Creative Strategies Art 1010 Section 03
When: TThF 1:00p – 2:50p Office Hours: T/Th 12p -1p or By appointment
Who: Karin Hodgin Jones Visiting Artist
Where: VAS room 1
Office: Hunt House 1st floor
Email 1: karinhodgin@gmail.com
Email 2: karinjones80@webster.eduPhone: 314.246.7586
MATERIAL EXPECTATIONS:
There is ONE required item for this class. You must have a decent digital camera. These can be found online or in stores in a range from $20 up to $500. You do not have to buy an expensive camera. The only requirement is that it takes decent quality pictures and you are able to bring it to class.
The rest of the materials in the class will be acquired through a gift or barter and fair trade economy. More will be discussed regarding material expectations and means of procuring your materials at the beginning of class and with the assignment of each project. Ideally, you will not spend any money on materials for projects in this class.
FORMAT: Generally each week of the class will follow this format:
T – Slide / video presentation of artists / Discuss readings / written responses due by the beginning of class
Th - Discuss projects for the week / assign readings for the following week / assign project for the following week
F – generally open studio time, however we may have project discussions on these days as needed. This will be decided on a
per/project basis. Refer to the Friday Studio Sessions section of this syllabus for more information.
READINGS: These are some of the subjects and readings we will explore in this course.
Studio (In) In the Making Weintraub Introduction
Studio (Out) One Place After Another Kwon Intro + Geneaology of Site Specificity
Material/medium/ The Contingent Object of Contemporary Art Buskirk Introduction
Understanding New Media Theory Mulder Introduction - Remediation
Methodology Logical Conclusions; 40 years of Rule Based Art Excerpts
Process Reading to be announced
Appropriation Reading to be announced
Collaboration Theory of the Derive Guy De Bord + The Poetics of the Derive Kaufman
Relational Aesthetics Nicolas Bourriaud + Social Aesthetics Lars Bang Larsen
Social Practice Deabated Territory: Toward a Critical Language for Public Art + What We Want is Free Purves
Documentation We will look at different ways of documenting your own work and how documentation functions for artists/
exhibitions in a variety of ways. Readings will be selected based on the needs of the community.
EVALUATION:
Successful completion of all exercises (9 total) 40%
Successful completion of fully developed Projects (2 total) 20%
Reading / Analysis (9 one page reports) 20%
Active Participation in all class meetings demonstrations and critiques 20%
GRADING SCALE:
A 93-100, A- 90-92, B+ 88-89, B 83-87, B- 80-82, C+ 78-79, C 73-77, C- 70-72, D+ 68-69, D 63-67, D- 60-62, F 59 and below. Nothing turned in = 0.
* Note: Work submitted any time after the due date will be graded down one half letter grade per class that it isn’t turned in.
A Superior work all around. Exceeds requirements for assignments, shows independent resourcefulness, demonstrates high levels of critical thinking and creative ability, assumes leadership role and is positive benefit to class in general, fully engaged and open to critique, marked individual development.
B Good, solid, above-average work. Meets all requirements for assignments, shows reasonable initiative and engagement, shows some independent thinking with regard to critical and creative skills, positive contribution to class, discernable individual development with good response to critique.
C Average performance overall. Barely meets requirements and needs constant instruction to do so, marginal initiative and engagement with materials, some evidence of individual development but at a very ordinary level.
D Below average. Not meeting requirements for class in general at most levels, definite lack of initiative without any noticeable personal development or desire to do so, detriment to class activities and collaborative environment.
F Failing. Work, attitude, and development are unacceptable at every level.
ATTENDANCE:
Attendance will be taken at the beginning of each class period. You will lose ½ LETTER GRADEIf you are absent more than two times, your final letter grade will fall 1/2 letter grade for each unexcused absence. For instance, even with a cumulative grade of A, a student with four unexcused absences will receive a C grade.
Punctuality is also extremely important, as we will cover a lot of material at the beginning of the class meeting. Three tardies equal one absence. If you come in late, it is your responsibility to make sure that your attendance is noted or you may be counted as absent. You are responsible for making up work missed due to absences or tardiness. Explanations are not necessarily excuses. You will be asked for a note from a doctor in order to have your absence excused.
FRIDAY STUDIO SESSIONS:
The Art Department Handbook states “Friday classes are intended as studio days when students work on course assignments throughout the day in lieu of a specific time schedule. Fridays are designated as Open Studio Day, and students are required to be working in the studio building… The studios will be open for students to complete an estimated two hours of studio work for each three credit hour course in their schedules. FRIDAY IS NOT AN OPTIONAL DAY! Attendance on Friday is mandatory and essential to successful completion of studio courses. Students are responsible for utilizing open studio time and demonstrating their accomplishments to their instructors.” Throughout the semester, there will be meetings, special events, guest speakers and lectures scheduled on Fridays that will supersede open studio work time. Also, if we miss a class or we need another day to finish a critique we may use a Friday to complete it, so keep our time slot available.
CALLENDAR:
This is a list of weekly goals. The calendar may change.
Week 1 intro to class , video: The Gleaners and I directed by Agnes Varda
Readings: Studio (in) Exercise 1: Working from 1 place “sticky”
Week 2 Readings: Studio (out) Exercise 2: Working in the world, hybrid, parasite or interloper
Week 3 Readings: Material Exercise 3: Singular forms repeated
Week 4 Readings: Medium Exercise 4: Remediation
Week 5 Readings: Methodology Exercise 5: Rules based project, establish rules
Week 6 Project 5: Categorize, organize, generate completed project from rule sets
Week 7 Readings: Process Exercise 6: Accretion and by-product
Week 8 Video: Tribulation 99 Exercise 7: Beg, Borrow or Steal?
Oct. 16 – Oct 25 FALL BREAK
Week 9 Readings: Dèrive Exercise 8: Full Class Collaboration - memory walks
Week 10 Readings: Relational art Exercise 9: Links
Week 11 Readings: Social Practice Project 1: Class Collaboration project
Week 12 Work Day: Class collaborations Critique: Project 10
Week 13 Discussion: Documentation Project 2: Final Project
Week 14 Work Day: Final project Work Day: Final Project
Week 15 Final Project Critiques
Week 16 Finals week (may hold critiques during finals time if necessary)
CLEAN UP DAY! EVERYTHING OUT BY THE 16th!!!
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