Art and Design in the Digital Age

BY
IsraelX via Edx

Dive into the interconnections between art and technology and how they influence each other with the Art and Design in the Digital Age programme on edX.

Lavel

Intermediate

Mode

Online

Duration

12 Weeks

Fees

Free

Quick Facts

particular details
Medium of instructions English
Mode of learning Self study, Virtual Classroom
Mode of Delivery Video and Text Based
Learning efforts 4-5 Hours Per Week

Course overview

Traditionally, art and technology were considered separate entities. However, due to the development of technology in the digital age, art and technology are now influencing each other. In the Art and Design in the Digital Age online course, you will learn about how contemporary artists and designers use technology to create imaginative art. These applications include image processing, social networks, flash mobs, immersive virtual environments, and much more. 

Art and Design in the Digital Age by edX is a 12-week training programme that has been created and produced by Shenkar- Engineering, Design, Art. The course instructor is Dr. Lee Weinberg from IsraelX. To complete this course, you need to devote about 4-5 hours per week. This is an intermediate course. So while there aren’t any prerequisites, a degree in relevant fields like Art History, Art, Design, etc., will be helpful. 

Art and Design in the Digital Age is a certification course. You can earn a digital certificate by completing the course materials and following the instructor-led schedule. 

The highlights

  • Instructor-led intermediate course
  • 12 weeks training in ‘Art and Culture’ domain
  • IsraelX faculty
  • 4-5 hours study time per week
  • Free audit option
  • Certification with online training
  • Assessments and videos

Program offerings

  • Israelx faculty
  • Free audit option
  • Assessments and videos
  • Instructor-led intermediate course
  • 4-5 hours weekly study time
  • Completion certificate
  • 12 weeks training
  • Art and culture’ domain

Course and certificate fees

Type of course

Free

  • You can either join the Art and Design in the Digital Age program for free or pay a fee of Rs. 4,092  for extra benefits. 

Art and Design in the Digital Age fee structure

Course Name

Fee in INR

Art and Design in the Digital Age (Audit track)

Free

Art and Design in the Digital Age (Paid verified path)

Rs. 4,092

certificate availability

Yes

certificate providing authority

IsraelX

certificate fees

₹4,092

Who it is for

The Art and Design in the Digital Age training on edX is aimed at anyone who wants to understand the interdisciplinary between design, art and technology.

Eligibility criteria

There are no mandatory prerequisites to join the Art and Design in the Digital Age certification course. However, a degree in relevant fields such as art, art history, design, etc., would prove useful. 

What you will learn

Knowledge of digital tools Knowledge of history

The Art and Design in the Digital Age programme will: 

  • Introduce you to leading thinkers in the fields of art, design and technology
  • Provide you with a language and a set of terms that will enable you to analyse and assess contemporary art and design
  • Provide a detailed view of the theory and history of art in the digital age and the interpersonal relationship between design, technology, and art
  • Provide digital tools knowledge for today’s developing art and design industry
  • Engage you in active discussions and give critical thinking tools for art and technology. 

The syllabus

Week 1: Historical & Theoretical Tangents between Art and Technology

  • Definitions of art and technology & how they could be the same?
  • Art & Technologies interlinked: from cave paintings to the modern age
  • Setting the fence between art and technology: a conceptual ridge
  • Art and technology in the Renaissance
  • Photography's early histories

Week 2: Art as Media as Language

  • Art as media: How are can be defined a communication media? Or a language?
  • Nelson Goodman's theory of Digital and Analogue
  • The Technology of Notation and Music
  • The History of Music Technology and its Implications in the Digital Age

Week 3: Art at the Turn of The Mechanical Age

  • The meaning of images post WWW2
  • The contemporary meaning of images in relation to technological development
  • Revising Walter Benjamin's and John Berger's Ways of Seeing
  • The work of Culture in the age of Cybernetic Systems
  • The evolution of the moving image
  • Avant Garde movements and the moving image
  • Old cinema and new media art: video installations and new media technologies in the gallery space.

Week 4: After Photography

  • Learn about the 4 industrial and technological evolutions
  • Agency, The emancipation of the spectator and free will in a world governed by machines
  • From mechanisms of chance in art to mass customisation in design
  • Critical encounters between art and technology: early experiments with computers

Week 5: How to think about Technology & Mid Course Assessment

  • Self-Assessment mid-course
  • 6 approaches towards the critique of media and technology in the digital age

Week 6: Art and the Internet

Net.Art
  • Tactical Media and subversion
  • Google: technological and informational biases
  • The conundrum of privacy in the digital age: We live in Public
  • Strategies to cope with surveillance capitalism: how not to be seen and obfuscation

Week 7: Digital Aesthetics

  • The Cut & Paste aesthetics and the remix culture
  • Time and space in the digital age: how to re-read spatio-temporal perceptions. After Paul Virillio and Katherine Hayles
  • The selfie and the narcissistic and exhibtitionary complexes of social media

Week 8: Digital Futures

  • Truth, Fiction and Virtual Realities
  • The Internet of Things
  • Object/subject relationship in virtual realities
  • Performance and virtual reality
  • Posthumanism and the anteoposcene
  • The myth of immateriality
  • Ability, disability, super ability

Admission details

Currently, the admission for the Art and Design in the Digital Age certification programme is closed. However, whenever it is open, you can follow this process. 

  • Use the official link to visit the course page.
  • Click on the red-colored ‘Enroll Now’. You will be given two options: paid or free admission. 
  • Choose the appropriate admission type for you. Pay the application fee if required. 

Filling the form

Create an edX account to join the Art and Design in the Digital Age online course. You can use your email address to do this. Just enter your name, country and a unique public name. Another way is to use your social accounts to join, namely your Google account, Facebook account, Microsoft account or Apple account.

How it helps

Art and Design in the Digital Age certification has no mandatory prerequisites to enrol into. You can join immediately and take part in this training from Israel X. Along with gaining invaluable knowledge, you will also receive a certificate to pad up your resume and pursue job opportunities that will advance your career.

Instructors

Dr Lee Weinberg
Senior Lecturer
IsraelX

Diploma, Other Bachelors, Ph.D

FAQs

What previous knowledge do I need to join the Art and Design in the Digital Age online programme?

While there are no necessary fulfillment requisites, having some knowledge in art history, design or art would be great.

Does the Art and Design in the Digital Age course have a fixed schedule?

Yes. This is an instructor-led course.

Can I get a discount on the course fee?

No. However, you can join the course for free if you just want to gain skills and knowledge.

Will I get a physical certificate?

No. You can only get a digital certificate.

Is Dr Lee Weinberg teaching this course?

Yes. Dr. Lee Weinberg from IsraelX will be teaching this course.  

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