COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Art and Design

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SIMBER RANA ATAY

Offered to

Art and Design

Course Objective

Cyber Culture and Visual Arts
The aim of the course is not only the conditions of the real world, but also the possibilities of the virtual world, because of the day-to-day development of the 1990s, the strengthening of digital technologies and the widespread use of the Internet. Many activities such as communication, education-learning, research, entertainment, socialization, trade, art are realized via internet. Millions of Internet users define cyber culture with these actions. It has a rich aesthetic potential as internet, media and environment with digital hardware and software. Therefore, New Media is one of the most important sources of contemporary art and the presence of Digital Art is a sign of this. The aim of the course is to discuss the above mentioned panorama through related artists and sample works and to give the students a critical view in this context.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Aristoteles (1995).Retorik, Mehmet H. Doğan (Çev) Istanbul, YKY
Aronowitz S. (Ed) Martinsons B.(Ed) Menser M.(Ed),(2014),Technoscience and Cyberculture, London: Routledge
Bard.A., Söderqvist J. (2015) Netokratlar, Göral Erinç Yılmaz (Çev) Izmir, Karakalem,
Bell, David (2001). An Introduction to Cyberculture. London:Routledge
Benjamin, Walter (2016), Pasajlar, Istanbul, YKY
Bernstein, Richard J.(1983).Beyond Objectivism and Relativism, New york, Pen press.
Castells , Manuel (2016), Iletişim Gücü, Istanbul, Bilgi Ün. Yay.
Castells, Manuel (2008), Binyılın Sonu, Enformasyon Çağı: Ekonomi, Topl. ve Kült.Istanbul, Bilgi Ün.
Clough, Rosa (1961).Futurism: The Story of A Modern Art Movement,New york, Philosophical Library.
Deleuze G., Guattari F.(1980) A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press
Eyman, Douglas (2015). Digital Rhetoric, Michigan, University of Michigan Press
Featherstone M., Burrows R. (Ed)(1995). Cyberspace/Cyberbodies, Cyberpunk, London, Routledge
Fukuyama, Francis (1993). Tarihin Sonu ve Son Insan, Zülfü Dicleli (Çev)Istanbul, Gün Yay.
Gibson, William (2016). Neuromancer, Sergül Oğur (Çev)Istanbul, Altıkırkbeş
Haraway, Donna. (2006). Siborg Manifestosu, Istanbul, Agora Kitaplığı
Jencks, Charles(1987). Post Modernism: The New Classicism in Art And Achitecture, London, Academy Edition
Jones S.(1996). Cybersociety: Computer Mediated Communication and Community, Chicago, University of Illinois
Lieser, Wolf,(2003). Digital Art, London, h.f. Ullmann
Manovich Lev (1995). The Paradox of Digital Photography, Photography After Photography.Exhibition catalog. Germany
Manovich, Lev (2001). Software Takes Command, New York, MIT Press,
Manovich, Lev (2013). The Language of New Media, London, Bloomsbury Academic
Poggi, Christine,(2009). Inventing Futurism The art and Politics of Artificial Optimism, Princeton University Press
Ricardo F. (Ed) (2009). Cyberculture and New Media, New York, Rodoppi
Wolf, Tom (2006).Bauhaus ve Sonrası, Feyyaz Erpi (Çev) Istanbul, Keşif Yay

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Systematic research in the internet, databases and real library environment; Brainstorming; Mental and conceptual mapping; Project design

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

It is especially important to continue with the course as it will be processed as a process from the beginning of the course.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The course foresees the theoretical accumulation of rhetoric and application.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

simber.atay@gmail.com
DEU GSF Internal: 29231

Office Hours

Monday: 12:00-13:00pm
Tuesday: 12:00-13:00pm

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes