ART 5340 :: Spring 2018

:: Transdisciplinary Approaches to the Arts ::
Animation: Art, Science, and Technology

When: M/W 3:30 - 4:50
Where: School of Art, Room Bo2

OPEN TO ALL MAJORS


This course explores animation as an inherently cross-disciplinary field of studies and practice, one that interrogates institutional approaches to art and intersects with both the sciences and technology. Team-taught by art historian Dr. Jorgelina Orfila and a graphic designer Dr. Francisco Ortega, specialized in the history of animation, this transdisciplinary course addresses fundamental questions about the nature of art and its relationship with popular culture, cinema, and the new media some see as its successor.


Guest Speakers:

Dr. Stacy Jocoy Dr. Stacey Jocoy
Associate Professor of Musicology
Topic: Music in contemporary Japanese animation
Dr. Heather Warren-Crow Dr. Heather Warren-Crow
Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts
Topic: Primitivism, Mo-cap, and Rotoscoping

*The class counts as a Graduate Art History Course and it is open to
ALL MAJORS*



To secure your spot, contact Dr. Orfila (jorgelina.orfila@ttu.edu)