<p>(Formerly numbered 161.) Studio, six hours; outside study, nine hours. Preparation: completion of preparation for major courses. Requisites: courses 28, 140. Exploration of creative, technical, and critical tools to realize Internet-based projects. Focus on students gaining deeper understanding of Internet as creative platform—where did it come from, how does it work, how do you make things for it, and what do you want to say? Technical workshops on HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and design support development of series of studio projects using variety of network tools. Examination through discussion of cultural, social, political, and philosophical implications of Internet. Consideration of roles of race, gender, sexuality, disability, class, and influence within increasingly networked world, and strategies of response as artists and designers. Examination and challenging of structuring power relationships, inequities, and biases embedded within network tools, technologies, and media. Letter grading.</p>

Design|Media Arts

School of the Arts and Architecture

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DESMA 111 - Art and the Internet

Art and the Internet

Gaining experience with web design, web publishing, and HTML and CSS as mediums for art and design.

Examine the social and political implications of the Internet and related technologies, especially with its use as a medium for art and design.

Discuss and articulate your viewpoints on these issues and ideas.

Responding to these ideas through writing and making.

General Catalog

Art and the Internet

DESMA 111

5 units