Humanities in Our Environment
The Disaster Artist
Digital Literacy
AI
Random Randos
100

We discussed this profession in terms of a building's capacity to tell a story with materials.

What is architecture?

100

This "worst movie ever made" is the subject of The Disaster Artist.

What is The Room?

100

We considered misinterpretations to this scientific study that resulted in widespread misinformation.

What was "The Taste Map"?

100

AI stands for this. 

What is, Are you serious?

100

B.J. Priestor wrote that this individual's work is "too rooted in the past".

Who is Joseph Campbell?

200

This visual art was described by one artist as "clandestine cartography".

What is Graffiti/Street Art?

200

Fans of the film meticulously study key scenes and dress in costume to do this.

What is attend a viewing of "The Room"?

200

This term refers to our tendency to accept or reject information based on our existing understanding.

What is confirmation /cognitive bias?

200

In We Asked Chat GPT About Art Theory . . . the chatbot fabricated fake examples of these.

What are sources?

200

The "bar-band classic" Sweet Home Chicago was recorded by this independent artist in a motel room.  

Who is Robert Johnson?

300

This German design school is credited with introducing out modern perspectives on "form and function". 

What is Bauhaus?

300

Tommy's decision to write and produce the movie entirely himself makes him this kind of creator.

What is "independent artist/outsider artist"?

300

Our video on "Fake News" recommended remembering these three words when assessing information.

What are recognize, consider, research?

300

We discussed thsi ?

What is M3GAN?

300

The subtitle of this 1818 novel is "The Modern Prometheus".

What is Frankenstein?

400

Adolescents with this Lansing initiative/studio created the Old Town Blues and Jazz Fest Mural.

What is Reach Art Place?

400

Placing a chair with its back directly in front of the television is an example of Tommy's unfamiliarity with this element of filmmaking.

What was set/visual design?

400

The letters "CC" inside of a circle stand for this, which means copyright-free content. 

What is Creative Commons?

400

This is a commonly used term for an instance of AI making up untrue information.

What is "hallucination"?

400

Who/what does Tommy tell Greg not to look at because "he's shy".

Who/what is "Robot Crab"?

500

Duchamp's "sculpture" Fountain was this object placed on a pedestal.

 What is a urinal? 

500

Finish this line - "I did not hit her. It's not true. It's bullshit. I did not hit her. I did nooooooooot . . . . 

What is ". . . Oh, hi Mark"?

500

Misinformation in the arts goes back as far as this satirical writing about "baby eating" from the 1800s.

What is A Modest Proposal?

500

Either one of the two main functions and benefits of AI?

What are collect/review massive amounts of info/ organize massive amounts of info?

500

This writer/producer/director plays the character talking to Tommy Wiseau in the Easter Egg after The Disaster Artist's credits.

Who is Tommy Wiseau?