Make Art Here

(3 Credits)

Make Art Here: How does location provoke an art action? What about the locations we carry with us? Does the view out your window instigate how depth perception is represented in your work, or color palette? Offering a curated, immersive experience in art-making, woven inextricably with the city of Madrid, this course centers a consideration of Live Art, archival practices and publics as we encounter and invent contemporary art making practices in Spain’s capital. We will visit parks and gardens, performances, museums, neighborhoods of interest and arts institutions generating contemporary work across all mediums. Students may switch mediums between projects and are invited to explore time based art (music, performance, film etc.) as well as fine arts (painting, drawing, collage, etc.). Students enrolled in this class can expect to walk a great deal and to attend evening and morning events. This course will be taught at NYU Madrid and will count as an Away J-Term course.