Required Reading / Resource Familiarity for this Course:

 

Updated – 5/6/25 –

• DS106 Digital Storytelling: https://ds106.us/

• Giphy: https://giphy.com/

• Runway ML (AI creative tools): https://runwayml.com/

• Photopea (Online image editor): https://www.photopea.com/

• Are.na (Visual research and collaboration): https://www.are.na/

• Open Processing (Generative Art + Code): https://openprocessing.org/

• Archive.org (Public domain and remix materials): https://archive.org/

• Rhizome’s Net Art History Overview: https://rhizome.org/editorial/2019/nov/14/net-art-an-introduction/

• OnCyber (Free VR gallery creator): https://oncyber.io/

• Spatial.io (VR/AR spaces for artists): https://spatial.io/

 

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(Previous list below established 11/4/2017)

1. Rhizome – Net Art Anthology Exhibition – https://anthology.rhizome.org/

2. (removed)

3. Popular Mechanics – Long Live the GIF – http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a21457/the-gif-is-dead-long-live-the-gif/

4. The New World of Net Art, 2013 for Art News – http://www.artnews.com/2013/06/12/the-new-world-of-net-art/

5. The History of the GIF – via Giphy – https://historyofthegif.com/#/timeline/0

6. Tech-Crunch – 30 Years of the GIF – https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/27/30-years-of-the-gif/

7. Net-Art.org – Website – https://www.net-art.org/

8. ArtNet – 7 Masterpieces of Social Media Art – https://news.artnet.com/art-world/best-social-media-art-1182398

9. Are Memes the Pop Culture Art of our Era? Kate Knibbs – https://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/when-does-a-meme-become-art/

10. Can Memes be Art? Huff Post – https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/17/are-internet-memes-a-form_n_1432076.html

11. UBU WEB – Film & Video Art Archive -(Explore and Explore some more!)  http://www.ubu.com/film

 

Books:

1. New Media in Art (World of Art) Michael Rush, Thames & Hudson,1999.

2. Internet Art (World of Art) Rachel Greene, Thames & Hudson,1999.