Week 10

“This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.

I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence. Like failure, chaos contains information that can lead to knowledge — even wisdom. Like art.”

— Toni Morrison —

MONDAY

More examples of Conceptual Portraits

Reading : Documenting the Lives at the Border – On Tom Kiefer’s Photographs

Combs and Brushes – Tom Kiefer (from the series of objects confiscated at US Border) 2021
From the series: The American Dream, 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/24/arts/tom-kiefer-migrants-exhibit-boise.html

https://www.tomkiefer.com/el-sueno-americano

Discuss ideas in a class brainstorm session

Work in progress due for discussion in next class!

WEDNESDAY

Schedule for the rest of the term:

Sign up for critique slots: Monday/Wednesday next week

Week 8

MONDAY

Audio editing demo

Work time in class, recording and editing

You must show your work in progress for feedback

Book early critiques for Wednesday/and for next Monday

WEDNESDAY

Work time in class

Early critiques