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University of Colorado – Boulder, US / Advanced Digital Art :: Jan-May.03

Carina Bañuelos, Ian Bauer, Leah Gose, Nicola Hodkowski, Chris Poyzer, Brigitte Richard, Ryan Riss, Kate Schwerin, Alexis Thrash, Zachary Weinman, Jaimee Brielmaier, Richard Donohue

this studio workshop is scheduled as a follow-up on FINE2126 intro to digital art. however, as a visiting artist, there are many topics specific to my own practice and world view which I will offer as a platform for participants to frame their own creative practice—topics that have not yet been raised in the context of courses offered at CU. specific technical topics will be determined collectively based on need, interest, and the experience-base of all participants. practically, I do expect participants to be comfortable with at least some of a variety of programs as well as the operating environment of the Mac and the ability to deal with significant flows of information.

the course is about exploring the possibilities of networked space as the locus for creative action. there will be opportunities for deep exploration of each students individual creative practice regardless of their particular manifest pathway. wetware will take precedence over hardware and software, but topics will seek to clear a conceptual space for the participants creative practice to flourish.

it is not just about art-making skills related to technological tools, it is about creating new paradigms for living and creating new ways of being. it is presented as a series of lectures, working sessions, practical exercises, projects, and, most importantly, dialogues designed to introduce new concepts. participants should be prepared to engage in attentive and dialectic interaction, explore the possibilities presented, engage the tools covered—as the formal structure of the course is integral to the content presented. students are also expected to bring their own ideas, creative impulses, and perceptions into the classroom situation to generate community action and discussion. students should expect to undertake a collaborative networking project.

proceeding directly in the concept of distributed networks, the course will rely on the spontaneous energies of all the participants. the specific operation of the workshop will not always follow a plan; participants should be comfortable with indeterminate states of being in the process of change. with this in mind: the syllabus for the course IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. this is in order that the course situation itself might more dynamically evolve, reflecting the interests and directions of the participants. one of the most powerful creative motivations is unforeseen necessity. if you find change to be a stimulus, this course is for you! in the words of organist E. Power Biggs, “be prepared to have a happening, if not, MOVE BACK!”

the focus of the course will be the production of a major live/online happening roughly in the form of fusion so there will be many skills to generate and roles to play.

the mailing list fine-4126@lists.colorado.edu will be an active forum for the duration of the seminar. attention and participation on the mailing list is as much a part of the course as in-class meetings. attendance is mandatory for all sessions.

group portrait, students, final brunch, FA4126 Spring Semester 2003, CU-Boulder, Colorado, May ©2003 hopkins/neoscenes.
group portrait, students, final brunch, FA4126 Spring Semester 2003, CU-Boulder, Colorado, May ©2003 hopkins/neoscenes.
group portrait, students, final brunch, FA4126 Spring Semester 2003, CU-Boulder, Colorado, May ©2003 hopkins/neoscenes.
group portrait, students, final brunch, FA4126 Spring Semester 2003, CU-Boulder, Colorado, May ©2003 hopkins/neoscenes.
group portrait, students, final brunch, FA4126 Spring Semester 2003, CU-Boulder, Colorado, May ©2003 hopkins/neoscenes.
group portrait, students, final brunch, FA4126 Spring Semester 2003, CU-Boulder, Colorado, May ©2003 hopkins/neoscenes.
group portrait, students, final brunch, FA4126 Spring Semester 2003, CU-Boulder, Colorado, May ©2003 hopkins/neoscenes.
group portrait, students, final brunch, FA4126 Spring Semester 2003, CU-Boulder, Colorado, May ©2003 hopkins/neoscenes.
group portrait, students, final brunch, FA4126 Spring Semester 2003, CU-Boulder, Colorado, May ©2003 hopkins/neoscenes.
group portrait, students, final brunch, FA4126 Spring Semester 2003, CU-Boulder, Colorado, May ©2003 hopkins/neoscenes.
group portrait, students, final brunch, FA4126 Spring Semester 2003, CU-Boulder, Colorado, May ©2003 hopkins/neoscenes.
group portrait, students, final brunch, FA4126 Spring Semester 2003, CU-Boulder, Colorado, May ©2003 hopkins/neoscenes.
group portrait, students, final brunch, FA4126 Spring Semester 2003, CU-Boulder, Colorado, May ©2003 hopkins/neoscenes.
group portrait, students, final brunch, FA4126 Spring Semester 2003, CU-Boulder, Colorado, May ©2003 hopkins/neoscenes.
group portrait, students, final brunch, FA4126 Spring Semester 2003, CU-Boulder, Colorado, May ©2003 hopkins/neoscenes.
group portrait, students, final brunch, FA4126 Spring Semester 2003, CU-Boulder, Colorado, May ©2003 hopkins/neoscenes.
group portrait, students, final brunch, FA4126 Spring Semester 2003, CU-Boulder, Colorado, May ©2003 hopkins/neoscenes.
group portrait, students, final brunch, FA4126 Spring Semester 2003, CU-Boulder, Colorado, May ©2003 hopkins/neoscenes.
group portrait, students, final brunch, FA4126 Spring Semester 2003, CU-Boulder, Colorado, May ©2003 hopkins/neoscenes.
group portrait, students, final brunch, FA4126 Spring Semester 2003, CU-Boulder, Colorado, May ©2003 hopkins/neoscenes.
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<di>fusion 2003 over

<di>fusion is  over. Surely the last time I try anything like that at a US university. The system simply works against the nature of an open event, from the class schedules of the students to the rigidity of the technical infrastructure. It comes to a question of why the hell to even attempt to do what I do within these structures. Time to leave academia. Easter. Springtime in the Rockies, a phrase that I many times wrote to folks living here when I was away for those 12 years, in a wistful way. Wishing I could find a support mechanism here. Seems everywhere else it is possible, even easy, but here doesn’t work. Hmmmm.

And being passed by, over, through, even in my comfort: From artist studios in East Berlin to academies above the Arctic Circle, to offices in Manhattan, oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, and the millions of kilometers in steel- or alloy-skinned vehicles. All those territories, and nothing of socialized value comes from it. Cultivation of idiosyncrasy does not pay. Individual vision is not validated by dominant cultures. Or is that only what I perceive? That the individuality of vision obscures other possibilities directly before the eyes? We see what we want to see. In an eternally remixed society of malaise, negation, and imposed standards of be-ing. (Or are these sentiments merely what I want to see around me?)

And the baited consciousness, rising, rising, rising. While things are down, and language totally falters, it is nothing. It is the lubricant that greases the interstices of the social construct, making human-to-human juxtaposition tolerable.