Fall 2026 TUE/THR 13:40 - 16:30pm [syllabus]
Week 1
9/1 (TUE)
C
  • Introduction to class
  • How the Internet works (1) [Notes]
  • Intro to HTML (1) [Notes]
L
  • Create your first HTML document and check that it is rendered correctly on two web browsers. If you cannot make it work, we will solve problems next class
A
9/3 (THR)
C
  • How the Internet works (2) [Notes]
  • Prep for reading (what is protocol) [notes]
  • Traceroute [Notes]
  • Assign traceroute exercise (due 9/15 end of day)
  • Assign ping exercise (due 9/15 end of day)
  • HTML (2) [Notes]: Intro (samlple file)
  • HTML (3) [Notes]: Styling using HTML
A
Week 2
9/8 (TUE)
C
R
  • Read by this class:
    • Galloway, Alexander R. (2004). Protocol: How Control Exists After Decentralization. MIT Press. "Physical Media," pp. 28-53 (26 pp.) [PDF].
    • Submit one passage and observation submit via google doc here).
A
  • Install Fetch for Mac note the use educational license number provided. Alternatively WinSCP for Windows. We will use to transfer files to the server next class. (Mac/Windows alternative cyberduck free but has ads)
S
9/10 (THR)
C
R
Week 3
9/15 (TUE)
C
  • Discuss Readings (post quote/observation)
  • my [map] for ch2
  • my [notes] on hypertext
  • Intro to CSS (1) [Notes] CSS Selectors
  • (probably another time) Using git!?? [Notes]
R
  • Read by this class
    • Galloway, Alexander R. (2004). Protocol: How Control Exists After Decentralization. MIT Press. "Form," pp. 55-72 (18 pp.) [PDF]
    • The original vision for hypertext (which is much more expansive than HTML): Nelson, Theodor H. (1981). "Proposal for a Universal Electronic Publishing System and Archive." From Literary Machines, reprinted in Wardrip-Fruin, Noah and Nick Montfort, eds. (2003). The New Media Reader. MIT Press. [PDF]
    • Submit one passage and observation submit via google doc here).
D
  • Due by end of day
    • ping exercise: submit (google doc, or PDF) [here]
9/17 (THR)
C
  • Discuss traceroute ping results.
  • Nytimes article on "How Russia Took Over Ukraine’s Internet in Occupied Territories"
  • CSS (2) [Notes]: CSS properties
  • Copilot Modes [Notes]
Week 4
9/22 (TUE)
C
  • Student presentation [TBD Henry, Foster] + discuss readings/works
  • CSS and layout (3) [Notes]
  • CSS and animation (4) [Notes]
R
  • Read by this class
    • Wilk, Elvia. "High InFidelity." Net Art Anthology, Rhizome, 2019. [PDF]
9/24 (THR)
C
  • Studio work time
Week 5
9/29 (TUE)
C
  • Critique #1
D
  • Hypertext Art Project Critique [description]. Publish on Reed web server and post URL [here]
10/1 (THR)
C
  • Critque #2
A
  • Javascript 1 [Notes]
S
Rafael Rosendaal's websites and website as public art [video].
Week 6
10/6 (TUE)
C
R
  • Read by this class
    • Dean, Aria. "Blackness in Circulation: A History of Net Art." Net Art Anthology, Rhizome, 2019. [PDF]
S
10/8 (THR)
C
  • Discuss Readings (submit quote/observation)
  • [Map] of reading
  • Javascript 3 [Notes] (onclick events, intro to functions)
R
  • Read by this class
    • Hu, Tung-Hui (2015). A Prehistory of the Cloud. MIT Press. "Introduction," pp. ix-xxix (21 pp.); "The Shape of the Network," pp. 1-35 (35 pp.)
    • Submit one passage and observation submit via google doc here).
Week 7
10/13 (TUE)
C
  • Javascript 4 [Notes] (function review) & [Notes](accessing DOM style/innerHTML)
  • Write a complex function ??
10/15 (THR)
C
L
  • Lab 1: Landscape/Space/Page/Visualization
R
  • Read by this class:
    • Driscoll, Megan. "Now You're In My Computer: Performing in the Network's Theater of Visibility." Net Art Anthology, Rhizome, 2019. [PDF]
Fall Break Oct 17–25
Week 8
10/27 (TUE)
C
10/29 (THR)
C
  • My [Notes] on batch processing
  • [Map] of readings
  • Discuss Readings (submit quote/observation)
  • Big Picture, Arrays, Flow of Control, Data [Notes]
R
  • Read by this class
    • Hu, Tung-Hui (2015). A Prehistory of the Cloud. MIT Press. "Time-sharing and Virtualization," pp. 37-71 (35 pp.)
    • Submit one passage and observation submit via google doc [here]
S
Week 9
11/3 (TUE)
C
  • Web Architecture. Running a server [Notes] and state, brief (hands-on version returns for Lab 4 on 12/4) [Notes]
L
  • Lab 2: Engine
11/5 (THR)
C
R
  • Read by this class
    • Moss, Ceci. "If Communication Is Commodity, Let's Weird: Disruption & Net Art." Net Art Anthology, Rhizome, 2019. [PDF]
Week 10
11/10 (TUE)
C
  • Real-time communication (socket.io) [Notes]
  • Student presentation [TBD: Khaoula] + discuss readings/works
L
  • Lab 3: Interface
R
  • Read by this class
    • Soulellis, Paul. "The Post as Medium." Net Art Anthology, Rhizome, 2019. [PDF]
S
11/12 (THR)
C
  • Discuss Readings (submit quote/observation)
L
  • Studio work time
R
  • Read by this class:
    • Hu, Tung-Hui (2015). A Prehistory of the Cloud. MIT Press. "Seeing the Cloud of Data," pp. 111-144 (34 pp.)
    • Submit one passage and observation submit via google doc here).
S
Week 11
11/17 (TUE)
C
  • Studio work time
11/19 (THR)
C
  • Critique Dyanamic Web Art Project using Javascript [submit URL here]
D
Week 12
11/24 (TUE)
C
  • Critique Dyanamic Web Art Project using Javascript [submit URL here]
Thanksgiving Break 11/26-11/29
Week 13
12/1 (TUE)
C
    • Discuss readings
    • APIs: Google Maps API
R
  • Read by this class
    • Karp, Alexander C., and Nicholas W. Zamiska (2025). The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West. Crown. "Preface," pp. 12-15 (4 pp.); "Lost Valley," pp. 17-27 (11 pp.); "Flawed Systems," pp. 98-102 (5 pp.) [PDF]
    • Bridle, James (2022). Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. "Introduction" pp. 1-19 (19 pp.) [PDF]
    • Submit brief questions, and sentences in text, thoughts or ideas that you would think would be interesting to discuss via google doc
  • Optional/Supplement
S
12/4 (THR)
C
  • State and persistence: databases, what is worth remembering (and about whom) [Notes]
L
  • Lab 4: State
Week 14
12/8 (TUE)
C
  • Studio work time

CRITIQUE DURING FINALS WEEK -- NOTE DIFFERENT SCHEDULE!

TBD
D
  • Final Critique: final project open-ended ambitious art project - submit URL [here] if on Reed server. Alternatively, you may run a server on your computer.
TBD
D
  • Final Critique: submit URL [here] if on Reed server. Alternatively, you may run a server on your computer.




C Class............plans for class..subject to change
L Lab............darkroom/lab session
A Assignments......what you should be doing outside of class among other things.
R Readings.........finish reading by.