TEXTBOOK (please get it by mid-Feb)

We are going to read Vibrant Matter: a political ecology of things by political scientist Jane Bennett. You can get it from the library, from inter-library loan, amazon.com, etc. We'll start reading in mid-February.
Here's a good video in the mean time.

317/318 project (crit Thursday 2/23)

Hybrid Sculpture (Self Portrait)

Nader, watch this excerpt of Guy Ben Ner's video Treehouse Kit

Electronic Wasteland (60 minutes special)
a warning to take care when handling electronics
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5274959n

WATCH THIS FILM

Wasteland (feature-lenght documentary about a project by artist Vic Muniz

http://www.wastelandmovie.com/

it's on netflix

Think of an aspect of your personality that may not be readily apparent to people. Your challenge is to create a sculpture that represents that concept without illustrating it, using found or ready-made objects combined together to form a hybrid sculpture. It is not enough to simply glue several objects together. Think about how you can creatively disassemble the initial objects, and then recombine the parts to make a new object. 


Select two or more objects that, when combined, will read as a new object with a completely different meaning, sort of like a mashup. Let the materials, forms, lines, colors and materials you use speak about your concept. 


The piece should roughly take up the same amount of volume as your body. 


For inspiration, research these artists:


Nick Cave


Sarah Sze

Rachel Harrison

Tom Friedman


Studio visit with Tom Friedman from Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall on Vimeo.

Spring 2012 Intermediate & Advanced Sculpture Syllabi

Art 317 & 318 (Intermediate)
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BwmZ65ndzEDcNjlmM2E2MGEtNzQ1NC00NzVkLWI5OTEtYjY5ODZmODZjMmY0

Art 517 & 518 (Grad)
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BwmZ65ndzEDcYzZkMmIyYWItNTY3OS00ODJmLWFjNjctNWJkNDc3MmY1NDVh

Art 617 & 618 (Grad)
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BwmZ65ndzEDcOGIzMTYwMGEtZGFkMS00OGJjLTg1OGYtMDA0NDcxN2RjMWFj