Download a PDF of the syllabus with deadlines, schedule, and assignments here.
Major projects in bold
8/29 giant idea list, giant title list
8/29 narrowed idea list with sketches (end of class)
9/3 Artist’s statement, goals, reading list
9/5 Project 1 – Time constraint sculpture
9/10 Project 1 documentation
9/10 Project 1 reflection statement
9/12 Ideas and sketches for project 2
9/17 full proposal & prototypes for project 2
10/1 Project 2 – at site / in context full scale
10/3 Project 2 Reflection statement
10/3 Project 2 documentation
10/3 Updated Artist’s statement & lists
10/8 Project 3 proposal draft
10/10 Project 3 updated proposal
10/24 Project 3 – internet as place
10/24 Project 3 documentation
10/29 Project 3 reflection statement
10/29 Updated Artists’s statement & lists
10/29 Project 4 sketches, ideas, titles
10/29 Reading (personal research) for Project 4 posted to the blog
10/31 costume
10/31 Project 4 proposal presentation
11/5 Project 4 prototype
11/12 Project 4 self-assigned research / reading presentation – Group 1
11/14 Project 4 self-assigned research / reading presentation – Group 2
12/5 Project 4 Final project
12/13 Project 4 reflection statement
12/13 Project 4 documentation
12/13 Final Artist’s statement & lists
(dates vary) Artist presentation & blog post #1
(dates vary) Artist presentation & blog post #2
(dates vary) Artist presentation & blog post #3
(dates vary) Artist presentation & blog post #4
These are 4-8 minute research presentations on an artist of your choice. What are they doing, how are they making it, what does it mean, what is significant about this work in a social, historical, and art context? What do you think about the work or artist or how might it inspire you to think differently about your own work. These will take place every week, sometimes twice a week. I recommend choosing an artist from the reference page, but you may choose someone off the list if you want. Choose 1-4 works by the artist and discuss in depth with images.
8/29 - Coco, Keegan
9/3 - Ema, Philippe
9/5 - NO PRES, crit
9/10 - Jenny, Sam
9/12 - Johanna, Miranda
9/17 - Audry, Rachel
9/19 - Misa, Coco
9/24 - Keegan, Ema
9/26 - Philippe, Jenny
10/1 - NO PRES, crit
10/3 - Sam, Johanna
10/8 - Miranda, Audry
10/10 - Rachel, Misa
10/15 - Coco, Keegan
10/17 - Emma, Philippe
10/22 - Jenny, Sam
10/24 - NO PRES, crit
10/29 - Johanna, Miranda
10/31 - Audry, Rachel
11/5 - Misa, Coco
11/7 - Keegan, Ema
11/12 - RESEARCH PRES DAYS
11/14 - RESEARCH PRES DAYS
11/19 - Philippe, Jenny
11/21 - Sam, Johanna
11/26 - Miranda, Audry
12/3 - Rachel, Misa
This schedule is subject to changes. It will be updated online and I will notify you of dramatic differences in class and, if necessary, via reminder emails.
