Dear NMSers (click on "read more" for full text):

-- Reading response papers are now due Tuesday nights by 10pm.

-- FYI - As there are only 8 reading responses to do, those who have not posted for
Weeks 2 and 3 are already missing a 1/4 of the required response papers.

-- If you still do not have a book yet and/or are having difficulty posting to the website, please contact Isaac or me - we are here to help!

-- Groups have been formed but we will need to do some minor re-arranging to place those who were absent last week.

April 26th 2008: Olympia Power Tool Races

HazardFactory will be presenting the first-annual Olympia Power Tool Races at the spring Olympia Artswalk.

For more information about the Olympia Race check the race info page

For general info about Power Tool Racing be sure to check out PowerToolRacer.com

Win, Place or Show in this contest and receive the awe-ful respect and admiration of your peers and a glowing evaluation for the quarter.  

Hi there. Welcome to New Media Studies: Hardware Hacking, Electronics and Robotics. Spring is here....

News items below this one are from NMS Winter 08, so you can ignore them, unless you're interested.

More to come.... 

(click on "read more" to see all questions)

When describing the process for making your piece, consider addressing some/all of these aspects:

• Is digital technology a component in your piece? What kind(s) and how is it integral to the work?

• What parts of the process were familiar to you and which were new for you?
• Were there any obstacles and how did you overcome those?
• Did you have to do any creative problem-solving and how did you accomplish this?
• Did the resulting piece meet/exceed your expectations?
  
  

On Feb. 17, 2009, Americans who watch free, over-the-air broadcasts via an antenna will see their analog sets fade to black. Converter boxes alone may not keep the sets humming.

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Extra/SwitchToDigitalTVGe...

(some "interesting" bits:)

The switch will bring many benefits, including clearer pictures and sound to those who can get them.

"It would be absent Katrina's death and destruction," Swann says. "Then again, you start taking away people's TV, and who knows what will happen?"

a few dvds about making work/process (available in tesc library):

(performance) Guillermo Gómez-Peña
(video art) Bill Viola
from "A World of Art: Works in Progress" Disc 1 Programs 1-4 (SAIL NX 504.W67 1997 Disc 1)

(translating mediums: from paper to dance) Laylah Ali
from "art:21 - Art in the 21st Century" Season 3 (SAIL N 6512.A686 2005)

and for a different kind of process check out Fischli & Weiss's "The Way Things Go" - common household items set-up to perform a fantastic chain reaction! (SAIL NX 600.P47 W39 2000z)

Lecture outlines for Weeks 6 and 8 have been updated/posted - both are linked to my blog so the conversations may be continued...

SHOW-n-CHAT No.1 - VIDEO ART & PERFORMANCE (Week 6 - Feb 14th)

SHOW-n-CHAT No.2 - MAKING WORK (Week 8 - Feb 28th)

--Bridget I.

Booyah (Defs courtesy of urbandictionary.com)

1) An exclaimation [sic] meaning something very good has just happened or is about to happen. Made popular by a Crash Bandicoot ad.

ex. "You and me. Booyah, grandma. Booyah!

2) Booyah is a word often used as an expression. It can be said when you have been given something you have wanted, or it could be when something good happens in your life, or it could just be a word to say when you are bored.

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Oh yeah, and here's what we did in class today, after everybody bailed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suu9j7noS5A

Booyah!
-i

ps - What about the example for the first definition. I didn't make that up, thank god. So bewildering!?!?

Click Here for Justice?
"Online mobs can shame lawbreakers, but do they go too far?"

I wonder what Enzensberger or Baudrillard would have to say about this? 

Salutations!
just a note to let you know...

This Thursday, we'll be viewing a portion of the Wooster Group's performance "HOUSE/LIGHTS"
I've posted a few articles providing background information that may help contextualize the work
Go to Schedule - Week 7 - The Wooster Group (more info here)

also - Project Proposal Due Date has been bumped
to next week (Wk8-Feb28th)
(Outline/Storyboard/Sketch for Final Video/Performance/Digital-Art/??? Project)

Post an outline, or something to that effect, prior to class Feb 28th - we'd just like to have an idea of what people are working on to see how we may be able to assist you in developing/completing your project and make plans for reserving equipment and/or alternative spaces to accommodate final presentations

NEW POSTS TO CLASS SITE:

Follow-up notes for last week’s Video Art-Screening/Discussion (Feb 14th)
Go to Schedule page - Week 6 - link at bottom