Readings

Due FEB 10.  Watch: 50 Great works of video art online.  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS0lgBa37-ngw2YYgT0q0eZVcCJoVm0AK

Due FEB 10.  Read.  Kate Horsfield – Busting the Tube; A Brief History of Video Art

Recommended:  http://flavorwire.com/349534/awesome-storyboards-from-15-of-your-favorite-films

Due FEB 17.  McLuhan “Media Hot & Cold” McLuhan_Media.Hot_.and_.Cold_

Due FEB 17.  Krauss “Video: The Aesthetics of Narcissism” rosalindkraus

Due March 2.  Jonathan Beller, “Pay Attention”  http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/24/beller.php

Due March 2. TJ Demos, “A Matter of Time”  http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/matter-time

Due March 16.  Elwes, “Introduction” (excerpts: pp. 3-7; 14-20) Elwes_IntroVideoArt

Due March 30.  Debord, “Society of the Spectacle”  (2 pages) Debord-1-1534 and Benjamin, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” (4 pages) 06b_benjamin-work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction

Due April 6.  Artifacts: A conversation between Hito Steryl and Daniel Rourke http://rhizome.org/editorial/2013/mar/28/artifacts/ and Mark Sladen: The Great Wave http://artreview.com/opinion/ara_spring_pov_sladen/

Due April 13.  Bishop, “The Digital Divide”  bishop-digital-divide-artforum-sep-2012