In Digital Media 6: Hybrid Digital Practice higher level skills, techniques, processes and occupational health and safety principles are increasingly developed. Critical thinking and creative problem solving are encouraged and applied to individual projects. Studio theory contextualizes student study within the broader arts context. Instruction through project-based studio work encourages an integration of digital media practice with growing conceptual investigation.  Studio theory increasingly serves to contextualize student study within the broader arts context.

By the end of this course you should be able to:

1.  Apply a range of technical skills at a high level

2.  Demonstrate creative exploration of materials

3.  Consolidate integration of concepts and processes

4.  Demonstrate increased awareness of historical and theoretical contexts for artistic practice in the discipline

5.  Show awareness of OH & S requirements and procedures 

Portfolio of studio work (80%) and Journal/Documentation/Studio Theory presentation (20%). Assessment includes periodic critique and review sessions that provide ongoing feedback on work in progress.

6 hours per week lectures, tutorials, critiques and supervised studio practice and 2 hours per week independent studio practice.

Digital Media 4 is a pre-requisite, Digital Media 5 is a corequisite.

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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.

Douglas Henderson. 2001. Playback. No Rewind Button. Kehrer Verlag: Heidleberg.

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

The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It, Yale University Press (2009), Jonathan Zittrain

Students will be required to have their own computer, as well as a basic camera and portable data storage.