next class: form & space studies

great presentation last class, now let's move into "doing"

for next class please narrow down your research / ideas to two potential narratives. If you have a direction based on our last crit then stick to that and execute form studies for your artwork & space.

A narrative is a story line, a sequence (of forms, situations, moments, events, words, spatial transformations etc). Play with form alongside your concept, meaning, if you are exploring the theme of "echo" for example, how does this translate into form: through sound? spatial reverberation in form? silence in a fragmented space? psychological / corporeal manifestations? (as in inner thoughts traveling through the body...or the body traveling through an exterior chamber which generates sound), for political means? etc

in what sequence does the story / narrative unfold?


so for instance you could say: i'll explore echo as related to psychological states & their manifestations in.....
or: i'll explore echo as a soundscape in relation to media proliferation and politics
(just off the top of my head)

and execute / play with form accordingly...

the key is for you to pay attention to that which is calling you / that which provokes the most curiosity in you. ask yourself: how you want the piece to be received, felt. how would it be like to be there and be exposed to that material? what is the intonation of the work? how does it speak? is it loud or contemplative, or both in different instances? etc


take a look at the syllabus for specifics / but we are looking for this:
- formal studies on concept: explore options & executions (i.e. what media: video, photography, sculpture etc)
- make spatial studies (remember, these can be site-specific)

any questions welcome
thank you
c