Module: Media Spaces

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Media Spaces
Module Code	CM299 (ITS) / MCO1008 (Banner)
Faculty	Humanities & Social Sciences	School	Communications
Module Co-ordinator	Marcos Dias
Module Teachers	-
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	10
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

Coursework Only

Description

This module critically examines the relationship between physical spaces and the reception, perception, and impact of media forms within them. Students will examine concepts of curation and layout in gallery / exhibition spaces, acoustics and spatial audio, and planning for multimedia installations. The module will also examine the spatial relations of mediated communications in public spaces such as urban environments. The module specifically engages with media spaces in the context of artistic and expressive installations, curated galleries or exhibitions, heritage / cultural spaces, and information / learning spaces, any of which incorporate multimedia elements.

Learning Outcomes

1. Critically engage with the literature around spatial planning and media
2. Examine the relationships between media forms and physical spaces.
3. Apply concepts and theories of audience and participant interaction to situated media, such as installations or exhibits.
4. Evaluate and plan gallery and exhibition spaces that present a variety of media
5. Develop a multimedia installation for a specific space

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Total Workload: 0

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Report(s)	Individual written report critically evaluating a gallery media space or specific exhibition	40%	n/a
Project	Group project planning, designing, and developing a multimedia spatial installation.	60%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Apollonio, Umbro: 2009, Futurist Manifestos, Tate Publishing, London,
Benford, Steve and Gabriella Giannachi: 2011, Performing Mixed Reality, The MIT Press, Cambridge,
Cubitt, Sean and Paul Thomas (eds.): 2013, Relive: Media Art Histories, The MIT Press, Cambridge,
Eckardt, Frank: 2008, Media and Urban Space: Understanding, Investigating and Approaching Mediacity, Frank & Timme, Berlin,
Graham, Beryl: 2014, New Collecting: Exhibiting and Audiences after New Media Art, Ashgate, Farnham,
Hediger, Vincenz and Julia Noordegraaf: 2013, Preserving and Exhibiting Media Art: Challenges and Perspectives, Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press,
McQuire, Scott: 2008, The Media City: Media, Architecture and Urban Space, Sage, London,
Mondloch, Kate: 2010, Screens: Viewing Media Installation Art, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis,
Sadler, Simon: 1999, The Situationist City, The MIT Press, Cambridge,

Other Resources

None