What is CIL?Who should be in CIL?

What do I get out of CIL?What may I become in CIL?

An introduction…

There’s rumor that at CIL you study just everything!!

Actually there are 3 converging areas…

THREE GROUPS of courses!!!!!!

Would that be too broad, too many…and lack of focus?

INTER-DISCIPLINARY MODEL…the trend of the humanities

That’s what CONTEMPORARY ART is…

- Grounded in critical theory of society and culture

FOUR GROUPS of experts collaborating!!!

Critical Intermedia StudiesDr. Kimburley Choi

Dr. Stever Fore

Dr. Linda Lai

Dr. Hector Rodriguez

Visual ArtMs Phoebe Man

Linda / Hector

Computer GraphicsMr. Bryan Chung

Yuk / Hector

Cinematic ArtMr. Ip Yuk-yiu (Yuk)

Linda / Steve / Hector / Kim

*(gray) = also in that area by background and artistic practice

WHAT DO THE THREE GROUPS OF COURSES FOLLOW FROM IN THE YEAR-1 CURRICULUM?

Audio-visual Culture + Contemporary Art

1008 art of the moving image

1011 introduction to contemporary art

1012 creative writing

1013 introduction to photography

1014 sound basics and design

1016 moving image workshop

1208 introduction to 2D studio practice

WHAT DO THE THREE GROUPS FOLLOW FROM IN THE YEAR-1 CURRICULUM?

Critical Theory (everyday culture + urban space)

1011 introduction to contemporary art

1012 creative writing workshop

1013 introduction to photography

2007 culture, society & new technologies

WHAT DO THE THREE GROUPS FOLLOW FROM IN THE YEAR-1 CURRICULUM?

Digital Literacy (computer programming + interactivity)

1001 introduction to digital media

1205 interactivity

1208 introduction to 2D studio practice

2007 culture, society & new technologies

3 groups of CIL courses

Some examples…Audio-visual Culture + Contemporary ArtVisual ethnography / Micro narratives* / Art administration / Installation / Sonic art / Space &

narratives / Installation workshop / Creative electronics* / Cognition & the arts / Sound installation / Art criticism / Computational cinema…

Critical Theory (everyday culture + urban space)Creative city & urban critique / Visual ethnography / User research / Philosophy and history of

computation / Micro narratives / Game & play studies / Cultures & Identities / Space & narratives / Open source: software as interaction / Sonic art & the history of sounds & noises / Critical theory of society* / Information & communication in contemporary art / User Research…

Digital Literacy (computer programming + interactivity)Fundamentals of programming* / Generative art & literature* / Computational cinema / Philosophy &

history of computation / Network based media / Subversive computing and tactical media / Game interactivity fundamentals / Workshop in game design / Software art / Open source: software as interaction …

NOTE THE OVERLAPPINGS…NOTE THE THREE GROUPS ADDRESS THE QUESTION OF WHAT IS NEW MEDIA…

* = core course

WHAT IS AT THE CORE OF THE CONVERGING GROUPS OF COURSES?

NEW MEDIA…

AS NEW LITERACY

AS ART

AS A WAY TO THINK ABOUT SOCIETY & CULTURE CRITICALLY

The 10 core courses…

+ CIL electives

See cIL webhttp://www.cityu.edu.hk/scm/program/courses/bacm2007_CIL.pdf

What is CIL?

core beliefs…

PURPOSE OF UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

…an adequate general education for future specialization

core beliefs…

PURPOSE OF UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

…an adequate general education for future specialization

FUTURE-ORIENTATED

…for the changing world of new media*Integration

*Cross-breeding of creative media

*Multiple platform

core beliefs…

PURPOSE OF UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION…an adequate general education for future specialization

FUTURIST ORIENTATION…for the changing world of new media

*Integration*Cross-breeding of creative media

*Multiple platform

PROCESS-ORIENTED LEARNING…opening up: our own potentials, relations with culture & society

…creating experience…research-oriented

unique PRACTICE…

SM4146 Portfolio & Practicum

All CIL students have to complete a digital portfolio before graduation.

The digital portfolio is a presentation of selected works from the 3-4 years of work with narratives to explain one’s artistic purposes and beliefs, development, strengths and variety of skills.

The portfolio must also document a student’s outreach/professional experience as a student. (That could be internship in a media organization, volunteer work in art events, cultural activist participation, experience of hosting creative workshops for secondary schools, participation in a festival or exhibition etc.)

See: http://criticalintermedia.scm.cityu.edu.hk/ Action Projects (AP)

Starting 2009-2010, CIL students can participate in one or more of the following AP’s created for all BACM students. These “action group” activities are highly related to the CIL curriculum. They were first initiated and experimented within the CIL in the past few years, now open to all BACM students.*Exhibition*Media Art Criticism*Study Tours for media & contemporary art

GT (graduation thesis) projects 2007…

VideoStory-telling & narrative games

Cross-genreProcess is content / creating experience

Creating new audio-visual experience

AnimationResearch-based

Exploration of web platform*

Web ArchiveSlimming culture

In search of Yuen LongVirtual tourism & space-making in Tai Hom Village

Book-makingInstallation / theatreCode-based programmed multimedia works / interactive fiction

Link to thesis projects

What do CIL graduates do?

(art) education…[IVE, Art School, primary school, community projects, secondary schools, Lingnan University]

art administration [HK Arts Centre, Para/Site Art Space, 1aSpace]

web design / multimedia productionadvertisingjournalism / publishing [SCMP, National Geographic]TV & Film (writer, art direction, production) [nowtv, ontv, Cable TV, TVB]

cultural management

Graduate education: [fine arts, photography & urban studies, critical theory, cultural studies, media design] / overseas (US, Canada, UK) + Hong Kong

Powerpoint notes by Linda C.H. LAI

Revised March 2009