These 4 projects MUST be documented in your portfolio section:

PROGRAMME 

Using Travis Kirton’s C4 software you must create an IPad app that celebrates your favourite band. Choose images, fonts, audio and video that captures the essence of the band and come up with a creative presentation that looks great, but is manageable within your limited skillset. This project is about finding the simplest and most effective way to achieve the final product. Your final app must be video taped and included on your portfolio

REMIX

It is said that remix is born of the digital age. b.s! the idea of remix has been interconnected with art making since its inception. using the new tool kit available to artists create an original work that looks not only at the process of remix, but more importantly the concept. successful works will will communicate the ways in which or reworking of art, images and themes helps us think both about the world and who are. these remixes are not restricted to video, but may be in any medium. digital technology must be used in its production. The piece will be installed in some location in the school in a guerrilla art show and will be documented for the blog.

ACTIVATE

Create a project deconstructing your murals from the appropriation assignment and activating it through digital media. You will create an original sound score and make a “video” piece using the documentation photos of the mural. Your video piece must be an original work that re-interprets the themes of the mural.

in your group assigned group discuss and research your specific area of art practice. define it, find a variety of examples, and develop a coherent, interesting, entertaining and educational presentation that will last 75 minutes. Cover how traditional media arts (video, audio, installation, intervention, interaction) have been adopted into these areas. Think about how these art strategies can be adopted into your practice.

Groups:

0915-1030 – Hybrid/Bio Art: Jesse, Jason, Shige, Inaki

1045-1200 – Programming Art: Vincent, Justin and Brian

1400-1515 – Locative Art: Mitch, Melanie, Mercedes

1530-1645 – Digital Performance Art: Adrian, Kelsey, Christianne, Anthony

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MAKEUP ASSIGNMENT

Pick an artist from the following list and create a concise research post on the blog detailing:

• who they are
• why they are significant
• what are their media/medium
• significant works
• interesting facts
• accomplishments
• your personal opinions of their work
• include photos, links, videos, etc.

*You will be presenting your artist in a 10 minute class presentation on January 17th. Video is limited to 3 minutes. Make sure you practice so that your presentation flows easily and uses the information on your page. Students who miss their presentations will receive and F on the assignment.

Artists

• Marina Zurkow
• Jason Lewis
• Janet Cardiff
• Catherine Richards
• Chantal Dumas
• Don Ritter (Anthony Santin )
• Christof Migone  
• Mia Makela

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APPROPRIATION (assignment 1)

1) In a group choose a quote that describes our relationship with technology

2) create a graffiti collage using images from the web, magazines, photos, etc that best represents this quote. you want to communicate to your audience your take on the issues at hand.

3) Apply the collage to the wall in 494. each group will have a space roughly 7.5 feet wide X 4 ft high.

4) photo-document the process and the finish product and upload to the blog.

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BLOG ACTIVITY

The blog is an area to discuss issues related to your practice, classes and general life as an artist. This should include discussions of process, problems, discoveries, thoughts, realisations, critiques. you may add to this retrospectively. The minimum expectation is one blog entry per week. Some of these may be specifically assigned, while others are at your discretion.

I encourage you to write a critical evaluation of your projects in this class and others. this doesn’t have to be hugely deep. Just recount what the process was like: what worked, what didn’t. Remember that the blog is a way to figure out exactly what makes you tick and what works for you as an artist, researcher and student.

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PORTFOLIO

Create a section of linked pages on the blog that brands you as a professional artist. think carefully about what your brand is and how it relates to your work. Use images to reinforce this brand and make your page more dynamic. think about formatting that makes it easier for the audience to access information and digest your work at a glance.

YOUR PORTFOLIO IS A PROFESSIONAL SECTION. SPELLING, GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE COUNT!

your portfolio must include documentation of your 3 MADT202 projects. this includes:

• photos; video (audio pieces can embed audio clips into a youtube video and embed the video in the blog
• “adam frank” project statements
• a 100 word critical write up on each project*

* the 100 word critical write up should include:

• description of the piece
• description of the audience experience
• a critical re-reading of the piece (look at it and evaluate it as if it were someone else’s work. talk about the effects of colour pallet, narrative decisions, medium choice, etc.
• spend time really re-engaging with the work. now that it is done, what has it become? what things to you see that you put in sub-consciously but now come out as really important?

The portfolio may also contain selected works from your other classes. Only pick the very best work that is indicative of your practice. You are not required to add critical essays for these though it would likely improve your mark to add a little critical engagement.

Include as well documentation of shows and exhibitions you have been involved in.

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