MediaTechnology   Essentials in Art & Music

by   Edwin van der Heide & Taconis Stolk
course   2011—2012
location   LIACS room 413
time   14.00—16.00 (except 01 Dec 2011: 11.00—13.00)
Leiden University   MediaTechnology   MT Forum   2008-2009   2009-2010   2010-2011 general class 1
structuralism
01 Dec 2011
class 2
minimalism
08 Dec 2011
class 3
conceptualism
15 Dec 2011
class 4
immersion
22 Dec 2011
class 5
representation
19 Jan 2012
  class 1
structuralism
discussed works


Hans Richter — Germany (1888—1976)
Rhythm 21 (1921)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Richter_(artist)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEgULqLn5iU

Len Lye — New Zealand/United Kingdom/United States (1901—1985)
A Colour Box (1935)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Lye
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3y1offmJ4Y

John Whitney — United States (1917—1995)
Arabesque (1975)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Whitney_(animator)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7h0ppnUQhE

I.K. Bonset (Theo van Doesburg) — Netherlands (1883—1931)
Trein (1915)
Ruiter (1916)
Letterklankbeelden (1921)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Van_Doesburg
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.K._Bonset (in Dutch)
http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&tt=url&intl=1&fr=bf-home&trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fnl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FI.K._Bonset&lp=nl_en&btnTrUrl=Translate (automated translation)
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:I.K._Bonset_Trein_1915.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:I.K._Bonset_Ruiter_1916.jpg
http://nl.wikisource.org/wiki/I.K._Bonset/Letterklankbeelden

Alvin Lucier — United States (1931)
I Am Sitting In A Room (1970)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Lucier
http://www.ubu.com/sound/lucier.html

Theo Jansen — Netherlands (1948)
Strandbeesten (1994—)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Jansen
http://www.strandbeest.com/