Welcome to Art of the MOOC - Art, Culture and Society designed by artist and Duke professor Pedro Lasch and co-taught by an exciting cohort of experts in the field. This specialization is for learners of all levels, practicing artists, curators, art professionals, educators, students, and anyone interested in advancing their knowledge of contemporary art in both conventional and non-conventional settings. Covered topics include visual art, public interventions, social theory, sound art, experimental music, pedagogy outside educational contexts, activism, social justice movements, aesthetics, new media, and more.
You will explore topics through a vast array of case studies, artworks, and theories from recent decades. Our fast-paced lectures are thoroughly researched but accessible, making them useful for non-academic learners, as well as formal students from high school to PhD and beyond. Also included are guest presentations from key thinkers and practitioners.
Whether you are an artist wanting to connect with society at large, a curator seeking new ways to frame your practice, or someone who has no background in art but has always wanted to feel closer to it and understand it better, these courses are a fun and reliable way to get there. The cultural sector has become central to so many of the world's most interesting places and thriving economies. Be it for personal or professional reasons, this specialization will prepare you to engage with it on a solid foundation.
Overview
Syllabus
Course 1: ART of the MOOC: Colors, Bodies, Power
- Welcome to Art of the MOOC - Colors, Bodies, Power! In this course, you will gain a much more diverse and inclusive understanding of ... Enroll for free.
Course 2: ART of the MOOC: Public Art and Pedagogy
- Students of this course may try their hand at their own public art interventions, or simply focus on learning from the theory of public ... Enroll for free.
Course 3: Art of the MOOC: Experiments with Sound
- Students of this course may try their hand at their own sound interventions and musical compositions, or simply focus on learning more about ... Enroll for free.
Course 4: ART of the MOOC: Activism and Social Movements
- This course is for activists, artists, and thinkers who wish to better understand and participate in social change. We will focus on the ... Enroll for free.
- Welcome to Art of the MOOC - Colors, Bodies, Power! In this course, you will gain a much more diverse and inclusive understanding of ... Enroll for free.
Course 2: ART of the MOOC: Public Art and Pedagogy
- Students of this course may try their hand at their own public art interventions, or simply focus on learning from the theory of public ... Enroll for free.
Course 3: Art of the MOOC: Experiments with Sound
- Students of this course may try their hand at their own sound interventions and musical compositions, or simply focus on learning more about ... Enroll for free.
Course 4: ART of the MOOC: Activism and Social Movements
- This course is for activists, artists, and thinkers who wish to better understand and participate in social change. We will focus on the ... Enroll for free.
Courses
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Students of this course may try their hand at their own public art interventions, or simply focus on learning from the theory of public practice and its recent history. Designed by artist and Duke professor, Pedro Lasch, and co-taught by Creative Time artistic director, Nato Thompson, this course presents public culture and art in their radically reinenvented contemporary forms. The lectures link major developments of recent decades to wider topics like spatial politics, everyday social structures, and experimental education. Also included are guest presentations from key thinkers and practitioners, like: Tania Bruguera, Claire Doherty, Tom Finkelpearl, Hans Haacke, Shannon Jackson, Suzanne Lacy, Rick Lowe, and many more. As the ‘ART of the MOOC’ title implies, learners and participants are encouraged to treat the MOOC itself as a public art medium. This happens mostly through the course’s practical components, local project productions, global exchanges, and critical feedback. While no prior art making experience is required, projects also offer challenging options for advanced learners. For other course offerings or language versions in this series, just search 'ART of the MOOC' in the Coursera catalog.
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This course is for activists, artists, and thinkers who wish to better understand and participate in social change. We will focus on the prolific and exciting overlap between socially engaged art and cultural practices generated by recent social movements around the world. Rather than assess the political efficacy of activities like mourning, listening, organizing, dancing, or partying, the lectures examine such cultural activities next to, and within, contemporary art practice. Included in the course are guest presentations by key artists, activists, and scholars, like: Rebecca Gomperts, Chido Govera, Gulf Labor, Hans Haacke, Sharon Hayes, Jolene Rickard, Gregory Sholette, Joshua Wong, and many more. Designed by artist and Duke professor, Pedro Lasch and co-taught by Creative Time artistic director, Nato Thompson, the course challenges learners to treat the MOOC itself as a social and artistic form. This happens mostly through the practical components, local project productions, global exchanges, and critical feedback. While no prior art making or activist experience is required, projects also offer challenging options for advanced learners. For other course offerings or language versions in this series, just search 'ART of the MOOC' inside the Coursera course catalogue.
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Students of this course may try their hand at their own sound interventions and musical compositions, or simply focus on learning more about diverse musical traditions, sonic experimentation, and acoustic phenomena in everyday life. Designed by artist and Duke professor, Pedro Lasch, and UdK composer Mathias Hinke, this course is also co-taught by scholar and musician Jace Clayton (DJ Rupture) and curator Candice Hopkins (Documenta 14). The lectures link major artistic developments of recent decades to wider ideas about sound in specific social and spatial contexts. Also included are guest presentations from key thinkers and practitioners, like: Christopher DeLaurenti, Jen Delos Reyes, Tina Haver Currin, Quran Karriem, Christina Kubisch, Thomas Kusitzky, Scott Lindroth, Mark Anthony Neal, Bill Seaman, and John Supko. As the ‘ART of the MOOC’ title implies, learners and participants are encouraged to treat the MOOC itself as a public art medium. This happens mostly through the course’s optional practical components, local project productions, global exchanges, and critical feedback. While no prior sound production or musical experience is required, projects also offer challenging options for advanced learners. For other course offerings or language versions in this series, just search 'ART of the MOOC' in the Coursera catalog.
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Welcome to Art of the MOOC - Colors, Bodies, Power! In this course, you will gain a much more diverse and inclusive understanding of contemporary culture and global art history. Engaging the course's key ideas of colors, bodies and power for their own formal merit and the value of the artworks and artists represented, you will also learn from six experts in the field, learn how key artworks and artistic principles from areas as wide as color theory, performance studies, and cultural theory relate to larger social topics like indigeneity, race, gender, sexuality, and disabilities. Whether you are interested in art and culture for personal or professional reasons, this course will allow you to connect important aspects of your life and practice to some of the most current and relevant aspects of contemporary art and social theory. As one of four in a series, 'Colors, Bodies, Power' complements and enriches the materials covered in the other ART of the MOOC courses.
Taught by
Candice Hopkins, Jace Clayton, Mathias Hinke, Nato Thompson, Nicholas Mirzoeff, Pedro Lasch, Rashida Bumbray and Sara Alghesheyan
