This course aims to engage students in an investigation of the issue of content in the visual arts. Studio projects will be generated as a response to a consideration of works in a variety of disciplines including media, philosophy, science, anthropology, and literature. The class will be conducted as both discussion and critique sessions. Slide lectures on selected visual artists working with similar concerns to those content areas under investigation will be presented in conjunction with discussions and critiques.
Texts are available at the college bookstore.
Supplemental readings will be handed out in class. These are due the day the reading is discussed in class. This project proposal should be refined and redrafted following class session proposal reviews and handed in with the final critique. The way that this class is structured necessitates that all reading, writing, and studio assignments are completed on time. Late work will be accepted anytime before the end of the semester but will be lowered one letter grade.