LIVE ART      
ON THE INTERNET
  Fall 2002 : SYLLABUS
Toni Sant & Martha Wilson - Drama Dept. - Tisch School of the Arts - New York University
 
September
10

INTRODUCTION: Performance Art...Performance/Art...Live Art on the Internet...
   
Reading:
 Richard Schechner. 2002. Performance Studies: An Introduction (pp.1-44)

Recommended Reading:
 RoseLee Goldberg. 1988. Performance Art

Video Documentation Screening:
 Tehching Hsieh, "One Year Performance 1980-81"
    
September
17

FIRST STEPS/FIRST PROPOSALS
How did Live Art on the Internet evolve from Performance Art?

Performance Exercise: "5 mins on subject X as character Y"

Readings:
 Janet Murray. 1999. Hamlet on the Holodeck (pp.65-182, 251-284)
 Stephen Schrum. 1999. Theatre in Cyberspace (pp.9-18, 31-52, 175-272)

DUE TODAY: Preliminary proposals for prototypes and final performances
September
24

PRODUCING FOR THE WEB: The Basics

Readings:
 Jason Whittaker. 2000. Producing for the Web
 Lev Manovich. 2002. The Language of New Media (pp. 18-115)
October  
1

PRODUCING FOR THE WEB: Performing Online

Web Viewing:
Desktop Theater
Reverend Billy

Readings:
 Randall Packer & Ken Jordan (Eds).2001 Multimedia: From Wagner to VR (selections: TBA)
 Richard Schechner. 2002. Performance Studies: An Introduction (pp.143-225)

DUE TODAY: Actual proposals for prototypes and final performances
October
8

WHERE'S THE BODY?
The Problem of Liveness

Readings:
 Peggy Phelan. 1991. "The Ontology of Performance" [TBA]
 Patrice Pavis.1992. "Theatre and the Media" [TBA]
 Philip Auslander. 1999. from Liveness [TBA]

Video Documentation Screening:
 Ron Athey, "Four Scenes From a Harsh Life"

Web Viewing:
Ron Athey
Linda Montano
 Frank Moore's Web Of All Possibilities
 Annie Sprinkle

October
15
 DRAFT PRESENTATIONS I: Students present their work-in-progress
  • Rolling DimSum
  • CatCall Game
    • October
    22
    		 DRAFT PRESENTATIONS II: Students present their work-in-progress
  • Title This
  • Choose Your Own Adventure
    • October
    29
    		 DRAFT PRESENTATIONS III: Students present their work-in-progress
  • Crapster
  • Community Connections
    • November
    5

    PERFORMANCE/ART CRITICAL TERMS:
    Media, Multimedia, Streaming Media, Broadband, Digital, Virtual, Cyberspace...

    Reading:
     Brenda Danet. 2001. Cyberpl@y: Communicating Online
    November
    12

    PERFORMANCE/ART ISSUES:
    Rights, Copyright, Copyleft, Free Speech, Privacy...

    Reading:
     Tim Jordan. 1999. Cyberpower: The Culture and Politics of Cyberspace and the Internet

    Recommended Reading:
     Paul Levinson. 1999. Digital McLuhan
    November
    19
    		 FINAL DRAFT PRESENTATIONS A: Students present their work-in-progress
    November
    26
    		 FINAL DRAFT PRESENTATIONS B: Students present their work-in-progress
    December
    3
    		 FINAL PERFORMANCES/PRESENTATIONS I
    December
    10
    		 FINAL PERFORMANCES/PRESENTATIONS II

    Last updated: October 12, 2002

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