Sculpture I, Projects and Readings, Summer 2017

• Project titles appear below. Search the category list on the right to get started on research. Each project title is listed in the right column. 
• Research not limited to the few bits of info I posted for you. 
• Feel free to search my Pinterest pages where I keep many examples of sculpture work. 
• Collect and Display, Look and Listen, Expose and Comment require in class presentations. Requirements for presentation handed out hard copy and posted on CANVAS.
• Grading criteria for visual work, artist statements and professional images, one page papers and small sculptures made in response to readings in syllabus. 

RISK and RESPOND
Challenge:

• Using only newspaper, masking tape, clear packing tape, plastic bags and string/thread/rope/wire/yarn/chain construct a three-dimensional structure that can be suspended from the ceiling.  May use one or all of the materials.
• Ideas about color/tone should be developed into the overall concept of the piece. No limits on how to apply color or how much color. 
• Final solution must have height, width and depth. 
• Height should be at least 5'. 

COLLECT and DISPLAY
Challenge:

• Use no more than a total four (4) materials to create a collection of 10 objects. Note that different colors of one material count as separate materials. For example, blue and red paint = 2 materials. 
• Size of objects can vary.
• Design and construct a free standing form to display/hold/contain 10 sculptures. Materials for display are your choice and not limited. 
• There needs to be a conceptual relationship between the 10 objects and the free standing form. 

LOOK and LISTEN
Challenge:

• Create a sculpture that incorporates sound. 
• Materials are your choice. 

EXPOSE and COMMENT
Challenge:

• Content of this sculpture will explore a social issue and express your opinion toward the issue. 
• Materials are your choice.

·     Readings:

·     “Fitting In” from the book The Most Beautiful House In The World by Witold Rybczynski

·       “The Art of Collecting Lightbulbs” from the book The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa by Michael Kimmelman

·       Selected sections from Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology by David Abram

·       Selected sections from the book Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the City One Step at a Time by Mark Adams

Each reading requires a one page paper. Typed, single spaced, times roman, 12 point, 1 inch margin, two line header. Do not summarize.
Each reading requires you to make a small, three-dimensional object in response to the reading content.
I will hand out hard copies of readings in class.