In this unit, students will broaden their understanding of contemporary interactive digital media and its practice, gaining a comprehensive overview of the development of digital media, its forms, technologies and issues. This unit will introduce principles of digital media programming with Flash Actionscript 3.0. In addition, students will work to extend their media production and web programming knowledge and skill. The class will consist of lectures, tutorials, discussions, supervision and feedback.

1. Demonstrate creative control and a critical understanding of techniques, technologies and equipment used in the discipline
2. Demonstrate the creative analysis and critical understanding of the materials and processes currently employed in digital media
3. Show a critical awareness and developed understanding of historical and theoretical contexts relevant to the course
4. Exploit the characteristics of materials and processes in an individual and conceptually developed way
5. Demonstrate the possession of a critical, analytical and self-reflective practice
6. Apply concepts and techniques to the development of resolved works of art
7. Identify and develop personal topics for individual research
8. Demonstrate adherence to OH & S requirements and procedures

Portfolio of studio work (80%)

Studio Theory report/Journal/Studio Documentation equivalent to a 1000 word essay (20%)

Portfolio of studio work: Learning Outcomes: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Studio Theory report/Journal/Studio Documentation: Learning Outcomes: 3, 5, 7

All sessions take place in a computer laboratory:

3 hours of seminar / studio practice per week

Students are expected to do at least an extra 4 - 6 hours of independent studio practice each week

None

Good knowledge of digital environments

Steve Dixon. 2007. Digital Performance: A history of New Media in Theatre, Dance, Performance Art and Installation.  The MIT Press: Cambridge, Mass.

James Croak. 2009. “Vitamin 3D: New Perspectives in Sculpture and Installation, Phaidon.

Casey Reas and Ben Fry. 2007. Processing: A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists. The MIT Press: Cambridge, Mass.

Ira Greenberg <http://www.friendsofed.com/designer.html?isbn=159059617X#411> . 2007. Processing: Creative Coding and Computational Art. Friends of Ed. San Francisco: California.

Peter Weibel (ed). 2005 Beyond Art: A Third Culture. Springer.

External hard drive