macaulay syllabus-august 15, 2013

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JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE

524 W 59TH STREET, 8.64NB

NEW YORK, NY 10019

MHC 125 Seminar 1:The Arts in New York City

Fall 2013Wednesdays 2.50-5.30pm

Prof. Claudia Calirman

Office- 4221N at North Hall

Office Hours: Wednesday 2:00pm or by appointmentPhone:

Email: [email protected]

Class website: hhttp://macaulay.cuny.edu/epotfoliod

Instructional Technology Fellow: Scott Henkle

E-mail: [email protected]

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This first seminar of four seminars introduces Macaulay students to the arts in New YorkCity and the Cultural Passport, which provides free or discounted access to the cultural riches of

New York City. During the semester students attend theatrical, operatic, and musical

performances, exhibitions of visual art, and other highlights of the current cultural season. In

addition to experiencing these art forms as an audience, students are encouraged to examineperformances and exhibitions from the multiple perspectives of scholarship, creativity, and

production. The seminar begins with an arts-related event for all students at the beginning of thesemester. Visits to exhibits, performances, and artist encounters continue throughout thesemester, on the campuses and at Macaulay central. The seminars culminating activity is the

annual, collaborative, photographic Snapshot of New York, a student-curated multi-media

exhibit of a day in the life of New York City through the eyes of the Macaulay freshmen.This course is interdisciplinary; students are introduced to at least three artistic disciplines

from the visual arts and performing arts and learn to apply the critical discourse and methods of

these disciplines in evaluating their responses to different art forms. Students further investigate

relationships across art forms and analyze similarities and differences in the critical approachesemployed by different disciplines. Students will write about and reflect on the work they see as

well as create their own original work that reflects their views of the current cultural moment in

New York City.

COURSE PREREQUISITES

Macaulay Honors College -- Freshman Cohort
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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You are required, in this class, to:

Be an honorable student, online and offline.

Shoot a photo of New York City on Snapshot Day (October 11) upload it to the onlinegallery, post about it here on the class site, and take part in the Snapshot Event onSunday, December 8.

Attend all the events and site visits we have scheduled and post about them on the class

site.

Do all the readings (even when theyre not texts).

PARTICIPATE in class discussions.

Attendance/Punctuality/Participation

a. Students must arrive on time for class, and attend classes regularly. Students may miss up tothree classes; upon the fourth absence, the student will be withdrawn from the class or given a

grade of F.b. Each two instances of arriving late for class will count as an absence.c. Pop quizzes may be given at any time, at the professor's discretion. Cheating on a quiz is

grounds for immediate failure of the course.

d. In-class exercises cannot be made up outside of class or at a later date for credit.

Classroom Conduct

a. No use of cell phones or other electronic devices in class, unless pre-approved by the

instructor. Students are expected to be respectful of each other and the professor during class.b. It is expected that students will not speak when others are speaking, and that all classroom

discussants will be cognizant of the importance of forcefully stating an argument without ever

attacking another student personally.c. Active use of derogatory language will not be tolerated: we may discuss derogatory language,

and we may analyze it, but we will not use it to hurt others. Violations of these standards of

behavior may lead, in extreme cases, to dismissal from the classroom.

Plagiarism

College Policy on Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the presentation of someone elses ideas, words, or artistic, scientific, or technicalwork as ones own creation. Using the ideas or work of another is permissible only when the

original author is identified. Paraphrasing and summarizing, as well as direct quotations, require

citations to the original source.

Plagiarism may be intentional or unintentional. Lack of dishonest intent does not necessarilyabsolve a student of responsibility for plagiarism.

It is the students responsibility to recognize the difference between statements that are commonknowledge (which do not require documentation) and restatements of the ideas of others.

Paraphrase, summary, and direct quotation are acceptable forms of restatement, as long as the

source is cited.
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Students who are unsure how and when to provide documentation are advised to consult with

their instructors. The Library has free guides designed to help students with problems of

documentation.(From the John Jay College of Criminal Justice Undergraduate Bulletin)

IncompletesAn incomplete will be allowed to students who have passing grades and become seriously ill or

suffer tragedies that prevent them from otherwise completing the course. To receive an

incomplete, the illness or tragedy must be documented in a written memo. The memo mustclearly show that the emergency prevented the student from completing the remainder of the

coursework.

Withdrawal Procedure

Ceasing to attend class or verbal notice thereof by you does not constitute official withdrawal.

