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Advanced Film/Video Projects I — FV4476.01

Instructor: Mariam Ghani
Days & Time: WE 2:10pm-5:50pm
Credits: 4

This semester-length, 4-credit course, intended for students who will continue to the Advanced Projects in Film/Video II course in spring 2023, supports advanced students in planning, pre-production, and early production (or for 8th term students, post-production and finishing) for more complex, larger-scale, longer-duration, self-directed

Advanced Printing and Projects in Lithography — PRI4118.01

Instructor: Thorsten Dennerline
Days & Time: FR 10:30AM-12:20PM & FR 2:10PM-4:00PM
Credits: 4

This advanced level course is also an introduction to lithographic processes. Students will start by processing and printing images from limestone. We will end the semester by exploring the possibilities of making positive films to expose lithographic plates and color by overprinting. This studio class is structured around a number of projects, each one ending with a group

Animating the World — MA4212.01

Instructor: Sue Rees
Days & Time: WE 8:30am-12:10pm
Credits: 4

The course will be for sustained work on an animation or projection design project, and should be a space for both experimentation, ambition and consistent endeavor. The first half of the semester will be concerned with conceptualizing and framing the world of the animations or projections, by research, drawings, investigation, imagining. The second half will be creating the

Animation/Projection of Inanimate objects — MA2110.01

Instructor: Sue Rees
Days & Time: TH 8:30am-12:10pm
Credits: 4

The class will be concerned with animating inanimate objects by primarily stop motion.  Locations will be constructed, objects animated, and lighting explored in order to create the imaginary world. The worlds will be captured via Dragonframe® to create short animations, as well as creating stories by projections of

Intermediate Video: Genuine Fakes, or the Question of the Document — FV4118.01

Instructor: Mariam Ghani
Days & Time: MO 1:40pm-5:20pm
Credits: 4

Intermediate Video builds on the concepts and technical skills introduced in Intro to Video, and has a different theme each term. This semester of Intermediate Video will be focused on the following thematic, conceptual and formal questions. What are the truth claims made by different genres and forms of film and video? How have artists

Introduction to Relief Printing — PRI2105.01

Instructor: Thorsten Dennerline
Days & Time: TU 2:10pm-5:50pm
Credits: 4

This course is an introductory level print media and drawing class. Students will learn about relief printmaking through demonstrations of techniques, hands-on experience, and critiques. Techniques include but are not limited to wood cut and linoleum cut. With this simple process, we will be able to explore color printing in depth. This course is also an

Layers upon Lines — MA4313.01

Instructor: Sue Rees
Days & Time: FR 8:30am-12:10pm
Credits: 4

The class will be both looking at abstraction from quilts, to architectural patterns, to botanical structures as well as more figurative based work. The class will include a mixture of creating assemblages in a variety of means and materials, and using both digital and analogue means. Objects will be cut out digitally as well

Poems into Print — LIT4424.01

Instructor: Franny Choi
Days & Time: WE 2:10pm-5:50pm
Credits: 4

Poetry is as much a visual medium as it is a sonic one. What do we learn about the process of composing poems by experimenting closely with their visual aspects? How does working simultaneously with both text and image impact the creative process? What happens when writers break out of the Google doc and engage with the physical process of

Taiwan Today: Society, Media, and Trends — CHI4513.01

Instructor: Ginger Lin
Days & Time: MO,TH 3:40pm-5:30pm
Credits: 4

In this course, students will explore contemporary Taiwanese society, one of Asia’s safest, happiest, and most progressive, through audio, video, and print media. They will examine everyday life, social trends, and Taiwan’s political landscape, including women’s 42% representation in the legislature, the rise of single women keeping pets, and Taiwan as the first Asian