Jess: http://www.smcm.edu/users/jporter/tourism/
Veronica: http://www.smcm.edu/users/avlopez/menchu/
Sara: http://www.smcm.edu/users/smargiotta/diamond%5Ffinal/
Shannon: http://www.smcm.edu/users/snslaughter/DeTears/DeTearshome.htm
Val: http://www.smcm.edu/users/vmdyson/Final_project_site/finalprojectsite.html
Liz: http://www.smcm.edu/users/emlawrence/adventures/intro.html
Anita: http://www.smcm.edu/users/amrich/VictoriaSecretWebsite/index.htm
Rachel: http://www.smcm.edu/users/rnali/not_nike/nikehome.htm
Scott: http://www.smcm.edu/users/smzuke/PennyAbolition/
Sean: http://www.smcm.edu/users/spglynn/biononfiction/
Kimbrey: http://www.smcm.edu/users/kapierce/index.html
Ya Haddy: http://www.smcm.edu/users/yhnjie/website1/Wal-Smart.htm
Brooks: http://sharesharp.seahawkradio.com/
Nemtsa: http://www.smcm.edu/users/nmfalu/starbuckses/starbuckshtm.htm
Amy: http://www.smcm.edu/users/acmcintosh/whosyourdaddy/2backgroundslicedDR.html
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Sunday, December 03, 2006
image maps
As some of you work on your sites, you may find that controlling your design with tables and html is too limiting and you can't always get things to look the way you want. I want to remind you that another way to make links is to use Dreamweaver's IMAGE MAP function, described in the tutorials.
The sites below have a hand-made feel because the creators created images in an editor like Photoshop, saved as 72 dpi JPG, and then used Dreamweaver to designate areas they wanted to serve as links. NOTE: This does not work well for long blocks of text, but it is good for making small things with fancy fonts.
http://www.larahoke.com/
http://www.busboysandpoets.com/
The sites below have a hand-made feel because the creators created images in an editor like Photoshop, saved as 72 dpi JPG, and then used Dreamweaver to designate areas they wanted to serve as links. NOTE: This does not work well for long blocks of text, but it is good for making small things with fancy fonts.
http://www.larahoke.com/
http://www.busboysandpoets.com/
Thursday, November 30, 2006
schedule for the end days
I'VE MOVED THE SCHEDULE TO THE TOP SO IT'S EASIER TO FIND.
Remember you can use the links on the side bar or the search function to find older posts.
Tu 22 November:
HW: do lynda.com tutorials and WWW exercise
IN-CLASS:
- group assessment form
- screening of more net art
- What is a site map?
Th 23 November:
give thanks
Fr 24 November:
BUY NOTHING DAY
Tu 28 November:
final project site map on paper (no digital files)
Th 30 Nov:
HW: work on tutorials
in-class: demo + work session
Su 3 Dec
NEW: EXTRA help session added: 4-6 pm. ROLLOVER DEMO
COME EARLY, HANG OUT WITH THE 214 GANG, WORK ON YOUR PROJECTS TOGETHER!
Tu 5 Dec: LAST CLASS SESSION BEFORE THE CRITIQUE!
- ROUGH DRAFT of project due for feedback. This means at least 2 of your pages should be designed and ready for viewing on the computer. You don't have to post them to your blog or server space. Just save to disk and we can view the page locally from the desktop.
- individual meetings with Fereshteh
Th 7 Dec:
class cancelled, FHT in Michigan to install and art exhibit at UICA
Su 10 Dec:
special help session with FHT in lab from 4-6 pm (note new time)
EXAM WEEK
final critiques with potluck!
PM section meets 7:00 - 9:15 PM TUESDAY 12 DEC
AM section meets 9:00 - 11:15 AM WEDNESDAY 13 DEC
Remember you can use the links on the side bar or the search function to find older posts.
Tu 22 November:
HW: do lynda.com tutorials and WWW exercise
IN-CLASS:
- group assessment form
- screening of more net art
- What is a site map?
