Schedule#
Week 1#
- Introductions
- Review course outline
- Welcome survey
- Capturing and basic image management
- Presentation schedule
- Assignment #2 overview
Materials: Slides · Example RAW files
Week 2#
- Studio time
Week 3#
- Image optimization workflow
- Advanced scanning techniques
- Assignment #2 Q&A
- Reading #1 presentation: Nonhuman Photography by Joanna Zylinska · Companion site · Presentation slides
Materials: Slides · Sample images
Week 4#
- Advanced Photoshop techniques
- Photography and AI image generation
- Printing workflow: preparing files for large-scale prints
- Reading #2 presentation: Artificial Aesthetics by Lev Manovich + Emanuele Arielli · Chapter 5
Lab fees due. Please email receipt to the professor.
Materials: Slides · Sample images
Week 5#
- Extending Photoshop
- Lecture on contemporary artist using composite images
- To be determined
- Reading #3 presentation: Duty Free Art by Hito Steyerl · Original essay (e-flux)
Materials: Slides · Sample images
Week 6#
- Lecture on contemporary artist using composite images
- Printing workflow review
- Preparing images for digital outputs
Materials: Slides · Sample images (2.6 MB)
Week 7 — Reading Week (No Class)#
Week 8 (TBD)#
- Students present Assignment #2 during class
- Reading #4 presentation: Immediacy or, The Style of Too Late Capitalism by Anna Kornbluh · “Imaginary”
Assignment #2 due during class.
Week 9#
- Displaying images online: Part I
- Assignment #3 overview
- Reading #5 presentation: Disordered Attention by Claire Bishop
Materials: Slides
Week 10#
- Displaying images online: Part II
- Reading #6 presentation: The Perception Machine by Joanna Zylinska · MIT Press · Supplementary: Digital Divide by Claire Bishop (Artforum)
Materials: Slides
Week 11#
- Individual meetings (optional)
- Studio time
Week 12#
- Final presentations and critiques: Group A
Assignment #3 due during class.
Week 13#
- Final presentations and critiques: Group B
Assignment #3 due during class.