This course offers pathways through the visual language of nonlinear narratives, split screens, fragmentary visual planes and their relationships with space and spatial design. We will read, view and discuss contemporary examples from selected projects made by artists, filmmakers, designers and architects that speak to these issues. Through critical discussions students will gain a fresh look at new practices of art-making that make use of emerging technologies. Topics include: object and projection, video and sound installation, multichannel video work, digital media and architectural space, non-traditional spaces, and video art in public spaces. The course is guided by the work of artists such as Bruce Nauman, Joan Jonas, Doug Aitken, Lars Von Trier, Jane and Louise Wilson, Olafur Eliasson, Pipilotti Rist, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Robert Wilson, Douglas Gordon, and Matthew Barney as well as by concepts and pronouncements by critics and visionaries such as Rosalind Krauss, Lev Manovich, Walter Benjamin, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Rem Koolhaas. NOTE: This course does not include access to the Sculpture Center.

Ofri Cnaani
Fine artist

One-person exhibitions include: Pack Gallery, Milan; Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv; Andrea Meislin Gallery; Haifa Museum of Art; Herzliya Museum, Israel

Web site: http://www.ofricnaani.com

Awards include: Six Points Fellowship

Education: MFA, Hunter College

Publications include: Time Out Tel Aviv, New York Sun

Group exhibitions include: Smack Mellon; Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Bronx Museum of the Arts