Th 23 November:
give thanks
Fr 24 November:
BUY NOTHING DAY
Tu 28 November:
final project site map on paper (no digital files)
Th 30 Nov:
HW: work on tutorials
in-class: demo + work session
Su 3 Dec
NEW: EXTRA help session added: 4-6 pm. ROLLOVER DEMO
COME EARLY, HANG OUT WITH THE 214 GANG, WORK ON YOUR PROJECTS TOGETHER!
Tu 5 Dec: LAST CLASS SESSION BEFORE THE CRITIQUE!
- ROUGH DRAFT of project due for feedback. This means at least 2 of your pages should be designed and ready for viewing on the computer. You don't have to post them to your blog or server space. Just save to disk and we can view the page locally from the desktop.
- individual meetings with Fereshteh
Th 7 Dec:
class cancelled, FHT in Michigan to install and art exhibit at UICA
Su 10 Dec:
special help session with FHT in lab from 4-6 pm (note new time)
EXAM WEEK
final critiques with potluck!
PM section meets 7:00 - 9:15 PM TUESDAY 12 DEC
AM section meets 9:00 - 11:15 AM WEDNESDAY 13 DEC
THURS: links from class
tinyURL redirects long URLs to shorter ones
http://www.256pixels.com/ : daily favicon contest
favicon library (it might take a while to load)
http://www.degraeve.com/favicon/ : favicon generator
http://www.chami.com/html-kit/services/favicon/ : favicon from pics and animated favicons
CSS examples here
http://www.256pixels.com/ : daily favicon contest
favicon library (it might take a while to load)
http://www.degraeve.com/favicon/ : favicon generator
http://www.chami.com/html-kit/services/favicon/ : favicon from pics and animated favicons
CSS examples here
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
in-class screening
On the federal grand jury investigation of an artist from the Critical Art Ensemble:
Critical Art Ensemble Defense Fund
CAE on MSNBC (.mov file)
Critical Art Ensemble Defense Fund
CAE on MSNBC (.mov file)
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
net neutrality video + resources
Here is the link for the documentary video we watched in class:
Humanity Lobotomy
See also: http://www.savetheinternet.com/
Here is a RESOURCE LIST from Mark Cooley, an artist who will be visiting campus for a lecture next semester:
WHO OWNS THE MEDIA?
Media concentration, also known as media convergence or media consolidation, basically comes down to the fact that fewer and fewer companies own the media. Mediachannel.org has created a comprehensive chart of exactly who owns what. http://www.mediachannel.org/ownership/chart.shtml
Colombia Journalism Review provides a clickable list of the major media companies and their holdings. This web guide demonstrates the exceedingly far reach of these companies.
http://www.cjr.org/owners/
This is a clickable chart of the ten largest media companies in the world, current as of Dec. 20, 2001 (it is important to note that media concentration is not only an American problem). It includes US companies such as the Walt Disney Company and AOL Time Warner, as well as international giants Bertelsmann and Vivendi Universal.
http://www.thenation.com/special/bigten.html
A graph of media ownership shows the number of corporations in control of US media plunging from 50 in 1983 to only six now. It is followed by a really useful list of links, which includes the major media reform advocacy groups.
http://www.corporations.org/media/
As FAIR explains, "Almost all media that reach a large audience in the United States are owned by for-profit corporations--institutions that by law are obligated to put the profits of their investors ahead of all other considerations. The goal of maximizing profits is often in conflict with the practice of responsible journalism."
This brief introduction to corporate ownership of the media is followed by a number of links to resources on the topic, including Normon Solomon's columns.
http://www.fair.org/media-woes/corporate.html
EXAMPLES OF A DECLINE IN MEDIA QUALITY
Print and broadcast media in the US have severely cut back foreign news coverage, leading to a poorly educated American public. This may be one of the reasons that Americans were so shocked by the events of Sept. 11--they have little to no knowledge of politics, ideology, and religion in the rest of the world. Meanwhile, coverage of crime, violence, sex and scandals has greatly increased. http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/0927-03.htm
FAIR answers the question "What's Wrong With the News?" with a clickable list of very short introductions to the following issues:
- corporate ownership
- advertiser influence
- official agendas
- telecommunications policy
- the narrow range of debate
- the PR industry
- pressure groups
- censorship
- sensationalism
http://www.fair.org/media-woes/media-woes.html
DEREGULATION SPEEDS CONCENTRATION
This is an excellent and brief summary of the new push for deregulation of the media industry by the FCC. Generally, a source like this might be expected to take a sympathetic view toward any efforts to deregulate, but this article is surprisingly skeptical. It is particularly useful in briefly critiquing the almost utopian hopes of web advocates. Websites may be relatively cheap, but good (or at least flashy) content costs money, and the big media companies have used this fact to insert themselves as the dominant presence on the web.
