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Day 5: Monday July 13th
Due: Act 1 Reading & Viewing Assignments (Kehinde Wiley - An Economy of Grace, Intro to Art Chapter 1, Intro to Art Chapter 2) (assigned Day 1)
Due: Contrast Cards (assigned Day 3)
Lecture: Interpreting Art
Group Activity: Interpretive Analysis
Critique: Contrast Cards Studio Project
Act 2 Reading & Viewing Assignments (various due dates)
Interpretive Analysis Writing Assignment (due Day 7 & Day 9)
Act 2 Reading Assignments
Act 2 Reading Assignments
'Visual Culture' by Marguerite Helmers
'Visual Culture' by Marguerite Helmers
This chapter is your instructional manual for Interpretive analysis. Read it before completing the Video Art Viewing Assignment.
Due: Monday July 20th
Helmers_Visual Culture_wImages.pdfIntroduction to Art Chapter 5
Introduction to Art Chapter 5
Write a response that addresses these three questions (minimum 200 words)
Using an example from the reading, describe a symbol and its meaning,
Using an example from the reading, describe the historical or cultural context of a work of art.
Describe an example of symbolism in the Visual Culture you encounter in your own life.
Due: 9am Monday July 27th
To Submit: create a Google Doc or other text file and put it in your personal IVA Course Folder, which is on Google Drive in the Shared With Me area. The folder is titled IVA Your Name (for example IVA Bill Smith). All homework files must have your name, the name of the assignment, and the date clearly written on the top.
Introduction to Art-Chapter 5.pdfAct 2 Video Art Viewing Assignment
Act 2 Video Art Viewing Assignment
For homework, watch the piece of Video Art assigned to your group, read the Context link where there is additional info, and write a 200 word response describing:
Your first impressions, emotional reaction, what grabbed your attention, what did this remind you of, make you think of or feel. Do not write about whether you like the work or not.
the formal elements of the artwork (as you did for the visual description)
Contextual information (historical context, exhibition history, process of creation, physical context, etc.)
Due: 9am Monday July 20th
To Submit: create a Google Doc or other text file and put it in your personal IVA Course Folder, which is on Google Drive in the Shared With Me area. The folder is titled IVA Your Name (for example IVA Bill Smith). All homework files must have your name, the name of the assignment, and the date clearly written on the top.
During class on Monday July 20th each group will meet and compare their written responses. Then each group will present an interpretive analysis of the piece of Video Art assigned to the group. For this interpretive analysis, follow one of the three Sequences of Analysis described in the Visual Culture chapter by Marguerite Helmer.
Group 1: Aecha, Ereminda, Elvis, John
Group 1: Aecha, Ereminda, Elvis, John
artist: Maya Deren
artwork: Meshes of the Afternoon, 1943, black & white film, silent, 14 minutes
To view on Kanopy: https://ccri.kanopy.com/video/meshes-afternoon-0
Context: https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/maya-deren-meshes-of-the-afternoon-1943/
Group 2: Brenny, Danae, Elvie, Jacob
Group 2: Brenny, Danae, Elvie, Jacob
artists: Janet Cardiff & Georges Bures Miller
artwork: Alter Bahnhof Video Walk (2012)
Exhibited at the Alter Bahnhof Trainstation in Kassel, Germany, June - September 2012
View Artwork: http://ubu.com/film/cardiff_alter.html
Context: drive.google.com/file/d/1acBnYhMLDIWw6qb_c2Mb3WC77NPWdvfb/view?usp=sharing
Group 3: Nathalia, Richard, Tim
Group 3: Nathalia, Richard, Tim
artist: William Pope L.
artwork: The Great White Way, 22 miles, 9 years, 1 street (2000-2009)
The video and an article with some contextual information: http://www.ubu.com/film/pope_white1.html
Context: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/22/arts/design/popel-crawl-whitney-moma.html
Writing Assignment: Interpretive Analysis
Writing Assignment: Interpretive Analysis
Select an artwork and write an interpretive analysis of it, following one of the three Sequences of Analysis described in the Visual Culture chapter by Marguerite Helmer. This chapter and the examples in it are your guide for completing this assignment. Each of the Sequences has specific steps. Follow these steps and include the steps as named sections in your response. Use complete sentences, minimum 300 words. Use Artstor or Tate Images or Art21 to as a source for your artwork. Do do not use any of the artworks that are on the course website or in the assigned reading. Before selecting an artwork, consider that you will have to find information about the publication history, process of creation, and/or historical context, depending on which Sequence of Analysis you choose.
Due July 20: Select the work of art you will describe, and submit:
Digital image file (such as a JPG or PNG) of the work of art, minimum 800 x 1000 pixels. If the work is on video, submit a link to where it can be viewed.
Text file with Label info. Label info includes at a minimum: Artist's name, title of artwork, year made, medium (the material the artwork is made of), dimensions, image source (where you got the image file).
Identify which Sequence of Analysis you will use and what your sources for contextual information are.
Due July 27: Completed assignment
To Submit: Put files in your personal IVA Course Folder, which is on Google Drive in the Shared With Me area. The folder is titled IVA Your Name (for example IVA Cassie Jones). All homework files must have your name, the name of the assignment, and the date clearly written on the top.
Sources for Contextual Info about Art
Sources for Contextual Info about Art
For the Interpretive Analysis Writing Assignment, you will have to find information about the publication history, process of creation, and/or historical context, depending on which Sequence of Analysis you choose. Here are some sources you can use as a starting point.
Art21 is an excellent and easily searchable source for videos about contemporary artists. Art21 is the go-to place to learn first-hand from the artists of our time. Search by artist and you will find a range of short and long videos.
Museum & Gallery websites
Museum & Gallery websites
Search the artist's name and the title of the artwork. The first few search results will probably be advertisements for reproductions of the artwork for sale. Those results are not relevant to this project. If the artwork is in the collection of a Museum or Gallery, then there may be page about the artist or even about that artwork. A gallery website may also have links to 'press' which will have articles about the artist. Contemporary artists often have their own website.
Wikipedia
Wikipedia
Wikipedia can be a good source for biographical information, exhibition history, and processes artists use. Remember that copying text directly from Wikipedia or any other source is considered academically dishonest and is against CCRI policy.
Three Sequences of Analysis
Three Sequences of Analysis
Here are three helpful sequences to follow when interpreting art. The sequences are defined in detail and illustrated with examples in ‘Visual Culture’ by Marguerite Helmers.
Robert Scholes’s Five-Point Sequence of Analysis
Emotional reaction
Formal elements
Publication history
Process of creation
Reconsider emotional reaction
Carol P. Hovanec & David Freund’s Four-Point Sequence of Analysis
Publication history
Emotional reaction
Formal elements
Consider alternate meanings
William Cronon’s Three-Point Sequence of Analysis
Tell the story of the image
Examine the historical context
Itemize the formal elements
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