8/27
Introductions, review syllabus, class website, review basic safety guidelines, shop tour
Introduce Project 1 - 2 week sculpture, due 9/5
Homework: bioraft safety training : Student Shop Safety, Hand and Power Tool Safety Traning, Compressed Gas and Toxic Gas Procedures, Laser Cutter Safety
Reading:
Tommy Lannigan-Schmidt interview: https://www.artforum.com/interviews/thomas-lanigan-schmidt-remembers-stonewall-80155
Fischli & Weiss Accidental Beauties: https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/03/08/fischli-weiss-guggenheim-accidental-beauties/
Sarah Lucas: https://www.artinamericamagazine.com/reviews/sarah-lucas-2/
Or this on Sarah Lucas: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/arts/design/sarah-lucas-new-museum.html
David Hammons: https://www.moma.org/artists/2486
Erwing Wurm One Minute Sculptures: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/wurm-one-minute-sculptures-p82013
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/erwin-wurm-one-minute-sculptures-art/index.html
8/29
Due: giant idea list, giant title list
individual meetings, review idea lists, share favorites from title list
discuss reading
By end of class: should have narrowed list with sketches
Work time for Project 1
9/3
Due: Artist’s statement, goals and expectations, reading list
Individual meetings, share reading lists, work time on Project 1
9/5
Due: Project 1 Time Constraint Sculpture, group critique
Reading:
Rosalind Krauss, Sculpture in the expanded Field:
https://monoskop.org/images/b/bf/Krauss_Rosalind_1979_Sculpture_in_the_Expanded_Field.pdf
9/10
Due: Project 1 documentation, Project 1 reflection statement
individual meetings on artist statements, artist statement workshop
Lecture: introduction to Project 2, group discussion
9/12
Due: Ideas & sketches for Project 2
Group discussion of reading, individual meetings, work time
Reading:
Claire Bishop, Introduction: Installation Art & Experience, at least to page 14
http://www.acastronovo.com/ClassHtms/ClassDocs/Bishop001.pdf
9/17
Due: Prototypes for Project 2
Individual meetings, small group meetings, work time
9/19
Work time for Project 2
Claire Bishop, Antagonism and Relational Aesthetics:
http://www.teamgal.com/production/1701/SS04October.pdf
9/24
Individual meetings, work time for Project 2
9/26
Individual meetings, work time for Project 2
10/1
Due: Project 2 – At Site / In Context full scale project, group critique
10/3
Due: Project 2 reflection statements, Project 2 documentation, Updated Artists’s statement & lists
Lecture: Introduce Project 3, due 10/24, group discussion
Individual meetings
Required Reading:
Artie Vierkant, The Image Object Post-Internet, http://jstchillin.org/artie/pdf/The_Image_Object_Post-Internet_us.pdf
Walter Benjamin, Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction:https://web.mit.edu/allanmc/www/benjamin.pdf
Optional Reading:
Astra Taylor, ch. 1 The People’s Platform: https://is.muni.cz/el/1423/jaro2017/ZUR356/um/67810344/at-0-1-2.pdf
Jaron Lanier, ch. 1 Who Owns the Future (to be scanned), in the meantime, read this about Jaron Lanier: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/06/books/who-owns-the-future-by-jaron-lanier.html
10/8
Due: Project 3 proposal draft
Discuss reading, individual meetings
10/10
Due: Updated Project 3 proposal
group meetings, work time Project 3
Required Reading:
Hito Steyerl, The Spam of the Earth: Withdrawal from Representation: https://www.e-flux.com/journal/32/68260/the-spam-of-the-earth-withdrawal-from-representation/
Astra Taylor, The Dad’s of Tech: https://thebaffler.com/salvos/dads-tech
Optional Reading:
David Garcia & Geert Lovink, The ABC of Tactical Media: https://www.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-9705/msg00096.html
Curt Cloninger, Commodify your Consumption: http://lab404.com/articles/commodify_your_consumption.pdf
10/15
Work time Project 3
10/17
Work time Project 3, individual meetings
10/22
Work time Project 3, individual meetings
10/24
Due: Project 3 Internet as Place
Due: Documentation Project 3 (should be inherent to project)
Group critique
Introduce Project 4
Reading:
Your choice – post something you read relevant to your work to the blog
10/29
Due: Project 3 Reflection statement, any more documentation / evidence of social interaction; updated Artist’s statement and lists;
Due: Project 4 sketches, ideas, titles, relevant reading posted to the blog
Individual meetings, discuss reading
10/31
Due: Costume show and tell
Due: Project 4 proposal presentation
11/5
Due: Project 4 Prototype
Group review of prototypes, discussion, individual meetings, work time
11/7
Project 4 work time, individual meetings
Reading:
self-assigned through research, relevant to project
11/12
Due: Project 4 self-assigned research / reading presentation
Group discussion, Project 4 work time, individual meetings
11/14
Due: Project 4 self-assigned research / reading presentation
Group discussion, Project 4 work time, individual meetings
11/19
Project 4 work time, individual meetings
11/21
Project 4 work time, individual meetings
11/26
Project 4 work time, individual meetings
11/28
NO CLASS, THANKSGIVING
12/3
Project 4 work time, individual meetings
12/5
Due: Project 4, group critique
[LAST CLASS]
[NO CLASS]
12/13 Due: Project 4 reflection statement; Project 4 documentation; Final artist’s statement & lists