2d project prompt

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Intro to Visual Art & Culture Imatani 2D Project Create a 2dimensional work inspired by the seminar content thus far. It can be in any medium or combination of media covered in class through Week 7, including silkscreening. No size requirements or restrictions, however, it should demonstrate labor consistent with at least 2 weeks of work time, including sketches and revisions. Thus far, we have covered several themes both in our reading of Practices of Looking as well as other assigned texts. Is there a particular concept that has stood out to you? Perplexed you? Inspired you? Agitated you? If it stays with you, this is often a good thing to try and tackle as a subject. It means that it has staying power and is worthy of trying to better understand through the process of making. Our goal is to visually translate our thoughts even if our understanding is incomplete. Getting started: Often times the most intriguing projects start with questions. For example, in the case of appropriation, we have studied how the topic is complicated when we think about honoring the subjects that are depicted in documentary photography such as was the case with the Sandinista rebel. Are there limits to appropriation? Is there a code of ethics of appropriation or image making that we should uphold? Are the standards different for artists or in the name of art than the popular media? When do we honor authorship or rights to an image and when do we not? Once we have determined the ideas that we want to try and tackle in our project, often the next step is determining what is the best medium or combination of media to use to help us communicate those ideas or tap into them. For example, in the case of appropriation again, how might an image be complicated by painting it versus making posters of it or reproducing free silkscreen prints? If you choose to start with a specific medium or technique as a jumping off point for your project, it will still need to investigate ideas posed by seminar content as evidenced either by the work itself, or through supplemental sketches, dialog with instructor, etc. Project is due: 10/28 (at the start of class)

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Intro  to  Visual  Art  &  Culture  Imatani  2D  Project                      Create  a  2-­‐dimensional  work  inspired  by  the  seminar  content  thus  far.  It  can  be  in  any  medium  or  combination  of  media  covered  in  class  through  Week  7,  including  silkscreening.  No  size  requirements  or  restrictions,  however,  it  should  demonstrate  labor  consistent  with  at  least  2  weeks  of  work  time,  including  sketches  and  revisions.    Thus  far,  we  have  covered  several  themes  both  in  our  reading  of  Practices  of  Looking  as  well  as  other  assigned  texts.  Is  there  a  particular  concept  that  has  stood  out  to  you?  Perplexed  you?  Inspired  you?  Agitated  you?  If  it  stays  with  you,  this  is  often  a  good  thing  to  try  and  tackle  as  a  subject.  It  means  that  it  has  staying  power  and  is  worthy  of  trying  to  better  understand  through  the  process  of  making.  Our  goal  is  to  visually  translate  our  thoughts  even  if  our  understanding  is  incomplete.      Getting  started:  Often  times  the  most  intriguing  projects  start  with  questions.  For  example,  in  the  case  of  appropriation,  we  have  studied  how  the  topic  is  complicated  when  we  think  about  honoring  the  subjects  that  are  depicted  in  documentary  photography  such  as  was  the  case  with  the  Sandinista  rebel.  Are  there  limits  to  appropriation?  Is  there  a  code  of  ethics  of  appropriation  or  image  making  that  we  should  uphold?  Are  the  standards  different  for  artists  or  in  the  name  of  art  than  the  popular  media?  When  do  we  honor  authorship  or  rights  to  an  image  and  when  do  we  not?    Once  we  have  determined  the  ideas  that  we  want  to  try  and  tackle  in  our  project,  often  the  next  step  is  determining  what  is  the  best  medium  or  combination  of  media  to  use  to  help  us  communicate  those  ideas  or  tap  into  them.  For  example,  in  the  case  of  appropriation  again,  how  might  an  image  be  complicated  by  painting  it  versus  making  posters  of  it  or  reproducing  free  silkscreen  prints?      If  you  choose  to  start  with  a  specific  medium  or  technique  as  a  jumping  off  point  for  your  project,  it  will  still  need  to  investigate  ideas  posed  by  seminar  content  as  evidenced  either  by  the  work  itself,  or  through  supplemental  sketches,  dialog  with  instructor,  etc.          Project  is  due:  10/28  (at  the  start  of  class)