®í˜ CTCS505 Survey of Interactive Media: Interactivity in the Electronic Age

USC CTCS 505 Survey of Interactive Media: Interactivity in the Electronic Age

fall 2004

Professor Julian Bleecker

electronic resources
CTCS 505 Course Syllabus, Fall 2004 (updated 9/9/04) (PDF)

CTCS 505 Course Syllabus, Fall 2004 (updated 9/9/04) (DOC)

CTCS 505 Course Syllabus, Fall 2004 (updated 9/9/04) (HTML)

Week 2

Week 2 Lecture PDF (5.3 MB).

Week 3

D. Jean Hester Guest Speaker Announcement PDF (11 KB).
See also http://www.divestudio.org for more background on Hester's Interactive Media Work
Week 3 Lecture PDF (214 kB).
Week 3 Lecture PPT (1.9 MB).

Week 4


Week 4 Lecture PDF (856 kB).
Week 4 Lecture PPT (1.1 MB).
Web Work: A History of Internet Art (Greene) (Alternative URL) Web Work: A History of Internet Art (Greene)

Multimedia: From Wagner to Virtual Reality Pioneers (Packer / Jordan)

New Media from Borges to HTML (Manovich)
A decent article on Machinima from The Economist's recent Technology Quarterly Report
Possible Project Ideas
  • SubEthaEdit performance and explication of shared, proximity-based interactive experiences
  • Visual story / narrative using video game footage
  • Database narrative using found information artifacts Prelinger Archive, Google "Image" API, Max/MSP Jitter Patch
  • Integrate Final Draft with Web-based or Powerpoint-based storyboards
  • Cut "My Three Sons" into "Double Indemnity" sequences
Possible Essay Ideas
  • Media / literature / industry analysis or review of the "adoption" of films to/from video games
  • Critique and analysis of a net.art project, video game, traditional film in the context of class insights and theoretical frameworks
  • Analytic essay on the cyborg critters in National Geographic's critter cam project

Week 5


Week 5 Lecture PPT Package (18.1 MB).
Week 5 Lecture MOV (22.5 MB).

Week 7


Cybercities Readings PDF (13 MB).

Week 9


Life Itself - Global Nature and the Genetic Imaginary (Sarah Franklin) PDF (6 MB).

Week 10


Virtual Reality Effect PDF (97kb).

Week 11


Getting The Reality You Deserve: SimCity2000 PDF.
Rules of Play (Chapter 1) PDF.