This weekly seminar will examine the history, theory and practice of net art, defined as art that is meant to be experienced online. We will look at net art through various lenses, including conceptualism, activist art, performance, public art and narrative. Readings, research and artmaking projects will address issues of globalization, convergence, intellectual property and identity. In seminar, we will look at and discuss net art, make research-based presentations and critique student net art projects, which will be produced outside of class. Web development experience is not a prerequisite for this course, but if you don't know how to build web sites, you'll you will have to teach yourself and each other the necessary skills (HTML, Flash, Perl, whatever) as you go. The emphasis in this course is not on technological mastery but on understanding the medium and finding intelligent and effective solutions to artmaking problems. Collaboration will be encouraged, and students will be expected to share knowledge and expertise. Evaluation will be based on participation in discussion and critiques, presentations and quality of artwork produced. Prerequisites: ArtS 100 or permission of Instructor. Enrollment limit: 10 (expected: 10).

Hour: TRIBE