http://www.moveon.org/r?11
This article discusses the FCC's move towards deregulation in more detail. Deregulation is based on the perspective that the media is a product only, a "toaster with pictures." There seems to be little or no recognition of any need for policies that maintain a diversity of opinion, thus serving the interests of the public as citizens; rather, the public is regarded only as a group of consumers. The results of this deregulation will most likely be an even more acute concentration of the media into the hands of a few big corporations. However, there is still time to fight it, and the article includes information on writing to the FCC. http://www.democraticmedia.org/issues/mediaownership
FCC Chairman Michael Powell is currently the driving force behind the continuing trend of media concentration. Nor does he seem very concerned about the creation of media monopolies. According to Powell, "Monopoly is not illegal by itself in the United States. People tend to forget this. There is something healthy about letting innovators try to capture markets." And what about diversity? Well, Powell believes that "[d]iversity and all that stuff is very important, but it's hard to get a consensus on what it is, other than that the goals are worthy."
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.03/mergers.html
Other resources:
http://www.mediastudies.com
http://www.prwatch.org
http://www.fair.org
http://www.mediachannel.org
http://www.znet.org
http://www.disinfo.com
Humanity Lobotomy
See also: http://www.savetheinternet.com/
Here is a RESOURCE LIST from Mark Cooley, an artist who will be visiting campus for a lecture next semester:
WHO OWNS THE MEDIA?
Media concentration, also known as media convergence or media consolidation, basically comes down to the fact that fewer and fewer companies own the media. Mediachannel.org has created a comprehensive chart of exactly who owns what. http://www.mediachannel.org/ownership/chart.shtml
Colombia Journalism Review provides a clickable list of the major media companies and their holdings. This web guide demonstrates the exceedingly far reach of these companies.
http://www.cjr.org/owners/
This is a clickable chart of the ten largest media companies in the world, current as of Dec. 20, 2001 (it is important to note that media concentration is not only an American problem). It includes US companies such as the Walt Disney Company and AOL Time Warner, as well as international giants Bertelsmann and Vivendi Universal.
http://www.thenation.com/special/bigten.html
A graph of media ownership shows the number of corporations in control of US media plunging from 50 in 1983 to only six now. It is followed by a really useful list of links, which includes the major media reform advocacy groups.
http://www.corporations.org/media/
As FAIR explains, "Almost all media that reach a large audience in the United States are owned by for-profit corporations--institutions that by law are obligated to put the profits of their investors ahead of all other considerations. The goal of maximizing profits is often in conflict with the practice of responsible journalism."
This brief introduction to corporate ownership of the media is followed by a number of links to resources on the topic, including Normon Solomon's columns.
http://www.fair.org/media-woes/corporate.html
EXAMPLES OF A DECLINE IN MEDIA QUALITY
Print and broadcast media in the US have severely cut back foreign news coverage, leading to a poorly educated American public. This may be one of the reasons that Americans were so shocked by the events of Sept. 11--they have little to no knowledge of politics, ideology, and religion in the rest of the world. Meanwhile, coverage of crime, violence, sex and scandals has greatly increased. http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/0927-03.htm
FAIR answers the question "What's Wrong With the News?" with a clickable list of very short introductions to the following issues:
- corporate ownership
- advertiser influence
- official agendas
- telecommunications policy
- the narrow range of debate
- the PR industry
- pressure groups
- censorship
- sensationalism
http://www.fair.org/media-woes/media-woes.html
DEREGULATION SPEEDS CONCENTRATION
This is an excellent and brief summary of the new push for deregulation of the media industry by the FCC. Generally, a source like this might be expected to take a sympathetic view toward any efforts to deregulate, but this article is surprisingly skeptical. It is particularly useful in briefly critiquing the almost utopian hopes of web advocates. Websites may be relatively cheap, but good (or at least flashy) content costs money, and the big media companies have used this fact to insert themselves as the dominant presence on the web.
