A wide shot of a ceramics studio, featuring students working with pottery wheels and other tools.

Eric Fleischauer

Associate Professor, Adjunct

Bio

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Film, Video, New Media, and Animation (2008). BS, 2000, SUNY Fredonia, NY; MFA, 2008, University of Illinois at Chicago. Exhibitions:  Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago;  Interstate Projects, New York;  threewalls, Chicago;  Document, Chicago;  Antenna Gallery, New Orleans;  Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany.  Screenings: UnionDocs, New York;  TIFF Cinematheque, Toronto;  Cinefamily, Los Angeles;  Conversations at the Edge, Chicago;  Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC;  Microscope Gallery, New York;  Directors Lounge, Berlin;  Santiago Biennial of Video + New Media, Santiago Chile.  Bibliography: artforum.com; rhizome.org; Afterimage; Washington Post; Chicago Tribune; Chicago Reader; New York Observer; Pittsburg Post-Gazette. AwardsThe Best of Canadian Art 2013, ARTINFO;  Most Memorable Chicago Movie Moments 2013, TimeOut Chicago;  Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship in Media Arts;  Athens International Film and Video Festival;  Three Rivers Film Festival.

 

Courses

Title Department Catalog Term

Description

This course is designed to introduce students to the language and histories of the moving image arts and the diverse ways in which artists have contributed to them. Throughout the semester we will examine a range of approaches to creating moving image work. We will compare and contrast established ?norms? with radical and experimental approaches to these various media, leading to an understanding of the rich, complex, and evolving landscape upon which individuals have been making, and continue to make, moving image art.

Students will engage with this expanded field through lectures, readings, screenings, meetings with visiting artists as well as becoming active in discussions and practitioners in the field via group projects.

Working in small groups, students will complete a series of short projects to introduce them to the various pathways of the department. By the end of the semester, students should have gain basic production and postproduction skills as well a good understanding of the key concepts relevant to contemporary film, video, new media, installation and animation.

Class Number

1570

Credits

3

Description

This course is designed to introduce students to the language and histories of the moving image arts and the diverse ways in which artists have contributed to them. Throughout the semester we will examine a range of approaches to creating moving image work. We will compare and contrast established ?norms? with radical and experimental approaches to these various media, leading to an understanding of the rich, complex, and evolving landscape upon which individuals have been making, and continue to make, moving image art.

Students will engage with this expanded field through lectures, readings, screenings, meetings with visiting artists as well as becoming active in discussions and practitioners in the field via group projects.

Working in small groups, students will complete a series of short projects to introduce them to the various pathways of the department. By the end of the semester, students should have gain basic production and postproduction skills as well a good understanding of the key concepts relevant to contemporary film, video, new media, installation and animation.

Class Number

1413

Credits

3

Description

This course is designed to introduce students to the language and histories of the moving image arts and the diverse ways in which artists have contributed to them. Throughout the semester we will examine a range of approaches to creating moving image work. We will compare and contrast established ?norms? with radical and experimental approaches to these various media, leading to an understanding of the rich, complex, and evolving landscape upon which individuals have been making, and continue to make, moving image art.

Students will engage with this expanded field through lectures, readings, screenings, meetings with visiting artists as well as becoming active in discussions and practitioners in the field via group projects.

Working in small groups, students will complete a series of short projects to introduce them to the various pathways of the department. By the end of the semester, students should have gain basic production and postproduction skills as well a good understanding of the key concepts relevant to contemporary film, video, new media, installation and animation.

Class Number

1571

Credits

3

Description

as we continue to digitize our world, the chorus of techno-optimists singing technology¿s praises is louder than ever. but...are our expansive networks and digital tools truly enlightening us? or are they in fact working to obscure, impede, and deny us the very things they are said to provide? this seminar will confront the dark cloud looming over our digital domains. we will examine how advances in information technology have generated a growing set of unintended consequences that hinder our view of the world, and diminish our agency within it. we will reflect on various topics including technology and power, complex uncertainty, perpetual surveillance, archival viability, and eroding empathy. selected readings, screenings, assignments, and critiques will map out lines of inquiry for students to consider and apply to their research + studio practices. a significant amount of class time will be spent in critique + conversation offering students feedback and mentorship throughout the semester.

Class Number

2078

Credits

3

Description

This course introduces video as a medium for artistic expression and social inquiry. Students gain an understanding of the video image-making process and develop proficiency with video equipment, including portable and studio production and editing systems. Strategies for the use of video as an art-making tool are explored. Works by video artists are viewed and discussed.

Class Number

1573

Credits

3