- Meeting Time: Tuesday/Thursday from 11-12:15 pm
- Location: Honors Center Room 2020
- Professor: Associate Professor Megan Jacobs, MFA
- Email: mejacobs@unm.edu
- Office & Honors College, Room 2024
- Office Hours: Tuesday: 1-2 pm, Thursday: 10-11 am
All readings must be finished before class on the days listed. Bring your readings to class. Your typed, daily written observations are due at the start of class on each class period.
https://medium.com/notes-to-a-young-artist/boals-theatre-of-the-oppressed-ddd1235a7952
Week 1 Introductions
Tuesday, Jan 19 Introductions, Syllabus, Download: Adobe Rush
- First Day of Class; Introductions
- Preliminary Discussion: Traditional notions of art + social art
- Gregorian Chants
- William Carlos Williams Poem, This is to Say
- Observation expectations + Purdue Owl Resources-Direct Quote, Paraphrasing and Summarizing + MLA Work Cited
Thursday, Jan. 21
Week 2 How Women’s Suffrage + Women’s March 2017
Tuesday, Jan. 26
- Berger, John. Ways of Seeing. Penguin, 1972. [Chapter 1]
- Lampert, Nicholas. A People’s Art History of the United States: 250 Years of Activist Art and Artists Working in Social Justice Movements, The New Press, 2014. [Chapter: Jacob A. Riis’s Image Problem]
Thursday, Jan. 28
- Lampert, Nicholas. A People’s Art History of the United States: 250 Years of Activist Art and Artists Working in Social Justice Movements, The New Press, 2014. [Chapter: Banners Designed to Break A President]
- MLA guide
Week 3: Civil Rights & the Vietnam War | Feminist Art
Tuesday, February 2
- Observation 1: Pultz, John. The Body and the Lens: Photography 1839 to Present. Harry N. Abrams, 1995.
- Lampert, Nicholas. A People’s Art History of the United States: 250 Years of Activist Art and Artists Working in Social Justice Movements, The New Press, 2014. [Chapter 20: Protesting the Museum-Industrial Complex]
In class:
-
- Chris Burden, Shoot, 1971 https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/20/opinion/shot-in-the-name-of-art.html + http://www.openculture.com/2015/05/watch-chris-burden-get-shot-for-the-sake-of-art-1971.html
- Marina Abramovic, Rhythm 0, 1974, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kijKz3JzoD4 + https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/5177
- Yoko Uno, Cut Piece, 1965 https://www.phaidon.com/agenda/art/articles/2015/may/18/yoko-ono-s-cut-piece-explained/ + Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYJ3dPwa2tI + MOMA: https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/yoko-ono-cut-piece-1964/
- Carolee Schneeman, Interior Scroll, 1975, https://hyperallergic.com/232342/forty-years-of-carolee-schneemanns-interior-scroll/ + https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/schneemann-interior-scroll-p13282
- Janine Antoni, Loving Care, 1993, https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/07/arts/art-women-s-work-or-is-it-art-is-never-done.html + http://www.marthagarzon.com/contemporary_art/2011/01/janine-antoni-loving-care-lick-and-lather/ + https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10153209291255784
- Nan Goldin, 2019, https://news.artnet.com/art-world/nan-goldin-sackler-met-2019-1460413 + https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/nan-goldin-leads-a-protest-at-the-guggenheim-against-the-sackler-family
Thursday, February 4
- Lampert, Nicholas. A People’s Art History of the United States: 250 Years of Activist Art and Artists Working in Social Justice Movements, The New Press, 2014. [Chapter 21: The Living Breathing Embodiment of Culture Transformed]
- Vulture https://deborahkass.com/presspdfs/2017/Nochlin/New-York-Magazine-Vulture-Why-Have-There-Been-No-Great-Women-Artists-Linda-Nochlin-October-30-2017.pdf
Week 4 1980s: Art during the AIDS Crisis and Culture Wars
Tuesday, February 9
- Jones, Amelia. A Companion to Contemporary Art Since 1945. Blackwell Publishing, 2006.
- Lampert, Nicholas. A People’s Art History of the United States: 250 Years of Activist Art and Artists Working in Social Justice Movements, The New Press, 2014. [Chapter 24: Art is Not Enough: ACT Up, Gran Fury, and the AIDS Crisis]
Thursday, February 11
- Observation 2:Thompson, Nato. Culture as Weapon: Art of Influence in Everyday Life. Melville House, 2018.
- Observation #2: This observation will not be a traditional observation. Instead, I want to you to consider if there are connections between the culture wars of the 1980s and today. Please find an article from a reputable newspaper (New York Times, Washington Post, etc.) that illustrates a connection to the culture wars of the 1980s or areas of new cultural discussion and debate. Please be prepared to discuss the reasoning for your article with the class. Bring a printed copy of the article to class. Write your name on it and that will be submitted as your observation #2.
Week 5 Identity Politics
Tuesday, February 16
- In class: Discuss Project #1; Shiloh Burton exercises + Alfredo Jaar (Homelessness in Montreal), Simone Attie (Night Watch + Between Dreams and History + Writing on the Wall ), Jenny Holtzer + Gun Violence Activists: Koch Brothers
-
In class we will be doing a projection exercise. I’d like you to consider how aspects of your identity are challenged or policed by individuals/society. Please find an image that represents this challenge to your identity. The image can be located through Google Images or elsewhere. Please download the image, label it with your first name and last name such as MEGANJACOBS.jpg and place it here. Be sure to select the folder for the correct class (either 11 AM or 2 PM class). Please upload the image before the start of class. Be sure to wear a light colored shirt to class preferably white, grey, light pink, or taupe.