Accessibilities Students

If you have a documented disability as described by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973(P.L. 933-112 Section 504) and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and would like to request

academic and/or physical accommodations please contact The Office of Services for Studentswith Disabilities (212) 237-8185, as soon as possible. Course requirements will not be waived

but reasonable accommodations may be provided as appropriate.

GRADING POLICY

Your final grade for this course will be based upon performance in a number of written

assignments and your class participation. The written assignments are extremely important sincethey reflect the students academic seriousness and rigor.

Grading:Group Video Project: (10% of final grade).Writing Blog Assignments: (25% of final grade). Over the course of the semester students must

submit at least five written reviews of artistic events attended in this course to be posted at your

blog. All reviews are to be uploaded to the class site and included in the Cultural Passportportfolio on their due dates.

Wall Label Writing Assignment: (15% of final grade)

Research Paper Assignment with Annotated Bibliography: (30% of final grade).Group Final Project On Hip Hop Poetry: (10% of final grade)

Class Participation: (10% of final grade)

*This class combines experiential learning and class discussion. Students are assessed on how

their contributions shape the class. Attendance is required in class and for all outside events.Participation is evaluated through discussions in class, events, and the website postings.


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Course Schedule:This schedule is subject to change. I will make every effort to notify you as soon as possible of

any changes.

Week 4

Week 1

August 28

Introduction to Course

Workshop with ITF Scott Henkle:

Using the Arts in NYC class website & writing a good blog post*Bring your laptop to class

September 3

Tuesday

Week 2

September 4

Common Event: Night at the Museum (Brooklyn Museum)

No Class (Rosh Hashanah)

Week 3September 11 How do we talk about art? IntroductionReadings:

John Berger, Ways of Seeing, Chapter 5.

Roland Barthes, Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography, Part I.

Assignment:

Come to class prepared to discuss your readings, with one comment

and one question ready for each one of the readings. In addition, be

ready answer the questions: What is the most important idea about

looking at art that you took from Bergers book? What is apunctum

in a photograph? What is visual culture?


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Week 5

September 25 In-class discussion:

Photography Exhibition from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Exploring Art in New York City

Workshop with Scott Henkle: Preparing your Video Project*Bring your Laptop

Reading:

Jean Robertson and Craig McDaniel, Themes of Contemporary Art:

Visual Art after 1980. Chapter 6; Place, 193-211.

Assignments:

Blog Writing Assignment #2: What is Public Art?

Blog Post #2 is due on Monday, September 30.

Group Video Project: Choose a Public Site Specific Art in New York.

Assignments Due: Group Video Project Draft is due in class on October 16.

Final Group Video Project is due on October 23.

September 18 Field Trip to the ICP-International Center of Photography

Meet in the classroom to go to ICP together

Exhibition:A Different Kind of Order: The ICP Triennial

May 17September 22, 2013/Bring your Macaulay Passport

Every three years, ICP's curators round up some of the most interesting

contemporary photography and video works from around the world. The2013 Triennial,A Different Kind of Order, focuses on artworks created in ourcurrent moment of widespread economic, social, and political instability. The

exhibition will include 28 international artists who employ photography,

film, video, and interactive media. Many of their works reflect the growingimportance of new paradigms associated with digital image making and

network culture.

Assignment:

Blog Writing Assignment# 1- Choose one photograph from our field

trip to the ICP and write about it on your blog. Find thePunctum inone photograph from your field trip.

Blog Post #1 is due on Monday, September 23.


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Week 6

October 2

Week 7

October 9

October 11(Friday)

Week 8October 16

In-class discussion on Dada and Surrealism

*Bring your laptop to class

Readings:

Andre Breton, Manifesto of Surrealism (1924)

Marcel Duchamp, Apropos of Readymades (1961)

Assignments:

Preparing your Video Project

Write a Wall Label on a work of art from the MoMA exhibitionMagritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary, 19261938

Instructions for Written Wall LabelAssignment will be distributed and

discussed in class.

Assignments Due:

Draft of Video Project is due on October 16.

Final Video Project is due on October 23.

Wall Label Assignment is due on October 30.

