PLVS
3200
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Fall 2011
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Faculty:
Ann Dell'Aria
Urban dwellers encounter moving images on such diverse locations as billboard advertisements, flat screens in lobbies, public buses, backseats of taxicabs, public art installations, outdoor movies, and even on ones handheld device. This class will look at theoretical notions of the screen and the society of the spectacle and consider canonical works of film theory in relationship (or in opposition) to these public cinematic experiences. In addition to readings from cultural and media studies, this class will look at Expanded Cinema of the 1960s, the emergence of video and film projection in galleries, and the work of artists such as Krzysztof Wodiczko and Doug Aitken. Course requirements include weekly readings, in-class and online discussion, occasional response papers, and a final project based on ones own experience with screens in urban space. Pathway: Visual Studies
