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Media Creation B (Creation×Body・Environment)

The genre,“Media Art,” that emerged in the early 1990s was a movement that deviated from the existing definitions of “media” and “art”, by quickly incorporating updates in information technology, crossing various genres, and thereby inventing new media. In addition, the movement created communication between the old and new media in unprecedented ways. In the contemporary context of social media-based communication, natural disasters, environmental and energy issues, and media-based showy spectacles and our excessive dependence on them, it is necessary to reexamine the meaning and potential of media expression. This will also simultaneously include a reexamination of relations between human existence and the world. In each class, the faculty member in charge will present a case study on the topic of their own research and will analyze and discuss the issues. In addition, opportunities for dialogue will be set up by the 3 teachers, to stimulate problem sharing and mutual inspiration.

Course Format

Lecture

Course Plan / Overview

Lecture 1 (9/29 All professors in charge) Opening
Lecture 2 (10/6 Akamatsu) Historical Changes in Mobility
Lecture 3 (10/6 Akamatsu) Societal Strategies for Mobility
Lecture 4 (10/13 Kobayashi) Theory of Body in Media
Lecture 5 (10/13 Kobayashi) Theory of Body in AI
Lecture 6 (10/20 Maebayashi) Media and Perception
Lecture 7 (10/20 Maebayashi) Technology for Creating “Sensation”
Lecture 8 (10/27 Akamatsu) Cognitive Transformation of Reality
Lecture 9 (10/27 Akamatsu) Somatic Transformation of Reality
Lecture 10 (11/10 Kobayashi) Media Hauntology
Lecture 11 (11/10 Kobayashi) Philosophy on “Avatars”
Lecture 12 (11/17 Maebayashi) Place, Sense, and Media (1)
Lecture 13 (11/17 Maebayashi) Place, Sense, and Media (2)
Lecture 14 (11/24 All teachers) Topic Presentation and Critique
Lecture 15 (11/24 All teachers) Closing

Textbooks / Reference Materials

To be distributed in class as necessary

Specialized Classes Media Creation A (Creation×Information・Media)
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Specialized Classes Media Creation C (Creation×Science・Society)