ARTH 269 - Beyond the Plane: Photography as Intermedium

FC ARHU

4 credits
Photographs are understood to be two-dimensional. But what do we see when we look beyond the plane? This course examines “intermedia art” from a photographic perspective. Beginning with early photography as a ‘fixed’ medium during the 1820s, we follow artistic, technological, and cultural development through the 21st Century across Europe, the United States, Latin America, China, and elsewhere. Highlighting photographic artworks that intersect other forms of artmaking - drawing, painting, sculpture, music, film/video, performance, computation, installation - the course will use Fluxus theories of “intermedia” to reveal how photography is ‘unfixed’ and embodied by multimodal artistic forms and urgent social-political issues. Field trips required.
Prerequisites & Notes: Introductory course in art history is required.
Does this course require off campus field trips? Yes