Monday, October 9
- In class:
- Discussion of Creative Assignment #2.
- Lecture on the origins of video poetry:
- Title Sequences:
- Title Sequence for North by Northwest (1959) by Arthur Preminger
- Pinky and the Brain Title Sequence (1995) by Bryan Evans, Tom Ruegger, et. al.
- Cowboy Bebop (1998) by Cain Kuga
- Video poetry
- “Roda Lume” (1968) by E.M. de Melo e Castro
- “Sign Language” (1985) by Tom Konyves
- “The Dreamlife of Letters” (2000) and “Star Wars: One Letter at a Time” (2005) by Brian Kim Stefans
- Title Sequences:
- Assignment:
- Read:
- Explore Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries
- Write a post in which you discuss one of their video poems. Link to the video poem you discuss.
- Read:
Wednesday, October 11
In class:
- Discuss Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries
- Discuss video poetry:
- “Bring Back” (2017) by Rosamond King
- “The Offline Website Project” (2019-2020) by Alex Saum-Pascual
- “Big Data Poetry” (2020) by Diego Bonilla and Rodolfo Mata
- Discuss kinetic typography:
- “Fuck You” by Cee Lo Green
- “Right Action” by Franz Ferdinand (video by Jonas Odell)
- EDMLyrics
Assignment:
- Explore/Read:
- #kinetictypography on Instagram
- #kinetictypography on YouTube, focusing less on tutorials and more on actual kinetic typography and lyric videos.
- Write a post in which you discuss one kinetic typography work in Instagram and one from YouTube. Provide links to the works.
Friday, October 13
Zoom Class (link in syllabus and ASULearn)
- Be prepared to share and discuss your kinetic typography links and videos.
- Assignment #2 due.
- Midterm Self Assessment due (see ASULearn)
Assignment:
- Enjoy Fall Break!
Monday, October 16
Fall Break: no class.
Wednesday, October 18
Zoom class
- Lecture on kinetic e-poetry:
- “Velocity” (2000) by Tina Escaja
- “Mastering the Art of French Cooking and Systems Theory” (2015) by Tan Lin
- “Thoughts Go” (2000) by David Knoebel
- “Loss, Undersea” by D. Fox Harrell
- “Acts in Translation” by Dalena Tran
Assignment:
- Watch/Read:
- Rettberg, Electronic Literature, Chapter 5: Kinetic and Interactive Poetry
- “A Modern Ghost” by Artemio Morales
- “The Vine and the Fish” by Leise Hook
- “Upgrade Soul” by Ezra Claytan Daniels, Erik Loyer
Friday, October 20
Asynchronous Class
- In our forum, write a post on two of the assigned works:
- “A Modern Ghost” by Artemio Morales
- “The Vine and the Fish” by Leise Hook
- “Upgrade Soul” by Ezra Claytan Daniels, Erik Loyer
- Post by Saturday, respond to a classmate’s by Monday