Quiz for March 6, 2014
1. Q: Where did Michael Rakowitz attend school? A: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2. Q: What does Tino Sehgal refer to his works as? A: “constructed situations” 3. Q:Where is the installation of The Gates by Christo and Jeanne Claude? A:Central Park, New York City 4. Q: Where is David Hammons African […]
Space Notation
Space Notation-choose three areas of the school, -one which is public and well frequented -one which is a out of the way space, or a space not serving its original function, a “null” or void space -the third is a space you find interesting and attractive (aesthetically, architecturally or for other reasons). Go to each […]
Seeing (Huxley on Folds)
An aspect of drawing is seeing/feeling what you draw. Really getting into something so that your “sight” is dimensional, tactical but also interested, even analytic, can be part of drawing. Here is what Aldous Huxley wrote in The Doors of Perception (1953) while he was on a guided Mescaline trip and taken to “The Worlds […]
Assignment “commoning” an object
In class you had worked on thinking ways of making the object you had chosen more “common.” Some of you probably realized your object wasn’t so interesting/inspiring/suited to the task. So work with either the same object, or a NEW object which you choose (based on what you have learned from the first try). Think […]
Public Art (Kwon)
Miwon Kwon’s three types of public art 1. Art in public places 2. Art as public places 3. Art in the public interest Henry Moore, Three Way Piece (TBC) 1965, Bronze Paul McCarthy, Santa Clause, […]
“common” images and materials
Assignment, “Common” Images, Objects, Materials Do additional research on the concept of “The Commons” Bring to class, you’ll need a bag or suitcase to carry -Images and representations which intersect with ideas of “the commons” as common spaces, icons of “communality”, etc. Be open and and associative with your image gathering. Your images can come […]
Notes to Stephen Collis ” A Show of Hands” on The Commons
-An article in the Mainlander, quite critical of the easy idea of “hand vote” as democracy, mentions several public art works which seem to register a local anxiety about common space, power, development, etc. in tension. http://themainlander.com/2012/02/14/review-kota-ezawas-hand-vote/
Ways to Analyze a Room
This is an exercise in developing a method, by noticing some of what you already naturally do (when asked to analyze something, in this case, the room we are in). Here, rather than just jumping into making an artwork, or an “analysis”, we are being more systematic about first defining the terms, discourses and contexts, […]
Artist’s Writing: Statements Thoughts
Artist’s “statements” can take a whole range of forms and topics. -a more general statement, Marcel Duchamp “The Creative Act” . Perhaps it is interesting to note this is not a statement about “art” but about the act of creation, it therefore sidesteps what I think is one of the pitfalls of writing “about” one’s art. […]