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==Projects and Assignments policies==
 
==Projects and Assignments policies==
  
ONE LATE ASSIGNMENT FOR THE SEMESTER IS ACCEPTABLE - THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE MID TERM EXHIBIT OR THE FINAL PROJECT
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In order to be considered complete, each assignment must have an image and statement to accompany it posted to your website.
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ONE LATE ASSIGNMENT (of one week) FOR THE SEMESTER IS ACCEPTABLE - THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE VITRINE EXHIBIT OR THE FINAL AR PROJECT
  
 
OTHERWISE, ASSIGNMENTS MORE THAN ONE WEEK LATE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
 
OTHERWISE, ASSIGNMENTS MORE THAN ONE WEEK LATE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
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LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE LOWERED ONE LETTER GRADE
 
LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE LOWERED ONE LETTER GRADE
  
IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED ON-TIME, ASSIGNMENTS AND PROJECTS MUST BE POSTED TO THE WEBSITE
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IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED ON-TIME, ASSIGNMENTS AND PROJECTS MUST BE POSTED TO YOUR WEBSITE
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Send me the link to your website by week 2 before class
  
 
==Assignment 1 ==
 
==Assignment 1 ==
Due in class beginning week 2.
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Due in class for presentation and discussion on 2/12, 2/26, 3/5, 3/12, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7.
Asn. 1 (taken collectively)
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Asn. 1 Google Map entries
 
Each week (excepting the last 3 weeks), create a google map entry identifying a piece of public art, add it to the map, document and comment on it.   
 
Each week (excepting the last 3 weeks), create a google map entry identifying a piece of public art, add it to the map, document and comment on it.   
 
Categorize each work according to the following schema:
 
Categorize each work according to the following schema:
  
*1.  objects placed in the environment
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*1. title, date
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*2.  objects placed in the environment
 
**a. sponsored privately
 
**a. sponsored privately
 
**b. sponsored publicly
 
**b. sponsored publicly
  
*2.  modifications to the environment
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*3.  modifications to the environment
**a. official, sanctioned, sponsored
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**a. official, sanctioned, sponsored (by whom)
 
**b. unofficial, renegade, guerilla
 
**b. unofficial, renegade, guerilla
  
*3. virtual spaces
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*4. description
  
*4. shared spaces
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*5. relationship to the public
  
In addition, comment on the world view of the work and give temporal information (when created, permanent or temporary).
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*6. its world view
 
 
Entries during weeks 7 - 10 should concentrate on our collaboration with students from Lawndale College Prep, which will address issues of violence.  These may be both recent and historical, local and global.
 
  
 
==Assignment 2==  
 
==Assignment 2==  
Asn. 2 (taken collectively) - Due in class Weeks 3,6, 9 and 15, at the beginning of each class.
 
 
Write a blog entry of one paragraph in length that defines public art, influenced by lecture/discussion, readings, and your findings in identifying public art for the google map. 
 
 
Grads:  Due May 17, 5 pm - a final paper of 3 pp. summarizing your ideas about public art over the semester, and relating them to your own work, posted to the blog.
 
  
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due week 2 (2/5)
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Design a modification of existing monument, memorial or piece of public art.
  
 
==Assignment 3==  
 
==Assignment 3==  
Asn. 3 a,  due week 3 in class
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Due Feb. 19
create a composition with "geos" controlled by oscillators, line ramps or other automata to show in class
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Project 1:  QR Mobile Tagging
 
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Create three signs with a QR code that can be read by a mobile phone and references a URL or a text piece that you have created. Take a photo of the 3 locations.  Please do not locate it permanently. Refer to Chgo. City ordinance on signage.  
As. 3 b, due week 4 in class
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[[http://www.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll/Illinois/chicago_il/title10streetspublicwaysparksairportsand/chapter10-24signsextendingoveranduponcer?f=templates$fn=altmain-nf.htm$3.0#JD_Ch.10-24]]
add recursion to your assignment 3a
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CHAPTER 10-24 -SIGNS EXTENDING OVER AND UPON CERTAIN PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
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These should be in a public place (ie, not a private residence, school, or corporate building).
Asn. 3 c., due week 5 in class
 
Create a patch that uses your surfing mouse interactions to build a visual work
 
 
 
 
 
==Project 1 ==
 
Due week 4
 
Project 1:  Mobile Tagging
 
Create a sign with a bar code or QR code that can be read by a mobile phone and references a URL or a text piece that you have created. Take a photo of at least 3 places where you have located it.  Please do not locate it permanently. Refer to Chgo. City ordinance on signage.  
 
[http://www.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll/Illinois/chicago_il/municipalcodeofchicago?f=templates$fn=default.htm$3.0$vid=amlegal:chicago_il/ “CHAPTER 10-24 -SIGNS EXTENDING OVER AND UPON CERTAIN PUBLIC PROPERTY”] These should be in a public place (ie, not a private residence, school, or corporate building).
 
 
 
==Project 2 ==
 
Due week 6:  Sidewalk display
 
Sidewalk projections typically advertise businesses immediately adjacent to the sidewalk.  Yours will address a social issue for display in front of the 916 building. 
 
Create a still graphic, OR video of no more than 3 min.,
 
OR circular disc (specs to follow)
 
addressing a social issue for display in front of the 916 building.
 
