Week 2: Aura
February 2
Walter Benjamin, “The Work of Art in the Age of its Technological Reproducibility” (1936)
Two things in addition to reading:
Screening 7pm:
Man with a Movie Camera (USSR: Dziga Vertov, 1929)
February 4
Read N. Katherine Hayles, “How We Read: Close, Hyper, Machine,” in How We Think: Digital Media and Contemporary Technogenesis (2012)
We will begin class with a discussion of Man with a Movie Camera—bring your notes and be ready to share some shots or sequences you’d like to discuss.
Here is one resource that introduces terms for analyzing film: Yale Film Analysis
Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
Walter Benjamin, “The Work of Art in the Age of its Technological Reproducibility” (1936)
Two things in addition to reading:
- Send an image with an “aura” to Laura by Monday morning at 9am
- Annotate the syllabus — note texts you are excited about, add readings/films, ask questions, offer suggestions
Screening 7pm:
Man with a Movie Camera (USSR: Dziga Vertov, 1929)
February 4
Read N. Katherine Hayles, “How We Read: Close, Hyper, Machine,” in How We Think: Digital Media and Contemporary Technogenesis (2012)
We will begin class with a discussion of Man with a Movie Camera—bring your notes and be ready to share some shots or sequences you’d like to discuss.
Here is one resource that introduces terms for analyzing film: Yale Film Analysis