blog art :: project 1
Your first assigment is to create a semester-long blog art project. Please see the collection of links above to see what other artists have done. If you are new to blogging, I prefer that you use Blogger, but you may use other sites to host your project as well.
Many art courses will ask you to keep a sketchbook or idea log. Remember that "blog" is just a new word for JOURNAL. It is a collection of media that is posted over time. This media can include, but is not limited to: poetry, photos, audio, video, drawings, scans of images, site links, documentation of actions, anything that can be experienced through the web.
Please keep in mind that your blog project will need to be sustained for at least 3.5 months (September - mid December). Develop a concept that will allow you to post AT LEAST once a week. An idea that necessitates more frequent entries is okay too, but you must stick to this minimum. When developing your idea, make sure it is sustainable with your schedule (posting one entry every hour is definitely do-able but may require you to adjust your activities, like sleeping?!) Propose something that will remain exciting to you over the course of many weeks, or that might serve as a creative challenge to you. Also to consider: if your content relies on other people, how will you make sure that you are able to solicit their input in a timely way?
For Wednesday 30 August, please choose a blog art project to present to the class, and be able to talk about why you find it interesting. Also for Wednesday is the task of finding a very bad website!
Classes are not in session on Monday 4 September. Your homework is to develop a proposal for your blog art project (at least one paragraph) and post it to the Blackboard "Blogs" section by 11 pm Monday.
Also check out my link to blog hosting sites and decide which one you will use.
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