66-6506 21st Century Aesthetics

This seminar class examines the history and theory underlying new directions in the arts. Now that the 20th Century is officially over, the new forms it evolved (installation, performance, etc.) have become the foundation for new approaches to defining art in the age of mediation. Concepts such as interactivity, the mash-up, game theory, robotics, etc. all contribute to and examination of where art may be headed in the next decades.

3 Credits