Prof. Michael O'Rourke DDA-606A, Seminar I

Readings from course textbook:

Shanken, Edward. Art and Electronic Media. Phaidon Press, 2009

The readings listed below should be considered a minimum set of readings. For each artist or artist, you are encouraged to research other works by that artist or other similar artworks.

Reading Set #1

• Olafur Eliasson, p. 77

• Jenny Holzer, p. 73

• James Turrell, p. 65

• Tatsuo Miyajima, p. 72-73

• Jean Dupuy, p. 66

• Eadweard Muybridge, p.16

Reading Set #2

• Mariko Mori, p. 92

• Tony Oursler, p. 117

• Bill Viola, p. 107

• Bruce Nauman, p. 105

• Robert Rauchenberg, p. 100

• John Cage, p. 99

Reading Set #3

• Johannes Gees and CALC, p. 135

• Necro Enema Amalgamated, p. 132

• Hans Haacke, p. 121

Reading Set #4

• Bodies, Surrogates, Emergent Systems, p. 140

• Atsuko Tanaka, p. 140

• Harold Cohen, p. 144

• Chris Burden, p. 145

• Antunez Roca, p. 153

• Stelarc, p. 154

• Jim Cambell, p. 155

• Ken Feingold, p. 165

Reading Set #5

• Simulations and Simulacra, p. 166

• Dan Sandin, p. 174

• Char Davies, p. 175

• Mary Flanagan, p. 181

• Shaw et al, p. 177

Reading Set #6

• Exhibitions, Institutions, etc., pp. 182-189

Reading Set #7

• Stelarc, “The Body is Obsolete”, pp. 251-253