New Course Proposal - Exhibiting Interactive Installation and Performance Design Studio


S. Kozel, T. Schiphorst, School of Interactive Arts and Technology


11 March 2005

Revision D



Calendar Information


Course Number: IAT 420-3


Course Title: Exhibiting Interactive Installation and Performance Design Studio


Credit Hours: 3 Vector: 2-0-1 (Lecture-Tutorial-Lab)


Course Description

Provides a context for students to learn the stages and scope of professional exhibition. Designed to complement the Graduate Project IAT400 and/or PMA Studio 422-3. Working in teams, the students will learn skills for exhibiting, promoting, marketing, audience and space management, writing strategies for press, grants & conference presentations, creating a viable project web presence, plus infrastructural details such as shipping, set up and take down.

Prerequisite:


Completion of 69 credits.


Recommended:


Corequisite:


Special Instructions: None.


Course(s) to be dropped if this course is approved:


None


Rationale for Introduction of this Course


This course is designed to prepare students for the professional world of presenting media art. This will require a range of organizational, collaborative, writing and design skills. It also creates cohesion across some of the 4th year courses by asking students to use a project from another course as the basis for their research/study.



Will this be a required or elective course in the curriculum; probable enrolment when offered?




Scheduling and Registration Information


Indicate Semester and Year this course would be first offered and planned frequency of offering thereafter.


This course will initially be offered in spring 2006 and following years depending on student demand.


Which of your present CFL faculty have the expertise to offer this course? Will the course be taught by sessional or limited term faculty?


Of our present faculty, the following have the expertise to offer this course:

Susan Kozel, Associate Professor

Thecla Schiphorst, Associate Professor

It is anticipated that new faculty hires will also be able to teach this course.



Are there any proposed student fees associated with this course other than tuition fees?


No.



Is this course considered a `duplicate' of any current or prior course under the University's duplicate course policy? Specify, as appropriate.


No.


Resource Implications


Note: Senate has approved (S.93-11) that no new course should be approved by Senate until funding has been committed for necessary library materials. Each new course proposal must be accompanied by a library report and, if appropriate, confirmation that funding arrangements have been addressed.


Provide details on how existing instructional resources will be redistributed to accommodate this new course. For instance, will another course be eliminated or will the frequency of offering of other courses be reduced; are there changes in pedagogical style or class sizes that allow for this additional course offering.


No new resource requirements are anticipated.


Does the course require specialized space or equipment not readily available in the department or university, and if so, how will these resources be provided?


A standard seminar room or with configurable seating and a projector should be suitable. This course could also effectively be housed in the configurable studio teaching space.


Does this course require computing resources (e.g. hardware, software, network wiring, use of computer laboratory space) and if so, describe how they will be provided.


No new lab or computing resources will be required.



Course Outline


Course Objectives


Upon completion of this course, students will:


* have coordinated the professional exhibition of a project emerging from their 4th year studies


* have developed the necessary collaborative skills for coordinating the exhibition of a professional media arts project.


* have analyzed and critiqued at least one professional art exhibition


* have prepared an application either for funding or for exhibition.





Learning Activities and Evaluation:


Activities will include class based discussion (20%) ; a project brief (30%) and the final project (50%). The form of this project is to be approved by the instructor.



Texts, Resources & Materials


Suggested:



Graham, B, et al, eds. 2002. Curating New Media. Baltic Press.


Whitaker, W.R. 2004. Media Writing Manual: Print, Broadcast, PR. Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Inc; 2nd Instr edition


many of the resources for curating and exhibiting New Media are online. Resources include:


Rhizome Digest, Exhibiting New Media Art, http://www.constantvzw.com/kris_search/000859.php


“Exhibiting New Media” B. Graham and S. Cook http://www.newmedia.sunderland.ac.uk/crumb/phase3/am.html


CRUMB discussion list devoted to new media curating.


It is also suggested that students examine a wide range of exhibition catalogues, both print and online.