Public Art Syllabus

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Public Art: 36-4801, 66-5800
Department of Interactive Arts and Media; Interdisciplinary Arts

Main Office Contact Number 312.369.7750

Main Office Address

Office ste. 136
916/1000 S. Wabash OT
http://iam.colum.edu


Instructor's (Annette Barbier) contact info: office phone: 312-369-8684 email: abarbier@colum.edu


Class Website:http://imamp.colum.edu/mediawiki/index.php

Office Hours:T 3:30 - 5:30

Class Meets: Tues., 12:30 - 3:20 in OT 149


CourseDescription

In this project-based class, students will use research, readings, and project creation to explore the meaning and varieties of art created in and for public places, especially concentrating on work that uses technology and/or interactivity. Student artists will work with both physical and virtual environments and will create a work of public art as the primary goal.

Pre requisite: Jr. or above

Additional information: The course will examine issues in public art including those of scale, function, and audience and public participation. Also addressed will be art and ownership, art and its relationship to time (lasting vs. ephemeral), art and public space, art and technology as it relates to interactivity, and the web as “public space”. Contemporary artists who create public art including anonymous “taggers” will be examined. Media art and its ability to democratize production and distribution will be considered.

Instructional Resource Fee: $70

Add/Drop and Withdrawal Dates: You can add or drop a class in the Spring Semester until Jan.30. The last day to drop a class is February 6. You may withdraw from a class, and receive a “W” grade, until March 20.

Course Objectives

Students will:

  • 1. become conversant with issues in contemporary, technologically based art
  • 2. produce art works that speak to a broad audience for display in a public arena
  • 3. learn technological processes and tools appropriate to creating public displays
  • 4. Develop the ability to analyze and deconstruct public art works
  • 5. Develop the ability to orally present their creative work
  • 6. Demonstrate the ability to give critical feedback to their peers


Required Texts

Cher Krause Knight. Public Art, Theory, Practice, Populism. 2008, Blackwell Publishing – in the bookstore

a selection of readings may be found in \\Siam2\Classfolders\PublicArt in folders organized by week

These recommended books may be found in the library.

  • Deutsche, Rosalyn.Evictions : art and spatial politics / Rosalyn Deutsche.711.13 D486E
  • Miles, Malcolm. Art, space and the city : public art and urban futures 711.4 M643a
  • Karam, Nadim. Urban toys 730.922 K18u
  • Dempsey, Amy. Destination art 709.04 D389d
  • Garvey, Timothy J. Public Sculptor: Lorado Taft and the Beautification of Chicago 730.92 T124g
  • Cruikshank, Jeffrey L. Going Public: A Field Guide to Developments in Art in Public Places 710.973 C955g
  • Eliade, Mircea. The sacred and the profane ; the nature of religion 290 E42S
  • Jacob, Mary Jane.Culture in action : a public art program of Sculpture Chicago 701.030977311 C968J

Following are media resources from the media collection in the CCC library (5th Fl):

  • The Hirsch Farm project [videorecording] : public art for the 90’s VIDEO. 709.04 H669V9933
  • Art in public places VIDEO. 711.3 A784V11071
  • Installation art VIDEO. 709.04074 I59 DVD2629
  • Style wars (Grafitti in 80's NYC) VIDEO. 700.97471 S938DVD1676
  • Graffiti, Post-graffiti VIDEO. 709.7471 G736V12161
  • Graffiti verité VIDEO. 751.73 G736V11803
  • A conversation with Susan Sontag (on how the effects of images of war)VIDEO. 813.54 S699 DVD3603
  • America by design episode 4. Public places and monuments -VIDEO. 720.973 A512V8498
  • Krzysztof Wodiczko : projections VIDEO. 700 W839V10533
  • Neon : bright past, bright future VIDEO. 621.3275 N438V14337
  • Lascaux revisited VIDEO. 709.01 L341V12346
  • Out art VIDEO. 745 O94V8561
  • Sandpainting : a Navajo tradition. VIDEO. 751.49 S218V8128
  • Gary Hill VIDEO. 702.81 S623V11193
  • Gary Hill spinning the spur of the moment. VIDEO. 702 H646VD877

Assignments and Projects

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Assignments and Projects are to be submitted via your class web page and/or the googlemap prior to the start of the class in which they are due. If you do not submit the assignment at the time it is due, your grade on that assignment will be reduced as follows: 10% of your final grade on the assignment, per day. No assignment will be accepted over 1 week late. THIS IS A HARD AND FAST RULE -- NO EXCEPTIONS. No assignments will be accepted after the end of the last class. Problems with computers (printers or emails) do not suffice as explanation for late assignments. In the event that you submit an assignment late, you must advise the instructor that it has been posted to the website.

