This subject is causing me a few problems lately. I feel as though I have not learnt anything. Weeks of presentations about web art only blurred the definition in my mind, as half way through it seemed like the question was transformed from 'what is web art?' to 'what is art?' I think I know what web art is, but there has been no confirmation or dismissal of my idea.
More than this, we have now done 30% of our assessment. I feel as though the 10% speech was valid, but the two 10% assessment tasks were inappropriate and silly. I don't understand how we can have an assessment on something that we haven't covered in any way in class. I know that this in university and the class doesn't need the subject content spoonfed to us, but I don't feel as though we have even covered ANY content.
It seems as though the title of this subject has been changed from the original 'Web art and Design' to just 'Web art'. We haven't spoken at all about design, instead have been convinced that this subject has nothing to do with design.
More than this, we have now done 30% of our assessment. I feel as though the 10% speech was valid, but the two 10% assessment tasks were inappropriate and silly. I don't understand how we can have an assessment on something that we haven't covered in any way in class. I know that this in university and the class doesn't need the subject content spoonfed to us, but I don't feel as though we have even covered ANY content.
It seems as though the title of this subject has been changed from the original 'Web art and Design' to just 'Web art'. We haven't spoken at all about design, instead have been convinced that this subject has nothing to do with design.
posted by lilipie at
7:47 PM
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To answer you yes the name web art and design is a little confusing: the faculty has not really gotten around to making that clearer. But his is a course from the Tin Sheds Workshop which probably as you know is run for students to work with practising artists. The online outline states:"The Web design course is aimed at students who wish to learn the basics of web design. The course encourages students to look beyond the more obvious uses of the internet and engage with the net in terms of its creative potential, cultural relvance and its role within contemporary vidual arts. The program will examine uses of the internet by contemporary artists in such diverse areas as media arts, architecture, hypertext writing and other emerging forms of net art." I think this is clear about the focus for the course. (see my previous comment to an earlier posting)
Re the "useless" exercises - they act as an assessment and at the same time as practice in these skills relating to online art production.
Interesting points you make.
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