HI Tech Collaborations: Producing a Virtual Critique

Abstract

This article describes a pedagogical experiment involving the transposition of a traditional semester's-end juried critique to a modern medium: video conferencing. Synchronized remote collaborations are increasingly common in academia as the facilitating technologies become faster and more affordable. The most exciting implication of media-supported remote juried critiques (or, similarly, joint studio work) is the possibility of working with scholars and acolytes worldwide. The author suggests that the development of imaginative and effective protocols for such remote exchanges is still in its infancy.