web-based projects with group critique.
Either upload site or on CD.
Backup All Your Work
IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO BACK UP ALL YOUR WORK!
Backup All Your Work
IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO BACK UP ALL YOUR WORK!
WHAT is in the assessment
Pls Note that ALL assignments need to be completed in order to achieve at least a pass grade.
onlinejournal/blog + research report + attendance
+ participation35 marks (due final week : June 4th)
the blog : This is the opportunity to compile, construct, render etc a record - the idea is to engage in the practice of concept development of a project related to your ideas regarding web design; the role of art in web / design. What is design? How is it linked to art and design? You will also keep a record of sites visited during the semester. You could do this through blogspot or wordpress.
• Details: your online journal will include:
• A wide range of images and explanation of why selected
• Record of online research including web based design AND art practice
• Research report that follows up your short presentation (600 words plus) – see below
• Research on artist / designers online. Their role online and conceptual background
• Your lab work – how it connects with your core studies
• Response to weekly readings
The blog should reflect your ongoing reflection on your creative work. Specifically:
A range of images: from mass media, books, online imagery, sketches, mockups, photos in any form that can screened, scanned etc. into the blog with notes if needed
Written work: showing you are thinking about art/dsign not simply cutting and pasting. Some kind of quick reference would be appropriate
Development/process: not necessarily step by step but at least some direction
Critical awareness: of contemporary trends in online art and its effect on design. (interconnectedness). Theorists such as Manovich are useful
Research report: based on your website research presentation given wk 3/4. Report 600 words as part of blog/diary. You will need to consider: a. whether it falls into design and/or art; b. why it does so; c. how it relates to other art/design forms on the web.
Participation: see 2008 faculty handbook
Pls Note that ALL assignments need to be completed in order to achieve at least a pass grade.
onlinejournal/blog + research report + attendance
+ participation35 marks (due final week : June 4th)
the blog : This is the opportunity to compile, construct, render etc a record - the idea is to engage in the practice of concept development of a project related to your ideas regarding web design; the role of art in web / design. What is design? How is it linked to art and design? You will also keep a record of sites visited during the semester. You could do this through blogspot or wordpress.
• Details: your online journal will include:
• A wide range of images and explanation of why selected
• Record of online research including web based design AND art practice
• Research report that follows up your short presentation (600 words plus) – see below
• Research on artist / designers online. Their role online and conceptual background
• Your lab work – how it connects with your core studies
• Response to weekly readings
The blog should reflect your ongoing reflection on your creative work. Specifically:
A range of images: from mass media, books, online imagery, sketches, mockups, photos in any form that can screened, scanned etc. into the blog with notes if needed
Written work: showing you are thinking about art/dsign not simply cutting and pasting. Some kind of quick reference would be appropriate
Development/process: not necessarily step by step but at least some direction
Critical awareness: of contemporary trends in online art and its effect on design. (interconnectedness). Theorists such as Manovich are useful
Research report: based on your website research presentation given wk 3/4. Report 600 words as part of blog/diary. You will need to consider: a. whether it falls into design and/or art; b. why it does so; c. how it relates to other art/design forms on the web.
Participation: see 2008 faculty handbook
Major project concept (due week 6 ) 5 marks
Your concept for your site will incorporate:
1. psp mockup a rational
2. a short written investigation of design possibilities from other sites leading up to a final site project that will be uploaded on the university server.
Feedback will by you peers and myself in class.
Major Web Project: (due week 13) 50 marks
The major web project will be to construct your own site. The site must be uploaded onto the web either via the university or a free provider.
THEME: TBA – depending on tutorial makeup. I generally decide this after getting to know the background of the group
2 class exercises (weeks 4 & 8) 20 marks
These form an integral part of the assessment. Related to the ongoing work. Both in class. Will NOT be re-done if student is not present on that day. (these are to be primarily technical exercises)
marks breakdown:
• diary/blog + web research report + attendance + participation 35mks
• Major project concept 5mks
• 2 exercises (inclass) 20mks
• Major Web Project 50mks
Total /110 –> %
Your concept for your site will incorporate:
1. psp mockup a rational
2. a short written investigation of design possibilities from other sites leading up to a final site project that will be uploaded on the university server.
Feedback will by you peers and myself in class.
Major Web Project: (due week 13) 50 marks
The major web project will be to construct your own site. The site must be uploaded onto the web either via the university or a free provider.
THEME: TBA – depending on tutorial makeup. I generally decide this after getting to know the background of the group
2 class exercises (weeks 4 & 8) 20 marks
These form an integral part of the assessment. Related to the ongoing work. Both in class. Will NOT be re-done if student is not present on that day. (these are to be primarily technical exercises)
marks breakdown:
• diary/blog + web research report + attendance + participation 35mks
• Major project concept 5mks
• 2 exercises (inclass) 20mks
• Major Web Project 50mks
Total /110 –> %
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