Course Syllabus: Introduction to Digital Art and Culture
Art 127, Section 02
Instructor: Heidi Kumao, Visiting Assistant Professor
School of Art and Design, University of Michigan
Winter 2002
Instructor email: hkumao@umich.edu

INTRO TO DIGITAL ART AND CULTURE

Course Description * Assignments & Grading * Readings & Books * Equipment & Supplies

Course Schedule * Web Resources

WEB RESOURCES

HTML resources/tutorials
U of M Web Resources: How to make your own web pages
NYFA's (New York Foundation for the Arts) Geek Page
The Barebones Guide to HTML by Kevin Werbach
Web Monkey HTML Basics
HTML Quick Reference
Using the Web as a Resource: Learn to Search BETTER

Net Art and Lists of art links
History of Net Art - a collection by Natalie Bookchin
Stephen Wilson's massive list of artists, sites, etc.

Gif Loop info, tutorials, examples
Web Monkey's Animation overview (Lesson 1)
Web Monkey's online tutorial (Lesson 2)
Download Gif Builder and save it to your Zip Disc
Download Gif Builder here on CNET also

Gif Animation site-tons of examples, categorized
Animation Factory-tons of examples, also categorized, downloadable
Web Diner gif89A Tutorials

Audio Files online
Flashkit.com-tons of downloadable stuff
Clip Art Review - "
Find Sounds.com
TheFreeSite.com
Google Directory sample search findings
Virtual Audio Library (UK)
Clay's Sound Emporium
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Google Directory-sound loops

Audio for Web tutorials-HOW TO
Web Monkey's HOW TO PUT AUDIO ON THE WEB
Web Monkey's info page on audio/mp3 for the web
Web Developers Virtual Library - audio how to
Web Diner Tutorial

Sound Art and Radio online
This American Life- ****from WBEZ in Chicago. Very creative radio program
Turbulence- sound art web site

Animation and Digital video-General sites
Hotwired Animation Express-Wired magazine's animation special-has some nice stuff
Aardman animation - from the people who brought you Creature Comforts, Wallace & Gromit
Pitch TV - some great online animations made with After Effects and Flash
The Bit Screen - online animation and digital video art projects
Atom Films - online movie channel/presenter
IFilm-Internet movie guide/distributor/channel

FLASH ANIMATION SITES
Werehere.com- GOOD Flash users site for all levels
Flashkit.com--general site for Flash users
Atom Films- Flash part of their site, contains traditional filmic narratives

Animation/film-ARTIST'S PROJECTS
Waxweb- "documentary" movie for the web

Online journals - good resource for NON-COMMERCIAL PROJECTS
Telepolis
Rhizome

Art Organizations/Galleries presenting online artwork
Gallery 9- Walker Art Center, museum's online gallery, Minneapolis, MN
SF MoMA's "E-Space" - online/electronic gallery, San Francisco

Dia Art Center, NYC

MoMA

Guggenheim

Whitney Museum