Professor: Richard Pell [email protected]
Syllabus and Calendar: Here
Canvas: Zoom
Lecture: Zoom, Zoom
Twitch: Here
Discord: Here
Modules: 4 Modules (+ Future Journal) each contains readings, viewings, workshops and projects.
Quiz: Readings and viewings generally have a small quiz (1pt) due by the start class
Journal: written during the first 5 minutes of class
Projects:
proposal: 150 words of text, with additional images or diagrams if necessary. Proposals should be posted on Canvas (lightly graded)
documentation (things to show in critique): no more than 3 images and/or 5 minutes of video accompanied by a maximum of 500 words of contextualizing text
reflection: a written analytical reflection of around 150 words, evaluating the level of success of your project, on your own terms, and in relation to the feedback from the class critique.
Participation Grade:
Attendance (3 late (over 15 minutes) will count as 1 absence)
Punctuality
Engagement with, and contribution to, discussions
Attentiveness
Prompt submission of documentation to Canvas and completed work for critique
10% Journal 10% Module 1 - Neighborhood 20% Module 2 - Stories from the Future 5% World Building Activity - Cards 20% Module 3 - Message in a Bottle 20% Module 4 - Object from the Future 5% World Building Activity - Microscope Game 10% Class Participation
A – Overall excellent performance. Work demonstrates extraordinary dedication, innovation & execution. Evidences a commitment to learning and art making beyond course requirements. B – Very good work and execution, but may need some improvement. Presents timely completion of assignments and projects. Work at above average expectations for course requirements. C – Generally meets course requirements. Completes assignments with reasonable execution. Acceptable work, but doesn’t evidence inquiry beyond conventional boundaries. D – Unacceptable work and overall poor class performance. Improvement required at all levels. F – Failure
| Proposal | Imaginative interpretation of the project prompt, plus clarity and feasibility of your idea. | 10% |
|---|---|---|
| Research and Concept Development | Rigorous amount of research and in-depth analysis of every component of the project. Discerning presentation of responses to required readings. | 20% |
| Invention and Experiment | Showing ingenuity while critically engaging with the specificity of the project prompt. Demonstrating ambition, risk-taking, experimentation and expansion of artistic limits | 20% |
| Integration of content and form | Choice of appropriate media and methodology with which to convey ideas, and skill of technical execution. | 20% |
| Documentation | Visual documentation of your project is professionally shot and presented. Descriptive text is helpfully informative.. Documentation clearly represents the intention and concept of the work. | 10% |
| Participation | Clarity in presentation of your work in class. Active overall engagement in class discussions and critiques. Generously receiving and offering thoughts and criticisms. | 10% |
| Reflection | Following each class critique, a written reflection of around 150 words, evaluating the level of success of your project in relation to the feedback from the critique. | 10% |
| Preferred/First Name | Last Name | FUTURE DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Catherine | Ma | 2025 |
| Ines | Rodriguez Hsu | 2035 |
| Ella | Keegan | 2050 |
| Soomin | Kong | 2112 |
| Heejin (heejin) | Son | 2622 |
| Jean | Cho | 3122 |
| Hanke | Chen | 5000 |
| Sion | Park | 9211 |
| Helen | Yang | 12122 |
| Anabelle | Kang | 102122 |
| Leah | Minsky | 1002122 |
| Evan | Tipping | 2122000 |
| Andy | Kim | 10002122 |
| Emily | Krueger | 100002122 |
| Shelly | Zhang | 1000002122 |
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