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Revision as of 10:59, 27 September 2016
Course Info
ART 2691 INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL MEDIA
T/R 2-4:50 PM
3000 Bliss Hall
Course Webpage: rtwomey.people.ysu.edu
INSTRUCTOR
Robert Twomey
Bliss 4021
Office Hours: T/R 12:30-2, W 2-4
Email: rtwomey@ysu.edu
Website: http://roberttwomey.com
LAB HOURS
- Monday 5-8 Bliss 4057
- Tuesday 5-8 Bliss 3000
- Wednesday 5-8 Bliss 4057
- Thursday 5-8 Bliss 3000
- Friday 12-6 Bliss 3000
- Saturday 12-6 Bliss 3000
- Sunday 12-6 Bliss 3000
Photo Printing Hours
- Monday 8-11pm
- Tuesday 6-10pm
- Thursday 4:30-8:30pm
- Saturday 12-4pm
Resources
13 Ways of Looking At A Blackbird by Thomas McEvilley.
Do Digitally Altered Photos Represent Fact or Fiction - WSJ (original link with live content)
More info on collages:
- Hanna Höch Annotated "Cut with the Kitchen Knife through the Beer-Belly of the Weimar Republic"
- Höch's Cut with the Kitchen Knife Dada ..., Smarthistory
- Assume Vivid Astro Focus in NYTIMES
- Andreas Gursky -- Long Shot Close Up youtube
Library of Congress Photo Collection
Syllabus
Schedule
Week 0
- 8/25 - Introductions, Course Information
- Screening: Ways of Seeing (Part 1)
- Homework: Read 13 ways
Week 1
- 8/30 - Digital Images / Photoshop
- Quiz: 13 ways, discussion
- Photoshop Demo
- Homework: Read WSJ article
- 9/1 - Photoshop 2 / Fact or Fiction
- Finish Chapters 8-11 of Digital Foundations
- Discuss: Fact or Fiction
- Homework: Make a picture that lies about something.
Week 2
- 9/6 - Collage
- Due: exercises from Chapters 8-11 of Digital Foundations
- Discuss weekend exercises.
- Project 1 Introduction. Project 1
- 9/8 - Retouching: Before and After
- Review contemporary collage examples.
- Familiarize yourself with the advanced tools: (content-aware tools, fix flaws retouch photos, healing brush, content-aware patch and move). You can also check out the Photoshop CC tutorials, particularly the "Key Tools".
- Retouch a photograph. Save before and after images. Possible sources: Library of Congress, your own photos, flickr.com...
- Retouch documentation of an artwork, your own or someone elses. Save before and after images. Could be drawing, sculpture, other.
Week 3
- 9/13 - Project 1 Work
- Individual student-teacher check-ins on project 1.
- Work in class
- 9/15 - Project 1 / Photo Lab Printing Demo
- 1/2 of class - project work time
- 2nd 1/2 of class - Photo Printing in Class.
Week 4
- 9/20 Artist Lecture: Maria Rogal, Bliss 4061, 2pm
- Q&A with artist
- 9/21 - Last Day to Print your Project for Critique
- 9/22 - Critique: Project 1
Week 5
- 9/26 - Artist Lecture: Amber Kempthorn, Solomon Gallery, 1pm
- 9/27 - Digital Audio.
- Reading Michel Chion 3 Ways of listening, breakout group discussions.
- Listen to Musique Concrete.
- 9/29 - Field Trip: Pittsburgh
Week 6
- 10/4 - Editing Concrete Sounds
- Due: Audio recordings of daily routine
- In class demo of Audacity.
- In class project to edit 1 minute piece from weekend recordings.
- 10/6 - Soundscape.
Week 7
- 10/11
- 10/13 Critique: Project 2, Audio
- 10/13 Artist Lecture: Robert Atwell, McDonough, 5:10pm
Week 8
- 10/18 Digital Objects
- 10/19 Artist Lecture: Steve Rubin, McDonough, 5:10pm
- 10/20 Field Trip: Cleveland (Transformer Station, Spaces, CMA)
Week 9
- 10/25
- 10/27
- 10/29 Last day to withdraw with a grade of “W”
Week 10
- 11/1
- 11/2 Artist Lecture: Nicole Burisch, McDonough, 5:10pm
- 11/3
Week 11
- 11/8
- 11/10
Week 12
- 11/15 Critique: Project 3, Object
- 11/17 Kinectic Art
Week 13
- 11/22
- 11/24 No Class: Thanksgiving Holiday
Week 14
- 11/29
- 12/1
Week 15
- 12/6 Work in Progress: Project 4, Kinetic
- 12/8
FINAL DEC 15, 1PM: Final Critique
Artist Lectures
- 9/20 - Maria Rogal, Bliss 4061, 2pm
- 9/26 - Amber Kempthorn, Solomon Gallery, 1pm
- 10/13 - Robert Atwell, McDonough, 5:10pm
- 10/19 - Steve Rubin, McDonough, 5:10pm
- 11/2 - Nicole Burisch, McDonough, 5:10pm
This is a live document. The instructor reserves the right to alter the office hours, schedule, grade distribution and assignments as the semester develops.
