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Foundations in Art, Design, and Spatial Practices

3-3-6 units. HASS-A · Undergraduate

Develops an introductory foundation in artistic practice and its critical analysis, and develops artistic approaches and methods by drawing analogies to architectural thinking, urbanism, and design practice. Covers how to communicate ideas and experiences on different scales and through two-dimensional, three-dimensional, and time-based media in new genres. Uses artistic methods that engage the public realm through spatial, sculptural, performative, and process-oriented practices. Instruction components include video screenings, guest lectures, visiting artist presentations, and field trips. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Lab fee required. Limited to 18; preference to Course 4 majors and minors.

Fall 2003 · BSAD Foundations in the Visual Arts

Topics

  • Introduction to course and the first assignment, Made Public
  • Bring to Class an Exhaustive List of Private & Public Spaces; Made Public Lecture 1
  • Plaster Demo
  • Made Public Lecture 2; Work in Plaster
  • Plaster Exercise Due; Woodshop Demo
  • Metal Shop Demo; View Videos
  • Field Trip to Mike Glier Project; Discussion of Readings
  • In-Progress Review (including Documentation of Site, Statement of Intent, Strategy for Action, Work in Progress)
  • Student Presentations
  • Work Time
  • Review: Made Public
  • Introduction to the second assignment, Shaping Time
  • Due: Two One-minute Videos; Editing Demo
  • Due: Hollywood Remix; Sound Demo
  • Discuss Readings; Guest Lecturer: Hiro Mori
  • Review: Shaping Time
  • Introduction to the third assignment, Body Extension ; Visiting Artist Lecture: Edgar Heap
  • Body Extension Lecture; Sewing Machine Demo; Plan of Action Due
  • Discuss Reading; Student Presentations
  • In-Progress Review
  • Field Trip to the List Gallery and the Michael Joo Exhibition
  • Work Day
  • Review: Body Extension

Readings

  • Acconci, Vito. “Public Space in a Private Time.” Critical Inquiry 16, no. 4, Summer 1990.
    Listed reading
  • Antin, David. “Fine Furs.” In Art and the Public Sphere. Edited by W. J. T. Mitchell. Journals Press, 1992. ISBN: 0226532119.
    Listed reading
  • Baca, Judith. “Whose Monument Where? Public Art in a Many-Cultured Society.” In Art and the Public Sphere . Edited by W. J. T. Mitchell. Journals Press, 1992. ISBN: 0226532119.
    Listed reading
  • Lacy, Suzanne. “Cultural Pilgrimages and Metaphoric Journeys.” In Art and the Public Sphere . Edited by W. J. T. Mitchell. Journals Press, 1992. ISBN: 0226532119.
    Listed reading
  • Brand, Stewart. The Clock of the Long Now. Basic Books, 2000. ISBN: 0465007805.
    Listed reading
  • Viola, Bill. “The Porcupine and the Car,” and “I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like.” In Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House. MIT Press, 1995. ISBN: 0262720256.
    Listed reading
  • Wollen, Peter. “Time in Film an Video Art.” In Paris Hollywood. Verso, 2002. ISBN: 1859843913.
    Listed reading
  • Horn, Rebecca and Germano Celant. “The Bastile Interviews.” In Rebecca Horn. Distributed Art Publishers, 1993. ISBN: 0810968703.
    Listed reading
  • Linker, Kate. “On Language and Its Ruses: Poetry into Performance.” In Vito Acconci. Rizzoli, 1994. ISBN: 0847816451.
    Listed reading
  • Pejic, Bojana. “Being-in-the-Body, On the Spiritual in Marina Abramovic’s Art.” In Abramovic. Edited by Friedrich Meschede. Distributed Art Publishers, 1993. ISBN: 3893225374.
    Listed reading

Prerequisites & course information

Prereq: 4.02A or 4.021 U (Spring) 3-3-6 units. HASS-A

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