Survey of Interarts and Technology
Survey of Interarts and Technology covers the history of interdisciplinary work and its relationship to technology from the early 1900s to the present, including pre-1900 examples.
Summary
What you’ll be able to do
Contextualize the contemporary hybrid of art and technology within a historical framework which the student will learn through lecture, screenings, and readings.
Develop a firm grasp of the relationship of technology to the arts throughout history.
Analyze both the philosophical and aesthetic strategies at work within the various methodologies chosen by artists within the framework of art and technology.
Source: UW Guide
Grade history
↗No recorded grade history.
All recorded terms · compare terms & instructors
Prerequisites
Course mapNone
- None
This is a best-effort interpretation; check the catalog requirements above.
Prerequisite text tree
- None
Professors
Spring 2027No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Calendar & sections
Spring 2027Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|
Times are Central. Select a meeting for details; export includes recorded dates for the selected sections.
Meeting source records
No records available.
Student experience
the class
Overview of the history and practice of interdisciplinary work by artists working alone or in collaboration with others. Explores work that relies on or has a contingent relationship to the technology of the era in which it was created. Covers the history of lnterarts and Technology from the early 1900's to the present with additional lectures focusing on relevant topics from earlier periods of history, e.g. Guttenburg's printing press, Da Vinci's flying machines, etc. Individual artists and movements will be profiled with a focus on the Futurists, Dada, and Surrealists in the early half of the century, dance and technology in general and the crossover of contemporary avant garde theater and performing artists such as Laurie Anderson and others whose work is dependent on high tech electronics.
difficulty & workload
No workload feedback recorded.
Topics
- Futurists, Dada, and Surrealists movements.
- Dance and technology, contemporary avant-garde theater, and high-tech electronics.
- Historical precursors like Gutenberg's printing press and Da Vinci's flying machines.
Skills
- Analyze philosophical and aesthetic strategies in art and technology methodologies.
- Grasp the historical relationship between technology and the arts.
Grades
Grade distribution · % of letter grades
No grades available yet.
More grade details Grade mix, volume & source data
Sources & history
Catalog & offerings
Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.
Catalog observation history
Observations at scan time; dates do not imply when a catalog change took effect.
Selected offering source records
No offering records for the selected term.
Raw records
[]
Student reviews
Original comments behind the course and instructor summaries.
Read original reviews
No records available.
Grade history
Recorded grade distributions by term, section, and instructor.
Explore recorded gradesRecorded 2026-10-14
Model outputs & technical records
LLM outputs across runs
Full model traces
Recorded model configuration, reasoning, and tool conversations.
Model & dataset provenance
{
"model": "Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B",
"model_revision": "1d4bf0f2ff6012fd82039f2fa52739d0dd7c60c0",
"task_version": "17",
"output_id": "8b14ce41a425267492f8b45900875e9cfc58346b7f8a48b313f9ff074f761447",
"requirements_status": "valid",
"dataset_revision": "fc1811fa52e581ea57a35c0cf3343f8740a8ffbf",
"observed_at": "2026-10-14 17:50:09.728220+00:00"
}