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In this studio art course combining theory and practice, guided in part by the ideas in the book Imagination: A Manifesto by Ruha Benjamin, students gain the knowledge to approach imagination as a political and creative practice. Rather than accepting technological futures (such as Artificial Intelligence), students will investigate how critical thinking, alternative world-building, and visual storytelling can challenge existing systems to envision more just and liberatory worlds. Throughout the course, students will examine how dominant technological imaginaries are constructed and learn how to use creative practices to intervene in and transform them. Through readings, screenings, discussions, and hands-on projects, students will produce alternative narratives using basic video production tools and AI-created imagery.

In this mixed intro and upper level studio course, students will experiment with video and computational outputs embedded in physical scenarios. What new physical formats are made possible by contemporary screen and projection-mapping technologies? How can we make expressive use of LCD screens, pico projectors, i-pad arrays, and LEDs? The class will address the screen as sculptural medium by examining established artists like Nam June Paik, Michael Snow, Tony Oursler, and Pippilotti Rist, as well as exploring emerging contemporary artists tackling this medium. Prerequisites to take the class at the 266 upper level include one of the following: Intro to Digital/Physical Design, Embodied Interfaces, Media Archaeologies, Making it with Arduino, Digital Art 1, Electronic Art or permission of instructor. The intro level 166 course can be taken with no prerequisites.

This advanced course builds on foundational 3D skills to explore procedural systems, digital characters, and interactive environments. Students will create three projects and a final project using Unreal Engine, JavaScript, and Blender as core software.The course examines how contemporary artists use 3D animation, simulation, and world-building to address identity, technology, and social issues. Students will analyze the work of Lu Yang, an American artist; Meriem Bennani; Heesoo Kwon; and Josefa Ntjam, among others, who push the boundaries of digital art through avatars, autonomous systems, and immersive environments. Each week combines technical tutorials with studio work time. By the end, you'll have a body of work of interactive 3D works and experience presenting digital art in public settings. The course emphasizes hands-on creation and the development of your own artistic voice in 3D digital space.

This course immerses students in professional photographic studio practices, building on skills and techniques from previous coursework, including digital and analog photography and digital print production. Through weekly project discussions, students develop a single, in-depth project over ten weeks and present their work in a final group exhibition. Throughout the course, students refine their aesthetic, draw from interdisciplinary influences, and work independently to strengthen their ability to articulate ideas and build a professional portfolio. Successful enrollment requires submitting a two-page project description and a ten image portfolio of relevant prior work. Selected students with the strongest proposals will receive full support, including access to materials and equipment necessary to execute their projects. This course may be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: ARTSTUDI 171, plus another 200 level photo class, or equivalent.

This course is dedicated to creating at the crossroads of art and cinema. This experimental video art course will address practical filmmaking, taking as its baseline assumption the notion that experimentation is crucial to overcoming encrusted social, aesthetic, intellectual, and ideological norms. Over the course of the quarter, students will build familiarity with the the myriad components of cinematic creation, including directing, editing, camera operation, lighting, sound design, After Effects and color grading. They will create cinematic video informed by viewing and discussion of key works from the history of experimental cinema.No prerequisite required.

In this studio course, we explore potentiality and experimentation in contemporary photography to challenge conventions, question definitions, and expand meanings. We approach photography as a strategic tool to subvert, intervene, resist, and bridge dichotomies, while moving beyond general categorizations of body, gender, and identity through an intersectional lens. Students examine queerness within the historical and current expanded field of representation to amplify notions of self, community, and action. This is an intermediate course in photography, with an ongoing emphasis on operating manual camera settings (focus, aperture, shutter speed, ISO, color temp/ white balance). Students continue to work with Lightroom as a file management system, are introduced to Photoshop, and focus on the importance of photo editing/selection and sequencing. Students provide their own (SLR or Mirrorless) camera; software will be provided. Prerequisite: ARTSTUDI 170 or ARTSTUDI 171 or ARTSTUDI 173E or equivalent.

This course introduces students to the use of several techniques and methodologies that combine multiple images into a single composite photograph. Students develop skills to pre-visualize and plan the work they envision through high definition range capture, panoramic stitching, and focus stacking. They explore the nature and concept of Time in photographic imagery through various techniques, such as creating more than one timescale into an image, 'recreating' one time in another, building the representation of time into a work, and visualizing passing time in the process of making work. This is an intermediate course in photography, with an ongoing emphasis on operating manual camera settings (focus, aperture, shutter speed, ISO, color temp/ white balance). Students continue to work with Lightroom as a file management system, are introduced to Photoshop, and focus on the importance of photo editing/selection and sequencing. Prerequisite: ARTSTUDI 170 or ARTSTUDI 171 or ARTSTUDI 173E or equivalent.

This course introduces students to the role performance can play in a lens-based practice, centered in the belief that art can be defined through gesture as well as object. We study the work of various prominent artists to gauge their influence and to deepen our understanding of the ways in which photography can constitute performance as a conceptual exercise. Assignments and projects guide us to consider the relationship between body and lens, action and documentation, motion and stillness. This is an intermediate course in photography, with an ongoing emphasis on operating manual camera settings (focus, aperture, shutter speed, ISO, color temp/ white balance). Students continue to work with Lightroom as a file management system, are introduced to Photoshop, and focus on the importance of photo editing/selection and sequencing. Prerequisite: ARTSTUDI 170 or ARTSTUDI 171 or ARTSTUDI 173E or equivalent.

This course begins with the idea that all photographs are constructed. Students explore conceptual photographic practices through the frame of images as constructs, examining the various choices and expanded practices involved in the process of creating a photograph. Students are introduced to contemporary topics, historical positions, and examinations of various studio practices. Students examine different means of constructing representations of reality, building images and building spaces, within systems of making. This is an intermediate course in photography, with an ongoing emphasis on operating manual camera settings (focus, aperture, shutter speed, ISO, color temp/ white balance). Students continue to work with Lightroom as a file management system, are introduced to Photoshop, and focus on the importance of photo editing/selection and sequencing. Prerequisite: ARTSTUDI 170 or ARTSTUDI 171 or ARTSTUDI 173E or equivalent.