Plans for this semester include creation of a projection work for the display windows in block 37 on Randolph, between State and Dearborn, as well as the creation of a work in augmented reality.

Course Work Percentage Breakdown

Projects 80% (800 points)

Attendance/Class Participation 20% (200 points)


Assignment Due Points

<Asn.1 – Google Map entries> 2/5, 2/26, 3/5, 3/12, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7 160

<Asn. 2 Modificsation <2/12> 130

<Asn. 3 - QR MobileTagging > <2/19> 130

<Asn.4 vitrine exhibit> <4/2> 150

<Asn. 5 AR work> <5/14> 150

<Asn. 6 public art grant> <may vary> 80

Participation/Attendance, contribution to discussion of readings, and critiques <throughout> 200



Please note that grades are assigned as follows:

A = 93 % and above(930 points+)

A– = 90 - 92% (900 - 929 points)

B+ = 87 - 89% (870 - 899)

B = 83 - 86% (830 - 869)

B– = 80 - 82% (800 - 829)

C+ = 77 - 79% (770 - 799)

C = 73 - 76% (730 - 769)

C– = 70 - 72% (700 - 729)

D = 60- 69% (600 - 699)

F = 59% and below (599 points and below)

A = above average and outstanding work, no more than one absence, active participation in class and excellent scores on assignments and projects

B = above average work, no more than two absences, and active participation in class and above average scores on assignments and projects

C = average work, no more than two absences, and/or average scores on assignments and projects

D = below average work, no more than two absences, and/or below average scores on assignments and projects

F = anything below and including 59% - failure to turn in assignments, three or more absences, and/or failing grades on assignments and project can lead to an F

The instructor is the final arbiter of all grades for the class.

ATTENDANCE

Attendance and participation in class are required and expected. Three unexcused absences will result in a failing grade for the class.

Two late arrivals equal one absence. You are expected to be in class on time, attendance is taken at the beginning of class. Two absences (even excused absences) may result in a failing grade. Three absences and you FAIL- NO EXCEPTIONS. If an absence cannot be avoided, it must be discussed with your instructor ahead of time. Medical and other emergency leave of absences follow a different policy. Please contact your instructor if such a situation arises.

GRADING AND EVALUATION

UG: You are required to finish with a “C” grade or better if this class is required for your Major, or is a prerequisite for a class required by your major. If you do not, you must take this class again and cannot advance to the next required class.

Incomplete Grade: An Incomplete Grade (I) can only be issued for an undergraduate student who has met the following criteria: The student has successfully completed all course requirements to date but is faced with unexpected circumstances during the final weeks of the semester resulting in the inability to complete course requirements by the end of the semester. The student must have, in the instructor’s estimation, the ability to complete missed course requirements outside of class and by the end of the eighth week of the following semester. The instructor must agree to evaluate the student’s work and replace the Incomplete grade before the end of the following semester. An agreement specifying work to be completed and a due date must be signed by both instructor and student and approved by the Department Chair. In the event that an instructor is no longer employed by the College, a program Coordinator, Director, or the Department Chair can evaluate the work and assign the course grade.

Course Site is at http://imamp.colum.edu/mediawiki/index.php/Public_Art

CLASSROOM POLICIES

Email:

All students are assigned a @loop.colum,edu email when they first register. This is the only email that instructors use to contact you about assignments, scheduling, or other classroom issues. It is your responsibility to check this email regularly for information. You can access you @loop.colum.edu email via a link at the bottom of the left hand column of the Oasis portal. (http://oasis.colum.ed) We recommend that you either check that email daily or forward it to an email account that you do check daily.


