The term “interactive digital media” encompasses a vast array of formats - from screen based interactive works through to web based applications and interactive experiences in the physical world. In this course students will be encouraged to explore and experiment with advanced interactive digital media techniques and will be guided towards the completion of a major interactive work. You will be refining your understanding of the interactive experience and developing your technical and expressive skills in order to communicate your ideas successfully. You will be engaged in an exploration of your personal creative process. By finding appropriate ways of articulating your work, you will be better able to generate work, which is a cohesive part of a larger discourse.

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:

3.5 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

Knowledge of the digital environment

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.

Jeffrey Shaw and Peter Weibel (eds). 2003. Future Cinema: The Cinematic Imaginary After Film. The MIT Press. Cambridge: Mass.

Tony Gibbs. 2007. The Fundamentals of Sonic Art and Sound Design. AVA Publishing.

Leigh Landy. 2007. Understanding the Art of Sound Organization. The MIT Press: Cambridge, Mass.

External hard drive