http://www.moveon.org/r?11
This article discusses the FCC's move towards deregulation in more detail. Deregulation is based on the perspective that the media is a product only, a "toaster with pictures." There seems to be little or no recognition of any need for policies that maintain a diversity of opinion, thus serving the interests of the public as citizens; rather, the public is regarded only as a group of consumers. The results of this deregulation will most likely be an even more acute concentration of the media into the hands of a few big corporations. However, there is still time to fight it, and the article includes information on writing to the FCC. http://www.democraticmedia.org/issues/mediaownership
FCC Chairman Michael Powell is currently the driving force behind the continuing trend of media concentration. Nor does he seem very concerned about the creation of media monopolies. According to Powell, "Monopoly is not illegal by itself in the United States. People tend to forget this. There is something healthy about letting innovators try to capture markets." And what about diversity? Well, Powell believes that "[d]iversity and all that stuff is very important, but it's hard to get a consensus on what it is, other than that the goals are worthy."
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.03/mergers.html
Other resources:
http://www.mediastudies.com
http://www.prwatch.org
http://www.fair.org
http://www.mediachannel.org
http://www.znet.org
http://www.disinfo.com
Sunday, November 19, 2006
examples of net art (& some others)
They Rule
Horde of Directors
McSpotlight
The Whirled Bank
RTMark
Free Range Grain
Black People Love Us
Rent a Negro
Blackness for Sale on Ebay
Preparing for Emergencies
Cyborg Web Shop
The First Male Pregnancy
The Intruder
Tuesday Afternoon
My Dad's Strip Club
Coffee Shop Delocator
Oil Standard
Cult of the New Eve
Disappeared in America
Iraq War Coalition Fatalities
Media Blackout check out the links here!
Horde of Directors
McSpotlight
The Whirled Bank
RTMark
Free Range Grain
Black People Love Us
Rent a Negro
Blackness for Sale on Ebay
Preparing for Emergencies
Cyborg Web Shop
The First Male Pregnancy
The Intruder
Tuesday Afternoon
My Dad's Strip Club
Coffee Shop Delocator
Oil Standard
Cult of the New Eve
Disappeared in America
Iraq War Coalition Fatalities
Media Blackout check out the links here!
Friday, November 17, 2006
examples of image links
Fuck you - Fuck me is an internet art site for a fake product. It makes use of tables and each image is a link to a larger version of the image.
Biopower Unlimited is an internet art site that uses small images to link to other pages in the site.
Biopower Unlimited is an internet art site that uses small images to link to other pages in the site.
WWW exercise for Tuesday 20 Nov
Research your topic (see below) & make a webpage created in Dreamweaver. Check out the tutorials for "site control", "the basics", "linking", and "tables". Your page should serve as a start for your final project for the semester. Think about ways that you can share information that you have discovered in a creative, funny, or surprising way. Upload your files through FTP (Fugu app) and then post a link to the URL to your blog.
Your page should have:
-at least one table
-images that serve as links (these can be to external sites or other pages in your own site).
DON'T FORGET TO DO "defining a site" in Dreamweaver.
IMAGES should not be larger than 72 DPI and should be saved as JPGs or GIFs.
Your file structure should look something like this
Your page should have:
-at least one table
-images that serve as links (these can be to external sites or other pages in your own site).
DON'T FORGET TO DO "defining a site" in Dreamweaver.
IMAGES should not be larger than 72 DPI and should be saved as JPGs or GIFs.
Your file structure should look something like this
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
FINAL project
This image is not a spoof!
To follow up on the energy of the campus visit by Reverend Billy, your final project asks you to create a piece that REVEALS important information about consumer or corporate culture. Many of you enjoyed Rev. Billy's sermon, but were skeptical about his methods or wanted more information about particular topics. What's wrong with Wal-mart, McDonalds, Starbucks, or other big brand names? What kind of information do you want to know and share with other people about living in a capitalist society? How can you do this in an interesting and provocative way?
