Shaping Time: Contemporary Practices in Time-Based Media, Technology, and Science
This class explores contemporary artistic practices that engage with time as a primary material through sound, moving image, computation, and experimental systems. It approaches time-based media as a field where artistic research intersects with technology, scientific processes, and environmental signals.
Drawing from the practice of Interspecifics, the course examines how artists can work with systems such as machine learning, biofeedback, environmental sensing, and generative processes. Rather than treating technology simply as a tool, the class approaches it as a collaborator and cultural framework that shapes perception, authorship, and artistic agency.
The class functions as an experimental laboratory where students develop individual projects while engaging with questions related to perception, systems, and technological imaginaries. Through critiques, discussions, and one-on-one meetings, students will explore hybrid forms of practice across video, sound, installation, performance, and code.
Particular emphasis is placed on experimentation, speculative prototyping, and artistic research as methods for engaging with contemporary technological and ecological conditions.