Class 19_Homework

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Project Prescription
Due: This work should be done as a project unfolds. 
Format: Print handout and use as a cover sheet for each projects. Store in the Logbook Homework section of the logbook.

This is a checklist of sorts, with specific things to do each time you are assigned a new project to develop. We have two remaining. This listing of actions will also help you fill the pages of your logbook in such a way that you can receive credit and improve your overall logbook grade. Please consult it often and complete tasks listed thoroughly as your professor expects you to apply strategies and other information you have learned in the individual maker portion to whatever you make from this point forward.

Link to Handout if you need it:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1uoHCwNsfcITLs2ah1utL4KYSH53-bwP0

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Intro to Last Two Projects - Read Over & Write Questions
Due: Thursday, April 5th
Format: Read about the next two projects. Create a list of questions for each project. Type up questions using two headings: Modular Form & Installation. List specific questions under the appropriate heading. Be sure you have the appropriate heading in the upper left-hand corner of this work. Print your document out and bring it to class. Store this work in the Logbook Homework section of your binder.

Modular Form Project: Introduction

Summary of Entire Project
The modular form project has three main components. Each component should represent a part of the argument, comment, or question you are presenting to your audience in regard to your topic and direction. When thoughtfully and patiently developed and composed this combination of elements will combine into more than the sum of the parts.

1. Many identical ready-made objects (which you will use as the basic material for sculpting the next part).
2. A 3-dimensional form or representational object (sculpted, formed, or skinned out of the objects above in item 1).
3. A context or setting for the large object (item 2) made of small ready-mades (item 1).

The first phase of this project involves numbers one and two. The second phase of the project will be about number 3. As you work on phase one, understand that you will eventually integrate number 3 in the second phase of the project.

Overview
The modular form project is a platform for developing an appreciation for the role that material choice plays in constructing artistic content. Furthermore, it explores creating a whole image out of a large number of identical parts much like small pixels are used to create a larger image. Lastly, it investigates creating content within a whole image through choice of ready-made objects and their arrangement so that visually, the parts are transformed or even partially lost through repetition.

• For now, investigate possible object choices for this project. Later you will find or purchase the objects that potentially reference some important aspect of your current thematic direction. Remember, the objects you use must be identical, not variations of one or more similar 3D forms. Further, you cannot make these objects; they must be pre-made or manufactured all alike. (Two exceptions: First, a set of identical forms of varying color, like colored thumb tacks, second, a set of groups of similar objects, like a bag of 100 army men that feature soldiers in different poses). If you have questions about readymades you would like to use, be sure to ask your professor first!
• Think of possible forms that could act as armatures or substrates and also of adhesives to aid in your construction, as you will need structure to give the object you make strength and shape. Hot glue, rubber cement, and super glue have often been useful to students doing this project.
• Eventually, you will also consider the environment as context and will be allowed to compose the 3D form you make within or in front of real or fabricated environments or backgrounds. The final work will be 2D.
• Some terms to research: multiple, repetition, pattern, skin, structure, armature, aggregate, module, individual, collective, form.

Installation Project Phase One - Model
Project Brief: 
 For this assignment, we want you to investigate your ideas in a format that utilizes the space surrounding forms and other compositional elements you create. Installation is a three-dimensional format that considers an object or composition of objects in relationship to the space that surrounds or permeates them. Installation is more than just discreet form(s) in space; it is the object and the environment all at once. Spatial context is key to the development of any installation work. We have already talked about how your choice of materials and symbols create a context for your artwork. Now we want you to consider how location, environment, and audience interaction create and affect context in your work.

At its core, installation art is a perfect marriage of object(s) and the area surrounding them. For this project, choices concerning space, environment, location, and audience engagement will be integral to building conceptual and formal strength. Start your process by brainstorming potentially successful locations or spatial contexts then consider what you might make or place in specific locations.