1. For your EXERCISE you will create a webpage with a table and image links. For the FINAL PROJECT you will expand on this site to make a full website about your topic with at least 3 pages and one form of movement (rollover, flash, or animated gif). Choose a topic for your project from the list below and use the links as A STARTING POINT for your research. You will need to hunt for more information.
- network neutrality
- who owns our media?
- WTO
- starbucks + ethiopian farmers
- mail-order catalogs + victoria's secret
- wal-mart
- diamonds
links to art:
- The Yes Men meet the WTO (again!)
- Exxon Energy
- order nothing from this website
- Cloaca is a sculpture by Wim Delvoye that eats food and excretes waste.
- brown dress = 365 days. one brown dress. a one-woman show against fashion.
- Starbucks Faulty Logo
- McDonald's Interactive
- big box mart jibjab animation
- consumer support group
other inspiration:
- no-logo blog... great book and super resource about consumer culture
- freeware/shareware
- Buy Nothing Day
- anti-smoking campaign
To follow up on the energy of the campus visit by Reverend Billy, your final project asks you to create a piece that REVEALS important information about consumer or corporate culture. Many of you enjoyed Rev. Billy's sermon, but were skeptical about his methods or wanted more information about particular topics. What's wrong with Wal-mart, McDonalds, Starbucks, or other big brand names? What kind of information do you want to know and share with other people about living in a capitalist society? How can you do this in an interesting and provocative way?1. For your EXERCISE you will create a webpage with a table and image links. For the FINAL PROJECT you will expand on this site to make a full website about your topic with at least 3 pages and one form of movement (rollover, flash, or animated gif). Choose a topic for your project from the list below and use the links as A STARTING POINT for your research. You will need to hunt for more information.
- network neutrality
- who owns our media?
- WTO
- starbucks + ethiopian farmers
- mail-order catalogs + victoria's secret
- wal-mart
- diamonds
links to art:
- The Yes Men meet the WTO (again!)
- Exxon Energy
- order nothing from this website
- Cloaca is a sculpture by Wim Delvoye that eats food and excretes waste.
- brown dress = 365 days. one brown dress. a one-woman show against fashion.
- Starbucks Faulty Logo
- McDonald's Interactive
- big box mart jibjab animation
- consumer support group
other inspiration:
- no-logo blog... great book and super resource about consumer culture
- freeware/shareware
- Buy Nothing Day
- anti-smoking campaign
CYBORG animation critiques
PREVIEW your animation before Thursday to make sure it is playing properly. Please bring 3 versions of your project on removable media (CD-R, flash drive):
1- original .FLA file
2- exported .SWF file
3- exported MAC PROJECTOR file - We will be using this to watch in class.
If you are using video, bring an uncompressed Quicktime (.MOV or .DV) file on disk.
1- original .FLA file
2- exported .SWF file
3- exported MAC PROJECTOR file - We will be using this to watch in class.
If you are using video, bring an uncompressed Quicktime (.MOV or .DV) file on disk.
Monday, November 13, 2006
links from Blithe Riley's talk
- The Experimental Television Center has residencies for artists to use historical analog audio and video equipment. There's a fun summer workshop for students too.
- Creative Capital gives grants to artists
- Video Data Bank distributes independently produced video art and documentaries, including the On Art and Artists series
- the marketing technique that inspired the methods for Blithe's Belief-Objects interviews
- documentation of Shaker, Crawler, Wall
- Belief/Objects website
- Blithe was the founding member of a group called Pink Bloque
- Creative Capital gives grants to artists
- Video Data Bank distributes independently produced video art and documentaries, including the On Art and Artists series
- the marketing technique that inspired the methods for Blithe's Belief-Objects interviews
- documentation of Shaker, Crawler, Wall
- Belief/Objects website
- Blithe was the founding member of a group called Pink Bloque
Blithe Riley lecture TODAY
Please post a response to today's artist lecture on your blog as homework for class tomorrow.Blithe Riley artist lecture
LIBRARY 321, 4:30 PM
Check out her recent project, shown above, at this link:
Shaker, Crawler, Wall 2005
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