| J.
Kapuscinski "Basic Theory of Multimedia" Reading Questions: Due Thursday, January 17th |
| 1.
Describe what
Kapuscinski means by "linking". 2. Describe an artistic scenario (real or imaginary) in which linking occurs. |
| Nicholas Cook "Chapter 3: Models of
Multimedia" Reading Questions: Due Thursday, January 17th |
| 1. Briefly summarize Cook's 3 Models of Multimedia. |
| Dick
Higgins "Intermedia" Reading Questions: Due Thursday, January 24th |
| 1. Do you
see a change in
Higgins' attitude between the 1965 and 1981 entries? Explain. |
| 2. The
"Intermedia Chart"
is a rather famous visual representation of intermedia. Are there
elements you would add - or a different arrangement of items that would
be more meaningful to you? |
| RoseLee Goldbert "The Art of Ideas and the
Media Generation" Reading Questions: Due Thursday, January 31st |
| 1.
Describe three artists or artworks mentioned in this chapter that
interested you. Focus on describing "why" they were doing what
they were doing. How did their work fit into or challenge
contemporary traditions? |
| 2. Define
what you feel to be the essential characteristics of one of the many
subgenres that Goldberg uses to structure her chapter - The Art of
Ideas / Ritual / Living Sculpture / Autobiography / Life-Style / Dance
Theater / The Media Generation |
| Erik
Salzman "Some Notes On Origins" Reading Questions: Due Tuesday, February 12th |
| 1. What
are the main
issues the author raised about the term “Music-Theater”? 2. What other arts influenced the development Music-Theater? In what ways? |
| Smithner "Meredith Monk" Reading Questions: Due Tuesday, March 11th |
| 1. From the reading and what you have seen in class, how would you describe Meredith Monk's aesthetic approach to intermedia? How does she coordinate the use of different media in her work? |
| 2. How do
you feel her knowledge of the methodology of different disciplines
influenced her compositional/choreographic process? (i.e. how
does her experience of making dance influence her music and vice versa?) |