The central thesis of Michael C. Ruppert in the film Collapse is, well, collapse; that whether or not we chose to accept it, we are witnessing the collapse of industrial civilization as we know it. The repercussions will be catastrophic, and the only thing that will save us is a revolution in how we think.
For the purposes of this assignment we are going to assume he is correct.
Your reaction to this information can take many forms: group projects, individual, any. medium. you. chose.
Ways to get started:
1) Imagine it is 20 yrs from now. Things have collapsed beyond repair. Through some crazy combination of wormholes and string theory, you have the opportunity to create a piece of information (e.g. document, video, painting, sculpture, all of the above) that will be sent back to the current population. What would you tell us. Create that piece.
2) Research. What is being done, who is doing it?
3) Picture your process/work. Now picture it informing/changing the world.
Places to start:
http://www.collapsenet.com/
http://www.asci.org/
http://dschool.stanford.edu/
http://boards.core77.com/viewforum.php?f=14
http://www.core77.com/reactor/04.07_chochinov.asp
http://biomimicrydesignchallenge.com/
http://www.dow.com/studentchallenge/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQmz6Rbpnu0&feature=related
http://hyperallergic.com/36612/a-question-of-community-and-conversations-about-community-creative-times-summit/Assignment 4: Translation/Adaptation/Remake
DUEARPIL25
Phase II: Steal Everything + Give it away:
Phase 2 - For this project you will become both teacher and student - Teacher: teach your student the skill, technique, or thought process you used to create your original best. work. ever. Student: Learn this new thing; remake your original work incorporating this new skill, technique, or thought process.
Phase 1
-Screen: The Five Obstructions by Lars von Trier and Jørgen Leth
-Meet with your assigned partner and discuss your individual best work
-Assign your partner 3 obstructions.
-Create a new piece using the 3 obstructions you were given
DUE MARCH 21
Part 3:
Continuing in your collective groups: Examine different spaces for curation (the white cube, outside the white cube, site-specific work, temporary spaces, your apartment transformed, etc.), as well as different models of curation (2-D, 3-D, 4-D, performative, film, video, happenings, etc.).
Due FEB 29 : Group shows - Locations TBA
Part 1:
Research collectives & manifestos
- Assign Collaborative Groups
- In-class Group Brainstorming Session
-Create a Manifesto for your Collective
Break into groups and create a manifesto based on our class discussions, resources, and personal / group ideologies that surround your groups intent.
DUE FEB22
Part 2:
Write a proposal for a curated exhibition of your collectives work. Include specific information
Continuing in your collective groups: Y Examine different spaces for curation (the white cube, outside the white cube, site-specific work, temporary spaces, your apartment transformed, etc.), as well as different models of curation (2-D, 3-D, 4-D, performative, film, video, happenings, etc.).
Assignment 2: Remixing Curiosities aka “Cultural Archeology”
DUE FEB8
During the Renaissance the development of the Cabinet of Curiosity exposed a deeply held belief that all things were related to one another through either visible or invisible similarities, people believed that by detecting them they would be brought to an understanding of how the world functioned and what humanity’s place was in it.
Remixing Curiosities aka “Cultural Archeology”
This assignment explores relationships between objects, ideas, aesthetics and functions, as well as what it means to collect and order things.
1. Visit to the Walker:
Discussion - Craigslist readings
2. Cabinet of Curiosity
View the Walker’s Midnight Party exhibit and their “cabinet of curiosity” section.
3. At the Walker: In six words or fewer, create a narrative based on work you see (could be from any exhibit at the Walker). Make sure to include
Ex: “For Sale: Wedding dress, never worn.”
Write your own imagined narratives with six words. Produce at least five.
4. At some point over the next week, take a look at the book David Macauley's Motel of the Mysteries, concerns the discovery by future archaeologists of an American motel and the archaeologists' ingenious interpretation of the motel and its contents as a funerary and temple complex.
5. And finally, taking inspiration from all that you have seen, read, and heard, choose: two objects, forms, or environments - one theme or subject - one still from a video or film - one two-dimensional piece - and one of your six word stories that interests you from the Walker. Take the best (non-flash in the museums) photo you can of the items and describe them in purely physical, factual, quantitative terms: What are they made out of? What size are they? Where do they come from? Write down what the museum label tells you. Additionally, you will need to choose two items from outside the institution use and create your own descriptions. For all descriptions provide JUST THE FACTS, NO PERSONAL INVESTIGATIONS OR FEELINGS PLEASE; HOWEVER, for one of the items (any you choose) you will need to invent the description - providing all the information in the same manner you did the others "just the facts" wink, wink.
Have them set up as you would want us to see them (e.g., grouped together on printed paper, in a certain order on your computer, whatever). Also, before the class meeting, email me a text document that includes all of the descriptive details of your five chosen items.
Assignment 2
The Lives of Others: Language
Part 1: Language
Peruse Craigslist (or similar) and enter into the life of another person. Generate a
narrative in the form of a one-page paper. Bring both the original ad/posting and your
paper to class.
MEET AT THE WALKER - IN THE Absentee Landlord EXHIBIT, Superflex's “Flooded McDonalds"
DUE FEB1
Assignment 1: 100-Day Project
Beginning Wednesday JAN25, you will begin a design/art operation that you are capable of repeating every day. Do it every day between Wednesday, JAN25, and up to MAY2, the last day of the project, by which time you will have done the operation one hundred times. On the last day of class, MAY2nd, each student will have up to 15 minutes to present his or her one hundred-part project to the class.
Michael Bierut: Five Years of 100 Days
Assignment 2: Behaviors as Document
Tell your creative [process] story, without the story:
Create a 1-minute (min) – 5-minute (max) video documenting your process. Keep in mind the examples and discussion; this is not a “documentary” in the traditional sense, this is a video that both documents your process, and is also an experimental video work in and of itself. This is not about telling the story of how you came to be an artist; this is about you telling the story of your process, without a linear narrative.
DUE JAN25
Check Resource Page for Examples
Discuss Student Process Blogs
