1. Stillness, Slowness, Speed
Required:
Chapters 1 & 2, H. Porter Abbott, Cambridge Intro to Narrative (xerox)
Semiotics for Beginners. Note: good definition of Symbol Icon and Index (link)
Intro, I Mercator, and The Mental Geography of Appalachian Trail Hikes, You Are Here (xerox)
Time Frames, Scott McCloud, Understanding Comics (xerox)
Moments in Time, Susanne Gaensheimer, Moments in Time: On Narration and Slowness / Cinematic (xerox)
Additional:
A Few Brief Moments of Cinematic Time, Michael Tarantino Moments in Time… (xerox)
Gleaning the Future from the Gallery Floor, Chris Dercon, Senses of Cinema (link)
Beyond the Movement Image, Gilles Deleuze, Cinema II / Cinematic (xerox)
2. Beauties, Specters and Monsters
Required:
Character and Self, H Porter Abbott, Cambridge Intro to Narrative (xerox)
Character Shopping List (pdf)
The Face of Garbo, Roland Barthes, Mythologies / Cinematic (xerox)
The Fantasy Beyond Control, Lynn Hershman, New Media Reader (xerox)
Warhol Shoots Empire, Jonas Mekas, Movie Journal (xerox)
Additional:
Ourself behind Ourself – Concealed, Marina Warner (pdf)
Armies of the Night, Mark Dery, “Insects” issue 25, Cabinet Magazine (xerox)
Preface, The Woman, the Child & the Painting, Guy Tosatto, Gerhard Richter 100 Paintings (xerox)
3. Pop Rocks and Remixes
Required:
Post-Production (intro + the use of objects), Nicolas Bourriaud (pdf)
Montage is Conflict, Sergei Eisenstein Film Form / Cinematic (xerox)
The Ecstasy of Influence, Jonathan Lethem, Harpers Magazine (pdf)
Additional:
What Comes After Remix? Lev Manovich (doc)
Dara Birnbaum Interview, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Interviews Volume 1 (Xerox)
Candice Breitz, VIDEO SAVES THE RADIO STAR, Constance Wyndham (pdf)
Pierre Huyghe and Doug Aitken conversation, Doug Aitken, Broken Screen (pdf)
Jonathan Kessler Q + A, PS1 (pdf)
4. Randomness and Rhizomes
Required:
Rhizome, Deleuze and Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus (pdf)
Art Against Information: Case Studies in Data Practice, Mitchell Whitelaw (pdf)
What is Digital Cinema? Lev Manovich (pdf)
Additional:
Beyond Myth and Metaphor, the Case of Narrative in Digital Media, Marie-Laure Ryan, Game Studies (pdf)
Psychosocial Narratives, Anthony Dunne, Hertzian Tales (xerox)
Will There be Condominiums in Data Space? Bill Viola, New Media Reader (xerox)
Simulation vs Narrative: Introduction to Ludology, Gonzalo Frasca, Video/Game/Theory (pdf)
Expanded Cinema, Gene Youngblood (pdf)