Academic Catalog 2019-2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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MPSM222 We Are Pirates! : Appropriation, Decomposition and Interrelated Media 3cr Appropriation, modification and trafficking of
imagesacross networks, systems and digital
devices have become a mass ritual of contemporary
social participation. While large media
conglomerates
make professional use of post production tools
for editing and enhancing each and every image to
which we are exposed daily, a large sector of
the population responds to this environment of
saturation by appropriating and trafficking
memes, video, animation and amateur photography.
Where do artists and designers fit within this
exchange?
What are the creative tools involved in the
market of piracy and uncreativity? Who owns the
images and cultural products we share everyday?
Students in this class explore the basics of
design fundamentals through a series of
decompositional exercises devoted to learning the
digital tools involved in the manipulation of
existing media, along with a
series of lectures and readings on piracy,
originality and contemporary
art and design practices. The class aims to stir
the imagination of the group and invite students
to embrace piracy as a learning process where
applications for digital production appear as
critical tools with a potential to respond to
their mere commercial use.
Hybrid Studio Critique
Fall
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