FROM OLD TO NEW MEDIA

1) IMAGE-MAKING PROCESSES AS CONVERGENCE

Description: a study of the origin of image-making processes

Question: Search for accounts of the experiments of Fox Talbot. Study how the variety of his interests –e.g. botany or classical studies– contributed to his discovery of images-making processes which led to 'photography'.

Expected format: a slideshow

References: websites on the history of photography

2) FROM INSTALLATION TO ANIMATION

Description: A comparison between media

Question: Study the web presentation of installations and their relation to media of the past

Expected format: A processed text with screenshots

References: Websites mentioned in the course