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Digital Video for Visual Artists

Increasingly digital media are becoming a staple of the vocabulary used by contemporary artists. Focusing on digital video, this weekend course is aimed at artists and art educators who want to utilise video and digital media as part of their practice or teaching. Covering elements of the theory of the use of video by artists and also strategies for its use, participants will also undertake practical exercises in production and using video on the web. Participants will be introduced to both simple production tools and professional equipment, and some of the wealth of online resources available both in terms of artist networks and free production tools. Once participants have completed this intensive primer course, they will be armed with the basic knowledge to explore digital media independently.

No previous experience of digital media is required, but a reasonable level of computer literacy is essential, including familiarity with the internet.

This intensive course runs over a weekend and classes take place at Modern Art Oxford from 10am – 7pm on Saturday and 12 - 5pm Sunday.

DATES: Summer
Weekend of the 5th & 6th June 2010

Cost

£175 full price rate for EU citizens (50% discount for those on means tested benefits - proof required)

£157.50 (includes10 per cent early booking discount if booked by 23rd may 2010- EU citizens)

£225 Price for non-EU citizens. (Non-Eu citizens with indefinite leave to remain can pay the same rates as EU citizens - proof required)

A total of 8 places are available on this course

TUTOR: Chris Oakley

Biog: A UK based artist working with video and digital imaging, Chris Oakley's work is concerned with how media and technology shape our experiences of the world. From the intervention of the camcorder in the tourist's first-hand experience to the engineered narratives of reality television, he explores processes of fictionalising material captured from life in an analogy to the mass media's increasingly uniform treatment of fiction and the factual. He is also interested in the ideas of collective memory and shared experience as they have been shaped by the mass media, where our sense of shared experience is at odds with our isolated experience of consumption.
Visit his website http://www.chrisoakley.com
Article on Chris http://www.artscatalyst.org/projects/detail/nuclear/

COURSE OUTLINE:
(Course content may change according to participants' needs)

Subjects covered will include:
How artists are using video and digital media, choosing appropriate tools, video cameras, video editing, digital compositing, online resources, animation and special effects, exhibiting digital media, video on the web

SCHEDULE:

Day 1.
Introduction to course project the history of digital media in the visual arts
Getting connected- online artist networks
Introduction to digital video production
Introduction to professional and domestic cameras
Basic of shooting video
Basics of video editing
Exercise- shooting video
Introduction to stop-frame animation

Day 2.
Exercise- editing video
Overview of digital composting and effects
How to exhibit your work
Using video in the gallery space
Video and the internet
Exercise - posting video on the internet
Summary and (if time) further practical experimentation

Run in partnersip with

MODERN ART OXFORD Acknowlegdeges the support of Oxford City Council and ACE SE

To book online or by post, see booking form.