TALISMANS

Week 1

Thu Aug 27
During Class
  • Welcome!
Fri Aug 28
Before Class
  • Review Syllabus
  • Read: Anthony Discenza
  • Review net.art anthology, read about 5 artworks that interest you. Out of those 5, do a deeper dive wiThursday 2 of the works in terms of their conceptual, aesthetic and technical qualities
During Class
  • continued discussion of syllabus
  • introductions
  • discussion of digital art

Week 2

Tuesday Sep 1
Before Class
  • Read: Taussig on Magic
  • Read: Federici on witchcraft and work
  • https://www.e-flux.com/journal/74/59791/the-artist-leaving-the-googleplex and https://andrewnormanwilson.com/WorkersGoogleplex.html
During Class
  • Discuss readings and artworks
  • Intro to Illustrator
  • into to A1
ThursdaySep 3
Before Class
  • Investigate: Meghan Trainor
During Class
  • Into to illustrator continued
Friday Sep 4
artist talk/discussion wiThursdayAshlyn Sparrow and collective playthrough wiThursdayXalavier Nelson Jr.

Week 3

Tuesday Sep 8
Before Class
  • Read: Walter Benjamin
  • Investigate: Neri Oxman
  • a1a due
During Class
  • Discuss readings and artworks
  • Introduction to the laser cutter
Thu Sep 10
Before Class
  • Investigate: Morehshin Allahyari
  • Watch interview wiThursdayAllahyari, American Artist, and Mimi Ọnụọha: https://art21.org/artist/morehshin-allahyari/
During Class
  • Introduction to the laser cutter cont'd, Introduction to Blender

Week 4 — Sep 16 & 18

Tuesday Sep 15
Before Class
  • Read:
  • Read: Hito Steyerl
  • Investigate: Ingrid Burrington
  • Investigate: Whitefeather Hunter
During Class
  • Introduction to Blender
Thu Sep 17
Before Class
  • Read:
  • Investigate Sandra Huber
  • Investigate: Witch Hunt exhibition at the Hammer
During Class
  • Discussion of readings
  • Image share and critique
  • Introduction to Blender cont'd

Week 5

Tuesday Sep 22
Before Class
  • Investigate: Queer Paranormal at the Usdan Galley https://usdangallery.bennington.edu/queer-paranormal/
  • A1b due
During Class
  • MH out of town
  • In process crit/ studio time
Thu Sep 24
Before Class
  • Item one
  • Item two
During Class
  • MH out of town
  • In process crit/ studio time

SPELLS, HAUNTING, & NECROMANCY

Week 6

Tuesday Sep 29
Before Class
  • Watch: Magic & Ecology lecture by Josephine McCarthy
  • Investigate: Code Doc exhibitions 2014
  • Investigate: Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018 https://whitney.org/exhibitions/programmed
During Class
  • Discussion of readings
Thu Oct 1
Before Class
  • Investigate: Sol LeWitt
  • Yoko Ono, Grapefruit
  • Casey Reas, Software Structures
  • need something more, meaningful
During Class
  • Discussion of readings

Week 7

Tuesday Oct 6
Before Class
  • Alison Parish (could go in unit 3)
  • Item two
During Class
  • Group discussion of readings
  • Image share and critique
  • Intro to Processing basics
Thu Oct 8
Before Class
  • AI history episodes
  • Dead Labor
  • Spectres of Marx
During Class
  • Group discussion of readings

Week 8 (Mid-Term Recess Oct 10–13)

Tuesday Oct 13
Mid-Term Recess
Thu Oct 15
Before Class
  • Read: Avery, Haunting
  • Read: Mark Fisher, Hauntology
  • to imagine what waste has done and is doing to conceptions of historical time. - Waste and the Historical Future Zachary Riebeling
During Class
  • Group discussion of readings
  • Image share and critique
  • Intro to Processing basics

Week 9

Tuesday Oct 20
Before Class
  • Item one
  • Item two
During Class
  • Group discussion of readings
  • Image share and critique
  • Intro to Processing basics
Thu Oct 22
Before Class
  • Item one
  • Item two
During Class
  • Group discussion of readings
  • Image share and critique
  • Intro to Processing basics

Week 10

Tuesday Oct 27
Before Class
  • Item one
  • Item two
During Class
  • Group discussion of readings
  • Image share and critique
  • Intro to Processing basics
Thu Oct 29
Before Class
  • Item one
  • Item two
During Class
  • Group discussion of readings
  • Image share and critique
  • Intro to Processing basics

Week 11

Tuesday Nov 3
Before Class
  • Item one
  • Item two
During Class
  • Group discussion of readings
  • Image share and critique
  • Intro to Processing basics
Thu Nov 5
Before Class
  • Begin to read: This Is How You Lose the Time War, by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
  • Item two
During Class
  • Group discussion of readings
  • Image share and critique
  • Intro to Processing basics

FORTUNES & SIGILS

Week 12

Tuesday Nov 10
Before Class
  • Kate Crawford
  • gambling, speculation
  • Heinlen, Asimov, Musk
During Class
  • Group discussion of readings
  • Image share and critique
  • Intro to Processing basics
Thu Nov 12
Before Class
  • Item one
  • Item two
During Class
  • Group discussion of readings
  • Image share and critique
  • Intro to Processing basics

Week 13

Tuesday Nov 17
Before Class
  • Item one
  • Item two
During Class
  • Group discussion of readings
  • Image share and critique
  • Intro to Processing basics
Thu Nov 19
Before Class
  • Item one
  • Item two
During Class
  • Group discussion of readings
  • Image share and critique
  • Intro to Processing basics

Week 14 — Thanksgiving Recess

Week 15

Tuesday Dec 1
Before Class
  • Item one
  • Item two
During Class
  • Group discussion of readings
  • Image share and critique
  • Intro to Processing basics
Thu Dec 3
Before Class
  • Item one
  • Item two
During Class
  • Group discussion of readings
  • Image share and critique
  • Intro to Processing basics

Week 16

Tuesday Dec 8
Before Class
  • Item one
  • Item two
During Class
  • Group discussion of readings
  • Image share and critique
  • Intro to Processing basics
Thu Dec 10
Before Class
  • Item one
  • Item two
During Class
  • Group discussion of readings
  • Image share and critique
  • Intro to Processing basics