Laying Out Conditions: Art and Agency in the Internet Age

Art and Agency in the Internet Age is a community discussion that takes a broad, introductory look at the digitally-mediated moment we find ourselves in. The group examines the unique potentials and problems that digital networks afford practitioners of art, as well as laborers more broadly. We finish the conversation with a critique of an assortment of artists who examine conditions of precarious digital labor, networks, and the lives and afterlives of images.

Syllabus:

Looking:

• Martine Syms - ‘Notes on Gesture’
• Jon Kessler - ‘The Blue Period’ + ‘The Web’
• Hito Steyerl - ‘Factory of the Sun’
• Camille Henrot - ‘Grosse Fatigue’
• Charlene Von Heyl - Exhibition at Secession Gallery (2004) + Exhibition at Petzel Gallery (2010)

Reading

• W.J.T. Mitchell - Visual Culture Infographic (from Showing Seeing: A Critique of Visual Culture)
• Jennifer Chan - ‘Notes on Post-Internet’
• John Kelsey - ‘Next Level Spleen’ + ‘Big Joy Time’
• Adrian Chen - ‘Brad Troemel, The Troll of Internet Art’