Field Trip to the Museum of Modern Art

Meet at MoMA

Exhibition:Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary, 19261938

September 28, 2013January 12, 2014

This exhibition, co-organized by The Museum of Modern Art, The Menil

Collection, Houston, and The Art Institute of Chicago, is the first to focus

exclusively on the breakthrough Surrealist years of Ren Magritte, creator of

some of the 20th centurys most extraordinary images. Beginning in 1926,

when Magritte first aimed to create paintings that would, in his words,

challenge the real world, and concluding in 1938a historically and

biographically significant moment just prior to the outbreak of World War II

the exhibition traces central strategies and themes from the most inventive and

experimental period in the artists prolific career. Displacement,

transformation, metamorphosis, the misnaming of objects, and the

representation of visions seen in half-waking states are among Magrittes

innovative image-making tactics during these essential years.

Snapshot from NYC 2013Be sure to take an NYC photograph today! Upload it to the Macaulay site

Assignment:

Blog Writing Assignment #3: Students Statement on his/her

photograph

Blog Post #3 is due on Tuesday, October 15.

Workshop with Scott Henkle

Bring Your laptop

Assignments Due:


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Week 9

October 23

Week 10

October 30

Reading:

Nicholas Mirzoeff,An Introduction to Visual Culture, Introduction.

Assignments:

Blog Writing Assignment #4 on Dance PerformanceRun DontRun:How does the combination of acrobatics, modern dance, and music

contribute to the performance by this company?

Blog Post #4 is due on Monday, October 28.

Assignments Due:

In Class Students Presentations: Final Video Project on Site Specific

Art is due.

7:30PM- Performance:Run Dont Run at Brooklyn Academy of Music

30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn (October 22-26)

Check http://www.bam.org/visit for directionsChoreographer Brian Brooks and company explore the spatial contradictions

of bodies in rapid motion, transgressing the laws of time and space behind

hundreds of cloth strands stretched across the stage.Brian Brooks is a daring choreographer, concocting precise, kinetic, and

volatile sequences of movement that test the threshold of physical endurance.

InRun Dont Run, Brooks (recently awarded a 2013 GuggenheimFellowship) employs rapid-fire partnering to explore the spatial

contradictions of bodies in motion. Behind a blur of colorcreated by

hundreds of cloth strands stretched across the stagedancers ricochet off one

another in a strobe-like flurry of actions: captured, suspended, and broken

apart. Microphones installed throughout the space pick up every sound,amplifying the laws of gravity and inertia, as the dancers transgress space and

time.

Guest Speaker:

James Jordan, Opera Art Critic.

Assignments Due:

Wall Label Written Assignment is due

Readings:

A-Z of Opera: http://www.naxos.com/education/opera_intro.asp

The Listeners Job Description:

http://www.naxos.com/education/enjoy_jobdesc.asp

Ways to Listen:

http://www.naxos.com/education/enjoy2_waystolisten.asp
http://www.naxos.com/education/opera_intro.asphttp://www.naxos.com/education/enjoy2_waystolisten.asphttp://www.naxos.com/education/opera_intro.asphttp://www.naxos.com/education/enjoy2_waystolisten.asp


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Week 11

November 6

8:00PM-Field Trip to Opera: Two Boys at the Metropolitan Opera

Lincoln Center (Columbus Avenue, between 63rd and 64th)

Performance begins at 8:00PM. You should arrive at 7.30PM in order to be

in your seat by the time the performance starts.

A hauntingly beautiful and dramatically chilling work, Two Boys marked theauspicious operatic debut (London Independent) of composer Nico Muhly

when the piece premiered at English National Opera in 2011. The opera

explores the shadowy world of the Internet as a detective investigates the

stabbing of one teenage boy by anotherand discovers a tangled web ofonline intrigue. Loosely inspired by real events, director Bartlett Shers

production includes striking video projections by 59 Productions

(Satyagraha, The Enchanted Island), while Muhlys scorefeaturing lyricalvocal writing and shimmeringly ecstatic choruses (London Telegraph)

finds an exciting new musical language (Wall Street Journal) to capturethe mysterious realm of cyberspace.

Assignment:

Blog Writing Assignment #5: Response to the opera Two Boys. Give

your opinion on whether or not you feel opera is an effective art formfor audience of your generation. What aspect of the performance

most interested you and why? Is this a suitable medium to explore the

world of the Internet?

Blog Post #5: Blog Post is due on Tuesday, November 12.


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9:00PM: Nuyorican Poets Caf

Week 12

November 13

In Class Discussion: Opera Two Boys

Readings:

Pierre Levy, Cyberculture: Electronic Mediations, excerpts.

Linda Nochlin, Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?Art

News 69 (January 1971) Josephine Withers, Judy Chicagos Dinner Party: A Personal Vision on

Womens History, pp. 452-465.

