Taking its title from Nam June Paik’s 1993 exhibition at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, this course looks at the world of moving images outside of traditional cinema and theatric presentations. Site specific installations, public screens, handheld devices and performances involving media are all considered and explored as possible avenues for student projects. The course includes field trips to media art exhibitions and public art installations in the Bay Area, several short assignments each focusing on a specific form of video/media making and of research presentations on the work of diverse artists working with video, film, performance and installation. Critiques of student work form the cornerstones of an open forum centered on avant-garde media practices in our time. The course culminates in a public presentation, intervention or pop-up exhibition of student work.
- Instructor: Kota Ezawa