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==Description==
==Description==
English description of what the class is about
In our class Filesavvy we'll look at files and their anatomy. By deconstructing them we will introduce what is called glitch. The aesthedics of file corruption emerged when badly encoded videos of pirated movies were downloaded from filesharing sites. It may be seen as the digital equivalent of a noisy VHS tape. Datamoshing became mainstream when Kanye West used it a music clip and since is a popular meme and visual expression of the internet culture.


===German description===
===German description===

Revision as of 01:32, 4 February 2013

Werkmodul/Fachmodul
Lecturers: Max Neupert, Lasse Scherffig
Credits: 6 ECTS, 4 SWS
Date: Thursday, 13:30 until 16:45h
Venue: Marienstraße 7b, Room 204
First meeting: 11.04.2013

Description

In our class Filesavvy we'll look at files and their anatomy. By deconstructing them we will introduce what is called glitch. The aesthedics of file corruption emerged when badly encoded videos of pirated movies were downloaded from filesharing sites. It may be seen as the digital equivalent of a noisy VHS tape. Datamoshing became mainstream when Kanye West used it a music clip and since is a popular meme and visual expression of the internet culture.

German description

short german description

Topics

Admission requirements

k.A.

Registration procedure

Please send your application by email with the Subject Filesavvy to: max.neupert (at) uni-weimar.de

  • Name, Surname
  • program and semester (Studienprogramm und Fachsemester)
  • matriculation number (Matrikelnummer)
  • Angabe der geltenden Prüfungsordnung
  • Valid email address @uni-weimar.de (no other mailing addresses will be accepted) Why?

Sollte es mehr als 25 Bewerber geben, entscheidet die Reihenfolge der Anmeldungen über die Aufnahme in den Kurs

Evaluation

Active participation, presentation, artistic examination, documentation, edits in the wiki.

Eligible participants

Undergraduates and graduates enrolled in the Faculties of Media, Gestaltung and in the MediaArchitecture program

Syllabus

Termine des Semesters

  1. 22.10.09

Literature

Links

Kategorien nicht vergessen: Semester (z.b. SS10), Name des Lehrenden, Werk/Fach/Projektmodul etc.