Online Viewing : Digital Nation

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Students in Art2016, The next ONLINE viewing assignment is to watch the PBS Digital Nation documentary, write a short reflection and upload to google folder.  Later you will share your thoughts during discussion in class. Please View by MONDAY Feb 5 and upload your short reflection about the 5 topics into the google folder by the end of the day on MONDAY FEB 5. 
Reflect on how your personal life is impacted by pervasive technology and any resonance or surprise you found in the video. (~150 words) Save your thoughts on paper. Please UPLOAD in a text document to the class folder : Digital Nation
watch the video and reflect on each of these digital nation topics…
Digital Nation on PBS Frontline (viewable online)

Video Description from PBS: Within a single generation, digital media and the World Wide Web have transformed virtually every aspect of modern culture, from the way we learn and work to the ways in which we socialize and even conduct war. But is the technology moving faster than we can adapt to it? And is our 24/7 wired world causing us to lose as much as we’ve gained? In Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier, FRONTLINE presents an in-depth exploration of what it means to be human in a 21st-century digital world. Host / commentator Douglas Rushkoff, a leading thinker and writer on the digital revolution. Continuing a line of investigation she began with the 2008 FRONTLINE report Growing Up Online, award-winning producer Rachel Dretzin embarks on a journey to understand the implications of living in a world consumed by technology and the impact that this constant connectivity may have on future generations. “I’m amazed at the things my kids are able to do online, but I’m also a little bit panicked when I realize that no one seems to know where all this technology is taking us, or its long-term effects,” says Dretzin.

NEW YEAR REMIX Wrap-up

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Digital Art Mixed-Media Students / NEW YEAR REMIX Wrap-up

The Remix Project asks you to work up multiple versions of your experimental remix images each day in class. Over the weekend, please use the watercolor background paintings to remix another set of playful compositions. You will have digital work time in class on Tuesday, but please begin these over the weekend, to be sure you will have 10 fresh remixed images by end of day on Tuesday ok? I am hoping you can assert your own aesthetic and create some surprising images that mix and balance the messiness with some simplicity. Empty space is a great tool for setting off the complexity of layered remixes. Find your own way to express the theme : New Year Remix
DUE NEXT WEEK on THURSDAY:  The project will wrap up next week, DUE in YOUR OWN FOLDER in google drive name it : YOURNAME_REMIX_FINAL
inside, please include folders of many DIGITAL versions due :
Your Image Bank (photos, drawings, etc)
10 images of Day 1 digital remixes
10 images of Collage Day
10 images of Day 2 digital remixes
10 images of Watercolor Paint Day
10 images of ROUND 3 Final Digital Remixes
 ALSO DUE ON THURSDAY
4 prints of your BEST REMIX IMAGES (horizontal, 11 x 8.5 paper size) quality prints. We will combine selected prints into a class showcase on the theme NEW YEAR REMIX
In class next week we will also experiment with printing on the inkjet sample materials from your kit (fabric, transparencies, lazertran, etc)

Remix Project / Creative Process WEEK 2

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Here is where we are so far…

Remix Project / Creative Process WEEK 2
On your own computer, create a folder with your own IMAGE BANK
Please include:
10 images from REMIX DAY1 Photoshop
10 images from Paper Collage Day
10 NEW images, original photos or drawings, on the NEW YEAR / NEW LIFE theme (Assignment for the weekend!)
BY THE NEXT CLASS:
Please upload 5 of your images to the Class REMIX IMAGE BANK on google drive. Be sure to title your images with your name in the title…
example:  Leaf_drawing_JoRock.jpg
Only upload jpg or png files
NO layered photoshop files (thanks!)
Continue working with ideas (both conceptual and concrete) on the NEW YEAR REMIX THEME. Continue brainstorming and inventing ways to express the theme.
Here are ideas from the chalk board:
NEW YEAR REMIX THEME
Renewal
Beginnings
Chaos
Health
Happy
Optimistic
Restart
Motivated
Pressure
Goals
Fresh
Birth
Persistance
and specific imagery:
starburst
sunrise
leaf
flowers
spring
confetti
branches
roots
snake
phoenix
butterfly
fireworks
mirror water
dog
lanterns
circle

RiP! A Remix Manifesto

Digital Art Mixed-Media  / Online Viewing Assignment :

RiP! A Remix Manifesto (it’s about 86 minutes)

Week 1: Please view full video online. Take notes on what you find most revealing or surprising about the contemporary practice of remix artists. Does the video raise issues about your own use of digital media… in your artwork or your life? How do you feel about the artistic practice of remixing? Do you side with the CopyLEFT or the CopyRIGHT?

RiP: A Remix Manifesto from Laurent LaSalle on Vimeo.

Prepare your comments (about 150 words).We will also discuss in class. SAVE your writing to later upload to class folder called Rip! Remix Reflections.