Keywords: Aesthetics
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An Introduction to the Class (Text as Property/Property as Text)
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Abstract: An introduction to the Rice University course "Text as Property/Property as Text" which seeks to compare ancient and modern conceptions of authorship, ownership and alternative traditions of writing, stewardship, allusion, and distribution.
Digital Typography, Fall 1997
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Abstract: This class introduces studies in the algorithmic manipulation of type as word, symbol, and form. Problems covered will include semantic filtering, inherently unstable letterforms, and spoken letters. The history and traditions of typography, and their entry into the digital age, will be studied. Weekly ... More »
Numeric Photography, Fall 1998
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Abstract: The aim of the students from the Numeric Photography class at the MIT Media Laboratory was to present an exhibition of digital artworks which blend photography and computation, in the context of scene-capture, image-play, and interaction. Equipped with low-end digital cameras, students created weekly ... More »
The Nature of Creativity, Fall 2005
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Abstract: This course is an introduction to problems about creativity as it pervades human experience and behavior. Questions about imagination and innovation are studied in relation to the history of philosophy as well as more recent work in philosophy, affective psychology, cognitive studies, and art theory. ... More »
Urban Design Politics, Spring 2003
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Abstract: Examines ways urban design contributes to distribution of political power and resources in cities. Investigates the nature of relations between built form and political purposes through close study of a wide variety of situations where public sector design commissions and planning processes have been ... More »
Visual Histories: German Cinema 1945 to Present, Fall 2003
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Abstract: This course is an invitation to German film-making since the end of the Second World War. We investigate how German cinema captured the atmosphere of the immediate post-war years and discuss extensively major works of the "New German Cinema" of the Sixties and Seventies. We also look at examples of East ... More »
