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Readings

WEEK # READINGS
1-2

Robbins, David. "Concrete Comedy: A Primer." Artforum, November 2004.

Finkelpearl, Tom. "Introduction: The City as Site." In Dialogues in Public Art. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2000, pp. 2-51. ISBN: 0262561484.

Klein, Naomi. "Culture Jamming: Ads under Attack." In No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies. New York, NY: Picador, 2000, pp. 279-309. ISBN: 0312203438.

McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics. New York, NY: Harper, 1994, chapter 2. ISBN: 006097625X.

3-4

McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics. New York, NY: Harper, 1994, chapter 3. ISBN: 006097625X.

Greenberg, Clement. "Avant-Garde and Kitsch."

———. "Modernist Painting."

Baudelaire, Charles. "The Painter of Modern Life." (Excerpts)

5-6

McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics. New York, NY: Harper, 1994, chapter 4. ISBN: 006097625X.

Introduction to Video. Prof. Joe Gibbons.

7-8 McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics. New York, NY: Harper, 1994, chapter 6. ISBN: 006097625X.
9-10 McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics. New York, NY: Harper, 1994, chapter 7. ISBN: 006097625X.
11-12

Freud, Sigmund. "The Uncanny."

Mori, Masahiro. "Uncanny Valley."

Baudrillard, Jean. "Simulacra and Simulations."

O'Reilly, Tim. "News from the Future." Make Magazine 7.

Lacan, Jacques. "The Mirror Stage: Overview."