MAPP 366 Media Installation Art Units: 3.00
This course guides students through the creation of audiovisual artworks designed for physical sites: galleries, museums, public spaces or outdoor sites. We will study aesthetic strategies and technologies for spatializing media through the history of expanded cinema and animation, sound art, installation art, and post-disciplinary approaches to art-making.
NOTE Administered by the Department of Film and Media.
NOTE Administered by the Department of Film and Media.
Learning Hours: 120 (24 Lecture, 36 Laboratory, 24 Group Learning, 36 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite (Level 3 or above and [registration in a DRAM, FILM, MAPP Plan] or [MUSC 256/3.0]).
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Design media installations to communicate their observations about a chosen research topic, whether social, personal or technical
- Manipulate the scale, proximity and mobility of media to mobilize a variety of spatialization strategies for sound and video
- Apply knowledge of art-historical precedents to build upon a tradition of installation art
- Analyze their own and one another’s prototypes, designs and mockups to determine technical problems common to installation art production and choose appropriate solutions.