James Khazar

DANM 2007 Graduate

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What Am I Doing Now?

July 2007:

• Looking for a job in Academia...
• Continuing development of Illuminated Dream
• Rebuilding www.khazar.com for academic focus
• Founded alumni list: http://groups.google.com/group/danm-alumni

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Thesis Project

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Class Pages

Spring 2007

DANM-213B Critique/Lecture (Class Page, syllabus, projects, schedule)

DANM-297B Independent Study

DANM-299B Thesis Research

MFA Show

Thesis Paper

Thesis Schedule

Winter 2007

DANM-250C Collaborative Research Project - (Project Group Wiki Page, Project Group Public Page)

DANM-299A Independent Research

DANM-213A Critique/Lecture

Fall 2006

DANM-250B Collaborative Research Project - (Project Group Wiki Page, Project Group Public Page)

DANM-297 Independent Study in Sculpture

DANM-212 Thesis Proposal - (current proposal .pdf)

Thesis Abstract

Spring 2006

DANM-203 Dialogues and Questions in Digital Arts and Culture - (Syllabus, Projects, Schedule, Reading Group)

DANM-222 Creating Video Art with Max/MSP/Jitter

DANM-250A Project Group - (Project Group Website)

THEA-80P The Pixar Feature

Winter 2006

DANM-202 Cultural Theory & Research - (Syllabus, Projects, Schedule, Readings Questions,Reading Group)

DANM-204B Colloquium Series - (Schedule)

DANM-220 Introduction to Programming for the Arts - (Syllabus, Projects, Schedule)

DANM-223 Electronic Sound Synthesis - (Syllabus, Projects, Schedule)

Fall 2005

DANM-201 History Of New Media - (Schedule/Readings)

DANM-204 Colloquium

DANM-219 Introduction To Electronics For Artmaking

DANM-224 Cognitive Approaches To Music Theater & Film - (Readings by week)

DANM-225 Theater, Drama & the Pixar Feature - (Schedule by week)

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Cohort Stuff

Weekly Meeting Proposal

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1st Year Work

Projects:

• Proposal for sculpture, On The Concept of History: A Liturgy for DANM202 Culture Theory & Research
• Project, Cartonnage sculpture for DANM219 Electronics for Art Making
• Final project, Alchemical Time for DANM220 Introduction to Programming for the Arts
• Final project, Cognition of Emergent Visual Froms for DANM224 Cognitive Approaches To Music Theater & Film

Presentations:

• Cultural presentation on NetNoir for DANM202 Cultural Theory & Research
• Cultural presentation on The Yiribana Gallery in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia for DANM202 Cultural Theory & Research
• Presentation on Electronics for Artists Artists for DANM219 Introduction to Electronics for Artmaking

Papers:

• Paper on Walter Benjamin's "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" for DANM202 Cultural Theory & Research
• Paper, New Media Software Tools for Personal Computers, A History, An Arc, A Lament, Some Prophecy for DANM201 History of New Media
• Paper, Reconstructing Roland Barthes' Deconstruction of Authorship in Death of the Author for DANM201 History of New Media
• Paper, De Landa's War in the Age of Intelligent Machines for DANM201 History of New Media

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Links of Interest

Math and Art links: http://www.nukes.org/math/links.html

Conceptual Design/Info Art Links: http://online.sfsu.edu/infoarts/links/wilson.artlinks2.html

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Wiki Formatting Test Page

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Contact

Basic Contact

• OFFICE: Porter D-213
• OFFICE PHONE: (831) 459-3543 (never used)
• EMAIL: myFirstName AT myLastName DOT com
• CELL: Got one, ask me

Alternate Contact Format

OFFICE: Porter D-213, (831) 459-3543 |  EMAIL: myFirstName AT myLastName DOT com

Extended Contact Information

• Office Address

  Porter College D-213
  1156 High St.
  Santa Cruz, CA 95064
  831-459-3543

• On Campus Apartment

  417 Koshland way
  Santa Cruz, CA 95064
  Map

• Internet

  PREFERRED EMAIL: myFirstName at myLastName dot com
  ALTERNATE EMAIL: myFirstNameMyLastName at mail dot com
  AIM: myFirstNameMyLastName
  PERSONAL WEBSITE: www.khazar.com
  DANM WIKI: danm.ucsc.edu/web/JamesKhazar
  DANM WEBSITE: danm.ucsc.edu/~khazar

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Backlinks:

• khazar
• Wiki Formating Page
• Thesis Proposal Abstracts
• Emergence 2007
• research / by Collaborative Project Groups