Electronic Arts 511 - The Mediated Body

Overview

This unit introduces students to a variety of important notions in the analysis and design of creative works. They are not presented in any particular order, and are all interrelated. The intention is that students will consider one topic a week, with week 12 open for discussion/ summary with staff.

1             Muybridge, Marey and "Bullet-time"

2             Lacan's "Mirror" stage of self awareness

3             McLuhan's "The Extensions of Man"

4             Post Humanism

5             Affordance and Interface Design

6             The "Cyborg" and the "Gaze"

7             Simulation and Reality

8             Avatars, Presence and Immersion

9             Personal communications

10             Games, Narrative and Art

11             The Newer technologies - Bio   and Nano

12             Open for discussion/briefings.