week 2 and due

This week: intro to (x)html; intro to Dreamweaver CS3; narrative vs multi-dimensionality in sites; identity through fotos 

In pairs: find 2 narrative sites, 2 non- narrative, 2 multi-dimensional sites an finally group them into whether they have a design or art focus. Can u define art vs design from this analysis. 

 With 4-5 students: do image on phone and collage in photoshop exercise. 

 

LINK: face of tmw - a cute site that claims to be"a concept for a series of photographs that addresses the effects of globalization on identity."

SEE the USYD composite face. Can you see yourself in this? Will we go the same way as say Istanbul where the east meets the west in a face/identity that has morphed into a composite of "Asia" and "western" face? Is Australia the ultimate potential composite? 

We may do an exercise where I get all of us to take a foto/portrait of another person in the class and we attempt a composite for a male and female.. upload it.

For next week (Each student is to present a site /(v)blog or some other online experiment that engages them – as an example of an art form or design - 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 – posted on blog
TO: to a group of other students (max 4 in group)
LOOK at : tomato.uk or similar. Please do NOT go for larger corporate sites. Most of us know them anyway. (nike etc). I suggest you research the link on the right of this blog to gain an idea of possibilities. 

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.