Try to insert content into every part of the work so that you end up with a multitude of layers. Begin layering by making compositional choices one at a time in a considered and methodical manner. These carefully made choices all should refer back to your concept and direction.

In your attempt to reference your ideas, consider the following elements:
Location, Material, Technique, Color, Texture, Light, Proximity, Repetition, Gravity, Balance, Scale, Proportion, Contrast, Mass, Volume, Space, Boundaries, Connections, Transitions, Tempo, Chronology.

Each time you make a considered choice that refers back to your concept in some way you create a layer of content and meaning. The more layers you create the richer your artwork will be. Take this opportunity to harness all of your research and experience from this semester to create a powerful, communicative installation. This project does not have to have aspects of the last project. However, you may use your former idea and directions as well as intention to create your composition.

Goals:

• Investigate installation as a mode for communicating the ideas you have been developing all semester. 
• Create content, meaning, and potency through a process of layering references 
• Pick a real or imagined location or space that will become part of your installation. If you plan to eventually create your installation in real space at full scale, it will have to be installed on campus or in three minutes walking distance on the grounds of campus. 
• Create an installation or refined 3D model of the installation you are proposing. 
• If your space is at school, scale your model to represent that space as closely as possible. [Taking pictures of the area surrounding the space is recommended for creating a comprehensible model].
• Full-scale installations require getting permission to use the space from administrators and/or faculty of the school. There will be forms for you to fill out once we pass through the model stage. [Note – nothing can be installed full-scale without the explicit permission of your IPC professors. Once permission is granted, the student MAY NOT deviate from the parameters outlined in their contract without informing and obtaining permission for said change/s/ from the student’s IPC instructors. Installing full-scale without permission and deviating from the parameters of the associated contract will FAIL you for the project. Willful disregard in relation to the above-mention stipulations will FAIL YOU FOR THE COURSE. Please do not proceed with or change a full-scale installation without permission].

Requirements to consider for Real Space Installations:

• All work must be located on or adjacent to the college campus and its immediate grounds [Note - 3 minute walking distance max. Time it if you are unsure]. 
• All work must be set up by and cleaned up on the day of your critique within 30 minutes of the end of class. Students may begin the evening before critique after classes have finished, so long as their installation doesn’t impede normal college function (remember our students need wheelchair access). 
• All work must allow for the regular functioning of the school. In other words, whatever space you use must be usable to all members of the MCA community. Please ask your instructors if you have any questions.
• Absolutely no work can be installed without explicit written permission or changed from your original proposal from your professors. 

In addition, please review the following limitations:

• No hanging from ceilings anywhere. 
• The upper gallery, lower gallery, no exit gallery, and sleaze and slime gallery areas are off limits. 
• No artwork should impede the normal functioning of the college and its community. 
• No artwork should jeopardize the safety or reputation of the college or the community including the student body, staff, faculty, and administration. 
• You may not permanently damage school or public property in any way. Failure to do so could result in hefty monetary fines and failure of the project. 
• No paint or adhesives on walls or floors. Ask professors about acceptable tapes to use.
• No nails piercing walls or floors; walls may be an exception, but each student must formally ask permission. 
• No tape on windows especially in Studio 1, 2, and 3. 
• You must leave the space you use as clean or cleaner than you found it. Failure to clean up after you de-install your project will result in failure of the project.
• No hanging of body forms from any structure anywhere on the school grounds
• No use of bio-hazardous materials

WARNING!
Students who ignore the listed stipulations and/or fail to return school spaces to their original condition within the times allotted will fail [F] the Installation Project. In some cases [willful disregard in relation to asking permission and changing the parameters of said project] ignoring the stipulations of installation will fail you for the entire course.

Note to students planning to eventually install their work outdoors in real space:

Be aware that outdoor projects must be installed despite weather conditions. Therefore, anticipate possible weather issues so the integrity of your installation remains intact regardless of rain, cold, heat, wind, etc. What materials might be appropriate that can withstand environmental adversity?