DXARTS 200: Digital Media - History, Theory and Practice

READING LIST

Required Texts:

Ascott, R., Behaviourist Art and the Cybernetic Vision (1966)
Benjamin, W., The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (1936)
Borges, J. L., The Garden of Forking Paths (1941)
Burnham, J., The Future of Responsive Systems in Art (1968)
Burnham, J., Systems Esthetics (1968)
Burhham, J., The Aesthetics of Intelligent Systems (1970)
Bush, V., As We May Think (1945)
Dixon, S., Digital Theatre and Scenic Spectacle (2007)
Dixon, S., Virtual Reality: The Search for Immersion (2007)
Dixon, S., Liquid Architectures and Site-Specific Fractures in Reality (2007)
Grau, O., Digital! The Natural Interface (2003)
Hayles, N. K., Virtual Bodies and Flickering Signifiers (1999)
Kluver, B., Artists, Engineers, and Collaboration (1994)
Laurel, B., Dramatic Foundations, Part I: Elements of Qualitative Structure (1991)
Marinetti, F., The Futurist Cinema (1908)
Moholy-Nagy, L., Theater, Circus, Variety (1929)
Prampolini, E., Futurist Scenography (1915)
Rokeby, D., Transforming Mirrors: Subjectivity and Control in Interactive Media (1996)
Russolo, L., The Art of Noise (1913)
Shanken, E., Art and Electronic Media Survey (2009)
Smithson, R., Entropy and the New Monuments (1966)
Wagner, R., The Artwork of the Future (1848)
Wishart, T., What Is Sonic Art? (1985)

Recommended Texts:

Shanken, E., Art and Electronic Media, 2009, Phaidon Press, New York

Wardrip-Fruin, N., 2003, The New Media Reader, MIT Press, Cambridge

Wilson, S., 2002, Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology, MIT Press/Leonardo Books, Cambridge