"It is about a specific place - New York - and it is about the many different consciousness that thrive and wilt and rage and reminisce here."Completed Student Projects: Jun Ku Kang, Pat Subyen, Katiushka Melo, Viveca Diaz, Klara Hegerova, Ken Liu, Jinyoung Shin, Nami Yoneya, Jin Sung Yoo, A. Objective With a few exceptions, most of you are new to New York City. For the subject of your first assignment in Network Media, I would like you to explore an aspect of the city. It can be its people, neighborhoods, architecture, landmarks, food, energy, politics, ethnic diversity, confusing parking rules, or any other NYC topic your wish to choose. 1. Create a visually interesting online screen based project that explores one aspect of New York City. 2. If you are new to HTML, explore some of the basic tags just introduced and focus on text treatments. 3. If you are familiar with HTML and /or other web apps, please feel free to use them in your project. 4. Create a project that is both technically and visually engaging. Experiment with the following elements: standard navigation concepts, site architecture, manipulated imagery, fragmentation of text and images, linear vs. non-linear structures. Consider how your imagery and content relate to one another. 5. Look at some of the examples below for inspiration both compositionally and conceptually. B. Examples of online urban artworks: Mr. Beller's Neighborhood http://www.mrbellersneighborhood.com Crossing the Boulevard http://www.crossingtheblvd.org/ Jody Zellen: Ghost City http://www.ghostcity.com Martin Wattenberg: Apartment http://turbulence.org/Works/apartment/ Mark Watkins: Manhattan Timeformations http://www.skyscraper.org/timeformations David Crawford: Stop Motion Studies Tokyo http://www.turbulence.org/Works/sms/ Hidekazu Minami: Infrasonic Soundscape http://www.thejetty.org/thesis Annette Weintraub: CrossRoads http://turbulence.org/Works/crossroads Two Other online resources for network media art projects Rhizome.org http://www.rhizome.org Turbulence http://www.turbulence.org Exhibitions: Netropolis at Bitforms Gallery, 529 West 20th Street (between 10th + 11th Avenues) Sept. 17 - Oct. 30, 2004. This is NOT an example of an urban artwork + should be avoided when thinking about this assignment NYC: Official City Guide http://www.cityguidemagazine.com/ I LOVE NY http://iloveny.state.ny.us/ C. Technical Requirements 1. Create 3-5 hyperlinked web pages. 2. Delivery must be online, yet you can use any softwares/language. Upload all files to your server space at shell.mfaca.sva.edu D. Due Dates 1. schematic/project overview due week 3. 2. Completed Midterm assignment due week 7. |