Assignment:

Come prepare with a question and a comment to each one of your

readings.

Research Paper Assignment with Annotated Bibliography.

Instructions for Research Paper Assignment with Annotated Bibliography will

be distributed and discussed in class. Finding a topic for your researchpaper;

building a bibliography using scholarly databases. Writing an outline andabstract.

Assignments Due:

Research Paper Assignment and Annotated Bibliography draft are due

on December 4.

Final Research Paper Assignment and Annotated Bibliography are due

on December 11.

Week 13

November 20

Field Trip to the Brooklyn Museum

Meet in the Classroom to go to the Brooklyn Museum

Feminist Wing: The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago (1979)

Week 14

November 27

No Class/Class Follows a Friday Schedule

Week 15

December 4

Discussion in class: Brooklyn Museum Field Trip

Assignment:

Final Group Project Assignment on Hip Hop Poetry.

Assignments Due:

Draft from Research Paper and Annotated Bibliography is due.

Final Group Project Assignment on Hip Hop Poetry is due onDecember 18.

Guest Speaker:

Dan Moses Schreier, Sound Designer of playHow I Learned What I

Learned.


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Performance: All That! Hip Hop Poetry & Jazz Showcase

First Wednesday of the Month

Address:236 East 3rd Street between Ave B & C.


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December 8

Sunday

Week 16

December 11

Culminating photography exhibition for Snapshot NYC in which students

use a range of technologies to take photographs that reflect their relationship

to their community. Students meet at the exhibit to discuss with each other

and faculty the varieties of visual and social experiences presented by thephotographs. Students are required to use both library and internet resources

to conduct their research. They are encouraged to use digital cameras for theSnapshot NYC project. They are also encouraged to develop e-portfolios of

their work and to blog about their experiences of the various art

performances and art works they engage in the class.

Assignments Due:

Final Research Paper and Annotated Bibliography are due.

Film viewing and discussion in class:Exit Through the Gift Shop

7:30PM: Signature Theatre Company

Play:How I Learned What I Learned

The Pershing SquareSignature Theatre

480 West 42nd Street

New York, NY 10036

Phone: 212 244-7529

Week 17

December 18

Assignment Due:

Final Group Project on Hip Hop Poetry is due.


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Important Dates

September 18 Field trip to the ICP (International Center of Photography)

Meet in the classroom to go together to the ICP

Exhibition:A Different Kind of Order: The ICP TriennialSeptember 23 Blog Post #1 on PhotographysPunctum is due

September 30 Blog Post #2 on Public Art is dueOctober 9 Field trip to MoMA

Meet at MoMA

Exhibition:Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary (6th Floor)October 11 Snapshop from NYC2013

October 15 Blog Post #3 on Artists Statement on Your Snapshop from NYC is due.

October 16 Draft of Group Video Project on Site Specific Art is due/Present your

chosen photographs for Snapshot NYC2013, along with a paragraphexcerpt from your blog artists statement.

October 23 Final Presentation of Video Group Project on Site Specific Art.7:30PM- Field Trip to BAM

Meet at BAM at 7:00PM

Dance Performance:Run Dont Run

October 28 Blog Post #4 onRun Dont Run is due.October 30 MoMA Wall Label Assignment is due.

November 6 Field trip to Metropolitan Opera Two Boys

Meet at the Metropolitan Opera at 7.30pm

November 12 Blog Post #5 on Opera Two Boys at MET is due

November 20 Field Trip to Brooklyn Museum

Meet in the classroom to go together to Brooklyn Museum

December 4 Draft of Research Paper is due9:00PM- Field Trip to Nyorican Poets Caf

Meet at the Nyorican Poets Caf at 8.30pm

Performance:All That! Hip Hop Poetry & Jazz ShowcaseDecember 8 Culminating photography exhibition for Snapshot NYC in which students

use a range of technologies to take photographs that reflect their

relationship to their community. Students meet at the exhibit to discusswith each other and faculty the varieties of visual and social experiences

presented by the photographs. Students are required to use both library and

internet resources to conduct their research. They are encouraged to use

digital cameras for the Snapshot NYC project. They are also encouraged

to develop e-portfolios of their work and to blog about their experiences ofthe various art performances and art works they engage in the class.

December 11 Final Research Paper and Annotated Bibliography are due. 8:00PM- Signature Theatre Company

Meet at the Signature Theatre at 7:30PM

Play: How I Learned What I LearnedDecember 18 Group Project on Hip Hop Poetry is due.

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