Project 1:
Construct* a short proposal for a project that integrates physical and digital spaces, including concept, execution and practical considerations. Prepare a 10-minute presentation of your idea, using visual aids, recordings, volunteers, etc. as needed. You may use one of your initial ideas here if you want. Collaboration is welcome.
“Construct” can mean: Write a proposal. Create a storyboard. Make a photo essay. It’s any form of communicating an idea clearly.
Slides here.
Reading prompt: How can creative work enhance ethical approaches to tech?
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Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship (A Conversation with Claire Bishop)
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Discusses history of participatory and socially engaged art
- “Bishop takes to task the major theorists of this topic (particularly Grant Kester and Nicolas Bourriaud) for their general failure to critique participatory art along artistic and aesthetic terms, in favor of assessing its ethical efficacy.“
A Hacker Manifesto, Wark McKenzie
- “A hack touches the virtual—and transforms the actual “