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9/4 Video Art:
-The rise of collectives (Ant Farm, Paper Tiger, Deep Dish TV)
-Feminist, Race and Queer Theorists 1) 'Video: Shedding the Utopian Moment,' by Martha Rosler
(p. 31-50)
2) 'A Brief History of American Documentary Video,' by Deidre Boyle (p. 51-69)
3) 'Dé-collage/Collage: Notes Toward a Reexamination of the Origins of Video Art,' by John G.
Hanhardt (p.71-79)
4) 'Video Art: What's TV Got to Do With It?," by Kathy Rae Huffman (p. 81-90)
5) 'Paradox in the Evolution of an Art Form: Great Expectations and the Making of History,' by
Marita Sturken (p. 101-121)
*Readings taken from Illuminating Video, ed. by Doug Hall & Sally Jo Fifer
9/11 Video's role on the day of September 11, 2001 and in the days, weeks and months
following. TBA
9/18 Activist Television & The 1970's: implic. of public access Readings from: Subject to Change
by Deidre Boyle
9/25 1970's: articulation of identity politics Paper #1 due
Readings from Deviant Eyes, Deviant Bodies by Chris Straayer and from
Resolutions, ed. By Michael Renov & Erika Suderburg
10/2 Youth Action in the 1990's Final Project Proposal due
Readings: TBA
The World Trade Organization
10/16 Who is your audience? TBA
10/23 1990's: Race, Sexuality Gender and Disability Readings from Deviant Eyes, Deviant Bodies
by Chris Straayer and from Resolutions, ed. By Michael Renov & Erika Suderburg
10/30 1990's: The Gulf War Paper #2 due
Readings from Blurred Boundaries by Nichols and
States of Emergency by Zimmerman
11/6 Video Documentary & The line bt/ activism and documentary. TBA
11/13 Issues of Distribution:
The world wide web, festivals, public access television & Strategies: experimental, documentary,
and video art. Readings from States of Emergency by Zimmerman & TBA
11/20 The move from Vérité to Personal Documentary Final Paper/Project-
Rough draft/rough cut due
11/27 Thanksgiving Break
12/4 The local & the global. Diaspora. Independent Media Centers. Clandestine in Chile by
Gabriel García Márquez
12/18 Presentations of final papers & videos
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