| Week 1 | Tues. Jan. 9 Introductions Syllabus Tour of lab and equipment ★ Assignment: KILOMETRE | Thurs. Jan. 11 Lecture: conceptual art overview Lecture: William Pope.L ✷ Reading assignment “Performance and the Power of the Popular” by Coco Fusco // “Performance Practice as a Site of Opposition” by bell hooks |
| Week 2 | Tues. Jan. 16 WordPress demo ★★ Critique of KILOMETRE | Thurs. Jan. 18 Booking studio time Camera demo Exercise: quick drag tableaux vivants ★★ KILOMETRE documentation and statement due on blog ★ Collaborative assignment: ONE FEAT THREE WAYS |
| Week 3 | Tues. Jan. 23 Lighting demo DaVinci Resolve video editing demo Exercise: winter walks | Thurs. Jan. 25 *Ideas discussion *Reading discussion Work period ✷✷ Reading notes due on blog |
| Week 4 | Tues. Jan. 30 Lecture/screening: video and performance art ✷ https://magazine.artland.com/agents-of-change-how-the-sony-portapak-has-created-a-new-artistic-medium/ | Thurs. Feb. 1 ☆ Work in progress presentations |
| Week 5 | Tues. Feb. 6 Work period | Thurs. Feb. 8 ★★ Critique of ONE FEAT THREE WAYS ★★ ONE FEAT THREE WAYS videos and statement due on blog |
| Week 6 | Tues. Feb. 13 Lecture: audio art Audio/field recording demo ★ Assignment: AUDIO ART | Thurs. Feb. 15 Audio editing demo Uploading audio to blog *Ideas discussion ✷✷ Reflection due on blog |
| Week 7 | Tues. Feb. 20 READING WEEK – NO CLASSES | Thurs. Feb. 22 READING WEEK – NO CLASSES |
| Week 8 | Tues. Feb. 27 Movement exercise: meLê yamomo Work period | Thurs. Feb. 29 ★★ Critique: AUDIO ART ★★ AUDIO ART file and statement due on blog |
| Week 9 | Tues. Mar. 5 Lecture: conceptual art part II Lecture: Felix Gonzalez Torres ★ Assignment: CONCEPTUAL PORTRAITS | Thurs. Mar. 7 *Ideas discussion: 1-2-1 w/ Megan Work period |
| Week 10 | Tues. Mar. 12 Exercise: “subversive sandwiches” (Bobby Baker) *Ideas discussion: 1-2-1 w/ Megan Work period | Thurs. Mar. 14 *Ideas discussion: 1-2-1 w/ Megan Work period |
| Week 11 | Tues. Mar. 19 ★★ Critique: CONCEPTUAL PORTRAIT pt 1 ★★ CONCEPTUAL PORTRAIT documentation and statement due on blog | Thurs. Mar. 21 ★★ Critique: CONCEPTUAL PORTRAIT pt II ✷ Reading assignment: “Replicate” by Joshua Decter and “AIDS (1987)” by John Miller |
| Week 12 | Tues. Mar. 26 Lecture: artist multiples/editions, text art *Reading Discussion Exercise: Flyers for Nothing ★ Assignment: ARTIST BUTTONS | Thurs. Mar. 28 Button design demo Button machine demo Documentation demo *Ideas discussion ✷✷ Reading notes due on blog |
| Week 13 | Tues. Apr. 2 Work period | Thurs. Apr. 4 ★★ Critique: ARTIST BUTTONS ★★ ARTIST BUTTONS documentation and statement due on blog End of term party! |
| Week 14 | Tues. Apr. 9 NO CLASSES | Thurs. Apr. 11 NO CLASSES |
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