Open Source Studio Internet Art Culture

This course introduces the art and culture of the Internet, including historical, aesthetic, and technological issues.

• Techniques of data visualization and its use as an artistic form.
• The concept of the ?third space,? how we collectively inhabit networked space.
• The aesthetics of ?glitch? and other forms of online media manipulation.
• Issues of privacy and intellectual property.
• The impact of net culture on self and identity.
• How we engage and communicate via social networks, and the impact on social relationships.
• The use of the database for narrative and artistic form.