Week 11: Digital Art

We will visit and learn about the Animated Painting exhibit in the Faulconer Gallery.

Goals:

• Consider how digital technology is changing how art is made, shown, and viewed.
• Reflect upon the last three weeks of reading and discussion.
• I will aim to return your prospectus & bibliography this week!

Monday, April 13: Digital Art (1)

Guest lecturer: Matt Kluber, Art.

There are two short articles posted in the course blog on PioneerWeb. Please read them for today.

We will meet in the Faulconer Gallery at 8 a.m.

Wednesday, April 15: Digital Art (2)

Guest lecturer: Dan Strong, Faulconer Gallery.

No reading.

Friday, April 17: Digital Art (Discussion)

Friday, March 17, 5:30 p.m.: Rough draft 5 due

Submit a short essay (rough draft). Be sure to review the guidelines for essays. As I reminded you when I returned your first rough drafts,

• be sure your essay has an identifiable thesis;
• be sure your essay adequately addresses the prompt you are responding to;
• include formal citations and a list of works cited;
• proofread your essay to ensure that you used the words that you meant to use and there are no missing or extra words that impede legibility.

Respond to one of the following prompts.

• Respond directly to Lienhard, Wright, or one of the opinion pieces from last week on biotechnology. Support or argue against the author's conclusions.
• Discuss a technology that, in Lienhard's terms, has recently been "completed" and is in the process of being "replaced." Use at least one source in addition to Lienhard.
• Connect Lienhard and Wright. For example, how might Lienhard's argument that the rate of innovation is increasing exponentially play into Wright's cautions about how civilizations collapse?
• Extrapolate how our civilization might collapse, building on Wright's tales of previous civilizations and at least one current news source. You may also go on to consider either (a) how we should act to avoid that collapse, or (b) how we might adapt after such a collapse occurs.
• Building on Friday's debate, argue for or against either (a) producing genetically modified plants or (b) the labeling of genetically modified foods. You may wish to take one of the roles suggested by Team 4. Be sure to cite appropriate sources.

To submit your essay, please place it in the folder outside my door. Feel free to drop in and chat if I am available and you would like to talk with me about your essay.

Janet Davis (davisjan@cs.grinnell.edu)