  
==Project 3 ==
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==Assignment 4 ==
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due April 2, installation on April 8th
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Site-sensitive piece using rear-projected video for the windows of (across from 24 W. Randolph)
  
Final exhibit, Facade of the Hyde Park Art Center, Two evenings April 21, 22 (T & W), 6-10 PM
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==Assignment 5 ==
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Due 5/14
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Augmented Reality work – piece of public art, 
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Artist interventions in public space were formerly relegated to one of two strategies:  officially approved and funded work, and guerilla interventions. AR provides an opportunity for individual interpretations of public space to become available to a broad audience and makes it possible for alternative histories, political statements, and artistic mediations to be widely seen and heard.  With these ideas in mind, create a piece that “tags” one or more locations in Chicago’s loop. 
  
HPAC piece, due April 20, final screening May 7-16, 6-10
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==Assignment 6 ==
Create a work, collaborative or individual, that uses the Dataton Watchout software and destined for the HPAC façade display system.  This work should by preference be interactive and may use (or create a variation on) the input system worked out by/for the class using PD/GEM.
 
  
due March 17: Rough edit
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Public art proposal or grant proposal
  
due March 31:  Final piece, not subject to further tweaking.  
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Write a proposal, including budget, for a public art project.  This should be a response to an actual opportunity or RFP. For example:
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*Propeller fund (threewalls gallery, deadline 8/31)[[http://www.propellerfund.org/]] 
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*Public art opportunity in Ann Arbor, MI, deadline 3/6, [[www.a2gov.org/aapac]] Statement of Qualifications to submit:
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[[http://www.a2gov.org/government/financeadminservices/procurement/Documents/Argo%20Cascades%20SOQ%20844.pdf]]
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* Public Art OpportunityBay Ridge Saw, (Brooklyn NY) [[http://www.bayridgesaw.org/]]
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other opportunities: 
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* Las Vegas Arts Commission [[www.lvartscommission.com/artist-opportunities/]]
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* Chicago Artists Resource:  [[http://www.chicagoartistsresource.org]]
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* Call for Entry:  [[https://www.callforentry.org/]]
  
due April 14:  statement describing its intention, why it should be considered public art, as well as a pre-visualization of the work. Statement will be part of the program notes and should include title of work, name of creators, length, statement of purpose/description
 
  
 
BACK TO PUBLIC ART MAIN PAGE [[http://imamp.colum.edu/mediawiki/index.php/Public_Art]]
 
BACK TO PUBLIC ART MAIN PAGE [[http://imamp.colum.edu/mediawiki/index.php/Public_Art]]
  
 
[[Category:IAM Classes]][[Category:Public Art]]
 
[[Category:IAM Classes]][[Category:Public Art]]

Latest revision as of 22:42, 28 January 2013

Projects and Assignments policies

In order to be considered complete, each assignment must have an image and statement to accompany it posted to your website.

ONE LATE ASSIGNMENT (of one week) FOR THE SEMESTER IS ACCEPTABLE - THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE VITRINE EXHIBIT OR THE FINAL AR PROJECT

OTHERWISE, ASSIGNMENTS MORE THAN ONE WEEK LATE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE LOWERED ONE LETTER GRADE

IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED ON-TIME, ASSIGNMENTS AND PROJECTS MUST BE POSTED TO YOUR WEBSITE

Send me the link to your website by week 2 before class

Assignment 1

Due in class for presentation and discussion on 2/12, 2/26, 3/5, 3/12, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7. Asn. 1 Google Map entries Each week (excepting the last 3 weeks), create a google map entry identifying a piece of public art, add it to the map, document and comment on it. Categorize each work according to the following schema:

  • 1. title, date
  • 2. objects placed in the environment
    • a. sponsored privately
    • b. sponsored publicly
  • 3. modifications to the environment
    • a. official, sanctioned, sponsored (by whom)
    • b. unofficial, renegade, guerilla
  • 4. description
  • 5. relationship to the public
  • 6. its world view

Assignment 2

due week 2 (2/5) Design a modification of existing monument, memorial or piece of public art.

Assignment 3

Due Feb. 19 Project 1: QR Mobile Tagging Create three signs with a QR code that can be read by a mobile phone and references a URL or a text piece that you have created. Take a photo of the 3 locations. Please do not locate it permanently. Refer to Chgo. City ordinance on signage. [[1]] CHAPTER 10-24 -SIGNS EXTENDING OVER AND UPON CERTAIN PUBLIC PROPERTY These should be in a public place (ie, not a private residence, school, or corporate building).

Assignment 4

due April 2, installation on April 8th Site-sensitive piece using rear-projected video for the windows of (across from 24 W. Randolph)

Assignment 5

Due 5/14 Augmented Reality work – piece of public art, Artist interventions in public space were formerly relegated to one of two strategies: officially approved and funded work, and guerilla interventions. AR provides an opportunity for individual interpretations of public space to become available to a broad audience and makes it possible for alternative histories, political statements, and artistic mediations to be widely seen and heard. With these ideas in mind, create a piece that “tags” one or more locations in Chicago’s loop.

Assignment 6

Public art proposal or grant proposal

Write a proposal, including budget, for a public art project. This should be a response to an actual opportunity or RFP. For example:

  • Propeller fund (threewalls gallery, deadline 8/31)[[2]]
  • Public art opportunity in Ann Arbor, MI, deadline 3/6, www.a2gov.org/aapac Statement of Qualifications to submit:

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  • Public Art Opportunity: Bay Ridge Saw, (Brooklyn NY) [[4]]

other opportunities:


BACK TO PUBLIC ART MAIN PAGE [[7]]