Public Art Projects, Assignments and Deadlines

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Projects and Assignments policies

ONE LATE ASSIGNMENT FOR THE SEMESTER IS ACCEPTABLE - THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE PROJECT ROOM EXHIBIT OR THE FINAL 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 THE WEBSITE

Assignment 1

Due Feb. 5: Mind map on what differentiates one space from another. (show the relationship and different levels of “sacredness” or “personalness” of the spaces you know/frequent)

Assignment 2

Due Feb. 12: “Spatial forms are social structures” Analyze some public or private space that you inhabit or pass through regularly with this phrase in mind. How do you use this space? How does its character (size, shape, architectural nature) influence what you do there, how you and other co-habitants relate? Relate an incident in your own or someone else’s experience of the space to characterize how the space influences the actions and interactions of those who use it. Discuss size, shape, lighting, sound, materials (such as wood, metal, linoleum, etc.) 1 pg. and class presentation.

Assignment 3

Due Feb. 26: Give the class a 5 minute tour of some place you consider interesting in Second Life.

Assignment 4

Due March 11. Research lighting and/or sound systems and make a proposal for a lighting and/or sound work for the alley between Michigan and Wabash in the 600 block. Include URLs, prices, and possible concepts for the work.

See Susan Collins’ commission “Underglow” [[1]], and the World Trade Center temporary installation: [[2]], as well as Blinken Lights [[3]]

And see the following sites for some initial ideas:

Assignment 5

Due April 15. Presentation: Choose by lottery one of the 13 ways of Thos. McEvilley’s essay about understanding art, and do a short presentation using a work of public art as an illustration/subject. Post one or more images to your class site and several explanatory bullet points, and do a 5-7 min. presentation in class. [[4]]

Assignment 6

Due April 22. Choose two works of public art that illustrate one or more of the dichotomies suggested below (or some others that you may conceive), and do a 5-10 minute presentation using at least one (digital) image (and/or sound file) of each work.

  • Horizontal – vertical
  • Representational – abstract
  • Commemorative – conceptual
  • Corporate/Governmental – community
  • Self contained - interactive
  • Official – underground/renegade
  • Lasting - ephemeral

Include a discussion of its political, social, and physical context and siting.

Project 1

Due Feb. 19.War memorials are part of the visual landscape. Design a war memorial or a modification to an existing one. Create a visualization of the work and an explanation/artist’s statement about it. Consider the relationship of the hero or representative to the masses, the representation vs. the symbol, the lasting vs. the ephemeral.

Project 2

Choose an object or surface upon which to project and design a work for “Nimble Projections”. You may consider this as a precursor to the final project, or it may be an independent idea. Proposal due Feb. 26. Setup on March 4. Show opens on March 10. Teardown March 21. You must be available for all these dates.

Copy for Nimble Projections: IAM’s Public Art class, offered for the first time this spring, explores the meaning and varieties of art created in and for public places, especially concentrating on work that uses technology and/or interactivity. Students in the class will occupy The Project Room for two weeks in March to investigate the properties of projected light and images in preparation for a work of public, exterior art to be created for the Manifest celebration in May. Students will work with projections adapted to irregular, unconventional surfaces while considering ideas that might be eventually expanded in scale, and that address some aspect of our natural, human, and/or built environment.

Exhibition dates: March 10th through the 21st, with closing reception on the 20th. We will use the week prior just for trying out and setting up, during which time the room will be closed to the public.

Additional exhibition requirements: Page listing title, position in room, description, artist. Have descriptions to me by 3/4.

email list for exhibition info: by 2/25

specify equipment needed by: 2/9

Project 3

Design and realize a work of public art for presentation at Manifest. This may be a collaborative work. You must have a statement describing the scale of the work, the equipment and materials you will need, its intention, as well as a visualization of the work. The work may be performance oriented, may be an art car, a projection, a lighting system and project, etc. Statement of purpose and site survey due: April 1 Visualization and technical requirements due: April 8 Project must be ready for exhibition on May 13.

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