Pitzer College
ARHI 186D PZ-01: Land, Art: Site-Spec Decolon
- Instructor: Faculty TBD
- Wednesday, 7:00-9:50 PM
- Broad Hall 210
- Art History
Land, Art: From Site Specificity to Decolonization What is the significance of ?land? in contemporary art? While the groundbreaking progenitors of the Land Art movement in the 1960s and 1970s were notable for their large-scale, site-specific installations in supposedly desolate landscapes of the American West, there is a discernible difference in how other artists engage land, utilizing it not as a mere material resource but, rather, a conduit for decolonization. Through a globally comparative approach, this course will bring into conversation the land-based concepts of site specificity and decolonization to better conduct critical scholarship, curatorial work, and creative practice on, about, and with the land.
MS 050 PZ-01: Intro to Film
- Instructor: Cecchet, Alessia
- Wednesday/Friday, 9:35- 10:50 AM
- West Hall Q116
- Intro to Critical Studies
Film and video are often considered to be a distinct semiotic system or art form with their own “language.” This course surveys the variety of structures which can organize moving pictures: from Hollywood continuity editing, Soviet montage and cinema verite to voice-over documentary, talking heads and postmodern voices with no center at all. The course includes silent film, classic Hollywood narrative, avant-garde film and video, documentary and activist video. Enrollment is limited.
MS 051 PZ-01: Intro to Digital Media Studies
- Instructor: Acosta, Andrea
- Monday/Wednesday, 9:35-10:50 AM
- West Hall Q120
- Intro to Critical Studies
An interdisciplinary introduction to digital and electronic media, exploring the relationships between old and new media forms, the historical development of computer-based communication and the ways that new technologies are reshaping literature, art, journalism, and the social world.
MS 082 PZ-01: Introduction to Video Art
- Instructor: Kaneko, Ann
- Monday/Wednesday, 4:15-6:45 PM
- West Hall Q116
- Intro to Production
This is an introductory course In digital video production. This class encourages a critical, creative approach to the medium, non-traditional solutions, and explanation of the history and methodology of independent video and video art. Class session combines hands-on technical training in script writing, storyboarding, camera operation, off-line and non-linear editing, lighting and sound equipment with critical analysis of subject matter, treatment, and modes of address in independent as well as mass media.
MS 087 PZ-01: Media Sketchbook
- Instructor: Lerner, Jesse
- Tuesday/Thursday. 1:15-2:30 PM
- Broad Performance Center
- Intermediate/Advanced Production
This is an intermediate-level video production class. Students are required to complete short (one to two minute) assignments every other week. The objectives of the class are to further refine the skills of shooting, editing, etc. and to develop a critical vocabulary to talk about your work and the work of others.
MS 088 PZ-01: Mexican Visual Cultures
- Instructor: Lerner, Jesse
- Tuesday/Thursday 11:00-12:15 PM
- West Hall Q120
- Media History
Survey of both popular and elite visual arts in Mexico from the time of Independence to today, including painting, prints, murals, sculpture and, more recently, film and video. Emphasis will be placed on the interchanges between media and the understanding of visual culture as a reflection of social changes.
MS 090 PZ-01: Ecodocumentary
- Instructor: Talmor, Ruti
- Tuesday/Thursday, 9:35-10:50 AM
- West Hall Q120
- Media History or Media Theory or /Adv. Production
In recent years, as the Anthropocene has become a central framework within the academy, the subfield of ecocinema has developed within media studies. This course will focus on ecodocumentary. Topics include environmental/manmade catastrophe, industrialization, anthropogenic climate change, interspecies relations, ecojustice, environmental racism, consumerism and waste. Readings will draw from a range of fields including ecocriticism and ecocinema studies. Supported by the Robert Redford Conservancy (RRC), this course will teach students the history, theory and production of ecodocumentary. By the end of the course, student teams will have collaborated with RRC partners in the Inland Empire to create short documentaries.
MS 102 PZ-01: Cinematography
- Instructor: Cecchet, Alessia
- Friday, 1:15-4:00 PM
- West Hall Q116
- Intermediate/Advanced Production
This course is an introduction to cinematography. Through a hands-on, problem-solving-oriented approach, students will learn how to give shape to the images that they have in their minds. Students will learn the fundamentals of exposure, camera lenses and sensors, framing and composition, lighting, and rigging. Since film is not made in a vacuum, students will also gain knowledge relating to film history and its movements through the screening of feature and short films to learn how other filmmakers make use of cinematography and its tools. Students with limited knowledge on cameras, lights, and lenses are strongly encouraged to enroll.
MS 124 PZ-01: K-Pop and Digital Culture
- Instructor: Acosta, Andrea
- Wednesday, 2:45-5:30 PM
- West Hall Q120
- Media History
This course will explore K-pop as a global popular media genre that must be placed at the center of our ongoing conversations on contemporary digital culture, art, and media. From artist production and multimedia performance to online fan communities and affective response, Kpop prompts changing ideas of what digital media and its audiences can look like in the contemporary era. Pairing formal analyses of K-pop productions with broader considerations of the social, political, racial, and intercultural dimensions of the genre and its fandoms, we will explore K-pop as a phenomenon that asks useful questions of any media student.
MS 125 PZ-01: Media, Art, and the Nonhuman
- Instructor: Cecchet, Alessia
- Wednesday, 2:45-5:30 PM
- Broad Hall 207
- Media Theory
This course engages with Western practices of looking, exhibiting, and evaluating the natural world. Over the course of the semester, students will examine Western representational practices (film, TV but also museums and other institutions) and how they work to create and reinforce specific attitudes towards nonhuman entities. Structured as a seminar, the class will create a space in which students will engage with relevant scholarly work, discuss, and analyze these practices, and create tangible, non-language-based responses through artmaking.
MS 190 JT-01: Senior Seminar
- Instructor: Talmor, Ruti
- Tuesday/Thursday, 1:15-2:30 PM
- West Hall Q120
- Capstone
Senior Seminar. Jointly-taught seminar designed for senior majors. Review of key issues/theories in media studies.
MS 190 JT-02: Senior Seminar
- Instructor: Affuso, Elizabeth
- Tuesday/Thursday, 1:15-2:30 PM
- West Hall Q116
- Capstone
Senior Seminar. Jointly-taught seminar designed for senior majors. Review of key issues/theories in media studies.
MS 194 PZ-01: Media Arts for Social Justice
- Instructor: Faculty TBD
- Monday/Wednesday 1:15-2:30 PM
- West Hall Q120
- Intermediate/Advanced Production
This course is a combination of analysis, theory, and hands-on service-learning experience of how media arts mobilize, educate and empower communities. The course will examine working models of media-based community collaboration projects. Students will be linked with non-profit community collaborators (media arts centers, social service and youth service agencies) who are using media as a catalyst for action in their community. Working with site hosts/collaborators, students will work with undeserved populations to design, implement and produce unique media collaborations that provoke thought and action. Course Fee $150
MS 196 PZ-01: Media Internship
- Instructor: Affuso, Elizabeth
- To be Arranged
- To be Arranged
- Elective
Internship in media related industry or institution integrated with significant and clear connection to academic curriculum through independent written or production project.