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# Week 01 | Sep 9

IN CLASS

"I don't give a fuck if you don't know what I'm talking about- this is art. When you go see a painting on the wall and it looks bugged out because you don't know what the fuck he thinking, because he ain't got no benches, no trees there, it's just a splash. The n\*\*\*\* that did it know what the fuck it is."\
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\- Ghostface Killah, from "[The Wu-Tang Manual](http://www.amazon.com/Wu-Tang-Manual-RZA/dp/1594480184/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8\&s=books\&qid=1256271058\&sr=8-1)" 2005

<figure><img src="/files/LFSBPtIBtijaOVEUhLEF" alt="" width="375"><figcaption><p>Melusine the "Starbucks Mermaid" in a Flemish Annunciation, made with Midjourney</p></figcaption></figure>

**INTROS AND DISCUSSIONS**

* **Syllabus and Intro:**&#x20;
  * Carla and Alex intros.
  * Introduction of Grad Assistant Eric He
  * Open this page and discuss its contents, as well as general course expectations
* **Discussions:**&#x20;
  * Carla: [From A to I and Everything In Between](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gi6SJj011PhdiFuHIBBcDiVBfeZUSuxy/pub?start=false\&loop=false\&delayms=3000000)
  * Alex: Visual Literacy&#x20;
  * \*Buy [Midjourney Subscriptions ](https://docs.midjourney.com/docs/plans)
  * Alex: Art historical prompting with Midjourney
  * Review of "Activities" due Week 02

## ACTIVITIES 01&#x20;

* **FILL OUT** "[You Form"](https://forms.gle/ce9eGkFHLfuG1xoC6)
* **CREATE** a folder for yourself on the class google drive [here](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-belCw7AXZdfU9luZFx1X6jmrfjCNvvh?usp=sharing)**. ALL** digital activities (writing, visual, sound, etc... will be uploaded here)
* **JOIN** the Class Discord &#x20;
* **READ** [Allegory of the Cave (Plato, trans. Grube, just try!)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P2vppORcG9bWLkOi_cIw0_2niTeteqnQ/view?usp=drive_link)
* **WATCH** Clip of the [Matrix](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKQi3bBA1y8)
* **CREATION 01** [Messing Around](/visual-ai-studio-for-art-and-technology/creations/01-messing-around.md)<br>


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