Media Arts
Unit code: HAM434
| Credit points | 12.5 Credit Points |
| Duration | 1 Semester |
| Contact hours | 3 Hours per Week |
| Campus | Hawthorn |
| Prerequisites | Nil - except for postgraduate Multimedia students who must successfully complete The Media in Australia (HAM405) before studying HAM434. |
| Corequisites | Nil |
Related course(s)
Aims and objectives
Students will be introduced to a variety of media arts forms, from animation and interactive narrative, to immersive, virtual environments and Net art. Representing the work of established and emerging Australian and international media artists, the subject seeks to generate informed discussion about the very idea of a media arts culture– where it fits in relation to existing practices and modes of exhibition, aesthetic values of appreciation and reception, as well as its development out of a longer history of experimentation in the arts.
Generic skills outcomes
- Active engagement of students with a broad range of media arts works.
- Familiarity with critical writings on media arts and the prominent debates in the field.
- Understanding of the place of media arts in contemporary society.
- Attention to the issues involved in creating a media arts audience.
Content
Media arts have become the most public and accessible form of inquiry into the interface between society, culture and technology. The impact of digital technologies, in particular, has been profound and media artists are at the forefront of this inquiry in both their use of new media and their aesthetic exploration of its effects as subject matter.
