Projects
Observer or Observed?: Micro/Macro Surveillance
(Due week 2, Jan. 26)
Technique: low res/high res, composition, scale, compositing, advanced
cutting and pasting, feathering, quick mask, scale, color depth, layers, channels
Short Study 2 -
(awareness of one’s “natural” environment)
After studying various types of photojournalistic approaches in making a visual statement, create a short photographic essay about a real person, event, or occurrence. Without using any special visual effects (except color correction, red eye reduction or defocusing), use cropping, experimental composition, and other techniques of inclusion and exclusion to illustrate at least 24 ways of looking at the same "real" visual information. Show all 24 images and pick 5 of the best images to illustrate your story. Text can be used as captions if desired.
Technique: overview of the digital camera, digital photographic techniques, the gaze, framing the picture, camera angles
Readings:
* Hurlbert, Alan. The Design Concept, pgs. 10-15
* Sturken, Marita & Cartwright,Lisa. Practices of Looking: an Introduction to Visual Culture,
pgs. 10-44
create a short reaction paper
Short Study 3 -
The Restoration of Memory: Your Personal Visual History
(Due week 5, Feb. 16)
(the space of memory)
Part one: expert photo-retouching of an old family photograph.
Part two: photomontage a new family portrait which defies time and "truth".
Technique: advanced scanning, filtering, blending, compositing, printing
Readings:
* Rovira, Jim. Baudrillard and Hollywood:subverting the mechanism of control and
The Matrix, pgs. 1-3.
* Baudrillard, Jean. Simulacra and Simulation. Ann Arbor, The University of Michigan Press, 1994,
The Precession of Simulacra. (excerpts)
create a short reaction paper
Short Study 4 -
Technique: montage/collage digitally and traditionally, panorama,
text, high end printing
Elements of good collaboration: group discussion, mutual respect, listening, responsibility, concrete schedule and time management, creative responsibility
Readings:
Panorama Tools: http://www.path.unimelb.edu.au/~dersch/
Mount Everest 360:http://www.panoramas.dk/fullscreen2/full22.html
Postman, Neil. Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology.
create a short reaction paper
Short Study 5 -
(Due week 8, March 9)
Readings:
Flash sites : http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm
Feng
Zhu Design http://www.fengzhudesign.com/tutorials.html
Short Study 6 -
Impressions of China in Movement
(Due week 10, March 23)
Technique: Flash animation including: cinema techniques, mise-en-scene, movement, timing, juxtaposition, sound, composition, color
Readings:
Some
Information about China http://www.chinatoday.com/
Film Analysis Guide http://classes.yale.edu/film-analysis/
Mise-en-scene:
http://classes.yale.edu/film-analysis/htmfiles/mise-en-scene.htm
Persistence
of Vision: http://www.privatelessons.net/2d/sample/m01_03.html
Flash:
Final Project:
Activating public spaces with digital images and Art Delivery Systems
Readings:
Senie, Harriet F. & Webster, Sally, eds. Critical Issues in Public Art: Content, Context, and Controversy
*****create a short reaction paperby March 30
Artist Statement
& Digital Ideograph -
Project pre-reviews
Final
Project REVIEWS
ALL FULLY REALIZED
FINAL PROJECTS DUE (IN SITE) -
Due week 15, April 24 and April 27
The actual project manifested as an
original (billboard, large poster series, drive by car art, aerial art, photo
projection, data projection, etc.) art system device that carries your message
to those who may not have the opportunity to see your work inside a normal gallery
environment. Your work must be realized physically
and you must photograph the work in the site
ALL
FINAL