Backup and Archival Policy:

Students are responsible for maintaining their own backup copies of all digital works. The Interactive Arts and Media department provides each registered student with server storage space as a courtesy and convenience, but does not guarantee access to that server space nor does it guarantee the safety of those digital files. Maintain your own electronic backup of your important files.


Academic Honesty and Conduct:

Academic honesty is expected of all students. Any inappropriate use of materials or plagiarism will not be tolerated. (See Academic Integrity Policies on pg. 18 of the Columbia Catalog.)

In line with Columbia’s Student Code of Conduct, students are reminded that Columbia expects students to treat each other, faculty, and staff with respect. Harassment of any kind is forbidden, as is exposing students or faculty to material and images that might be considered offensive.

All work submitted in this course for academic credit (unless otherwise explicitly allowed or approved by the instructor) must be your own original work (including texts, graphics, video, sound, code, etc.), the original work of the group of students cooperating in a project, and adhere to all relevant copyright and intellectual property ownership laws. You are all responsible for your own work, and while consultation and discussion of course topics with other students is encouraged, submitting another student’s work as one’s own - in whole or in part - will result in a zero for that assignment for all students involved. Additional penalty for violation of this policy could be extended to include failure of the class or other disciplinary action at the discretion of the instructor, the department, or Columbia College Chicago. For more information on the use of copyright material please consult the following sources – Copyright and Fair Use - http://fairuse.stanford.edu/ The U.S. Copyright Office - http://www.copyright.gov/ Digital Millennium Copyright Act - http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf Fair Use of Online Video - http://tinyurl.com/5gw89s (American University)




Attendance

Students are expected to attend every session and arrive on time, prepared for the class at the indicated start time. It is the Interactive Arts and Media departmental policy that a student automatically fails the class upon the third unexcused absence. (You are out on the third strike.) Two late arrivals (after the beginning of class) equal one absence. Lateness of more than one-half hour is the equivalent of an unexcused absence. Students leaving class early are considered late for the amount of time missed. Students who do not get to class before mid-class break, or do not return after the break, will be marked as absent for that session. Medical and other emergency leave of absences follow a different policy. Please contact your instructor if such a situation arises.

Students are expected to maintain communication with their instructor regarding their presence in class. Maintaining communication with the instructor allows that instructor the option of marking an absence as excused, rather than unexcused, at his or her discretion. All communication regarding an absence or lateness should occur before the session in question. Contact information for the instructor is at the top of this syllabus.

An absent student is still responsible for turning in all required assignments on time, unless a prior arrangement is made with the instructor. The instructor may, at his or her discretion, require make-up work or assignments in the place of missed class work.

Class Website

As part of this class, you will be expected to create and maintain a class portfolio website.

This website should feature all of your in-class and homework assignments. It is your responsibility to maintain working links to all of these projects. These links will be used for grading the projects and a missing link will be considered the same as a missing assignment.

You are responsible for insuring that a posting appears properly after submission. You are also solely responsible for the content of your class website and/or blog. (See the information on Academic Honesty and Copyrights in a preceding section.)

CONAWAY CENTER STATEMENT

Students with disabilities are requested to present their Columbia accommodation letters to their instructor at the beginning of the semester so that accommodations can be arranged in a timely manner by the College, the department or the faculty member, as appropriate. Students with disabilities who do not have accommodation letters should visit the office of Services for Students with Disabilities in room 520 of the Congress building (312.344.8134/V or 312.360.0767/TTY). It is incumbent upon students to know their responsibilities in this regard.

WRITING CENTER

Everyone is invited to visit Columbia College's Writing Center. Students may drop in or have a standing weekly appointment. Writing consultants can help a student develop a paper idea, organize a paper, or revise a paper.

http://www.colum.edu/Academics/English_Department/writingcent/index.php

IAM OPEN LAB HOURS

Computer Studio: 1000 S. Wabash

Game Lab: 1000 S. Wabash (limited open gaming hours)

For studio hours and software inventory, see http://iam.colum.edu/facilities/studios.aspx


This syllabus subject to change

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