- No reading required for today.
- The Decade Show online archive at the New Museum: http://archive.newmuseum.org/index.php/Detail/Occurrence/Show/occurrence_id/195
Thursday, February 18
- JR, Nato Thompson and Joseph Remnant. JR: Can Art Change the World? Phaidon, 2015.
- Oral Presentation on Krzysztof Wodiczko (Daniella and Joe)
- Oral Presentation on Candy Chang (Ryan and Dimitri)
Week 6 Capitalism and the Spectacle
Tuesday, February 23
- Observation 3:
- First observation on: Berger, John. Ways of Seeing. Penguin Books, 1972. [Chapter 7]
- Second observation will be to bring in a printed ad that is particularly provocative in its ideologies.
- Third observation will be on: Tiernan Morgan & Lauren Purje. “An Illustrated Guide to Guy Debord’s ‘The Society of the Spectacle’” Hyperallergic. August 10, 2016.
- Bring laptops with Rush loaded on them. You can download Adobe Rush Here.
Thursday, February 25 Culture Jamming | Paper Topic
- In class: Handout Paper Topic
- Adobe Rush Download + Sample Files + Adobe Rush Step by Step
- Boyd, Andrew. Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution. OR Books 2016.
- Supplemental (not required): Delaure, Marilyn and Moritz Fink. Culture Jamming: Activism and the Art of Cultural Resistance. New York University Press. 2017.
- Oral Presentation on Yes Men (Ryla and Hannah)
Week 7 The Necessity for Political Art
Tuesday, March 2
- Observations 4: Rushdie, Salman, “Outside the Whale” Imaginary Homelands:Essays and Criticism 1981-1991. Granta Books, 1991. p. 87-106. As one of your observations please bring a work of art that addresses one of the arguments that Rushdie makes in the article.
Discussion Links:
- Childish Gambino, This is America + background + NY Times Article
- Beyonce-Formation video (political art!) + critical read
- Beyonce in Formation: entertainer, activist or both?
- Beyonce and Jay-Z, Everything is Love, Apesh**t + Article
Thursday, March 4
- Observation 5: Dederer, Claire. “What Do We do with the Art of Monstrous Men?” + Korsmeyer. Carolyn. Aesthetics: The Big Questions. John Wiley and Sons, 1998.
Class Discussion:
- *Open Letter by Hannah Black to the curators of the 2017 Whitney Biennial
- *Coco Fusco, “Censorship, Not the Painting, Must Go: On Dana Schutz’s Image of Emmett Till,” Hyperallergic, March 27, 2017, https://hyperallergic.com/368290/censorship-not-the- painting-must-go-on-dana-schutzs-image-of-emmett-till/
Week 8 Whose History? Art and Cultural Appropriation. The Museum of a site of political discussion
Tuesday, March 9
- CREATIVE work day
- Supplemental, NOT required reading:
- *“Cultural Appropriation: A Roundtable,” Artforum, Summer 2017.
- *NPR-Cultural Appropriation in Pop Music-When are Artists in the Wrong?
Thursday, March 11
- Paper Due
- Google Docs Folder: Sustainability Expo Images
- In class activities based on : http://artmakingchange.org/practices/
- Yoko Uno, Wish Tree
- Molly Fochman, Red Sand Project , https://hyperallergic.com/269113/an-art-project-ensures-victims-of-human-trafficking-dont-fall-through-the-cracks/
Week 9 Spring Break, no class
Week 10 Remix
- Meeting Time: Tuesday/Thursday from 11-12:15 pm
- Location: Honors Center Room 2020
- Professor: Associate Professor Megan Jacobs, MFA
- Email: mejacobs@unm.edu
- Office & Honors College, Room 2024
- Office Hours: Tuesday: 1-2 pm, Thursday: 10-11 am
All readings must be finished before class on the days listed. Bring your readings to class. Your typed, daily written observations are due at the start of class on each class period.
https://medium.com/notes-to-a-young-artist/boals-theatre-of-the-oppressed-ddd1235a7952
Week 1 Introductions
Tuesday, Jan 19 Introductions, Syllabus, Download: Adobe Rush
- First Day of Class; Introductions
- Preliminary Discussion: Traditional notions of art + social art
- Gregorian Chants
- William Carlos Williams Poem, This is to Say
- Observation expectations + Purdue Owl Resources-Direct Quote, Paraphrasing and Summarizing + MLA Work Cited
Thursday, Jan. 21
Week 2 How We See +Early Activism: Social Photography and Women’s Suffrage
Tuesday, Jan. 26
- Berger, John. Ways of Seeing. Penguin, 1972. [Chapter 1]
- Lampert, Nicholas. A People’s Art History of the United States: 250 Years of Activist Art and Artists Working in Social Justice Movements, The New Press, 2014. [Chapter: Jacob A. Riis’s Image Problem]
Thursday, Jan. 28
- Lampert, Nicholas. A People’s Art History of the United States: 250 Years ofActivist Art and Artists Working in Social Justice Movements, The New Press, 2014. [Chapter: Banners Designed to Break A President]
- MLA guide
Week 3: Civil Rights & the Vietnam War | Feminism Art
Tuesday, February 2
- Observation 1: Pultz, John. The Body and the Lens: Photography 1839 to Present. Harry N. Abrams, 1995.
- Lampert, Nicholas. A People’s Art History of the United States: 250 Years of Activist Art and Artists Working in Social Justice Movements, The New Press, 2014. [Chapter 20: Protesting the Museum-Industrial Complex]
In class:
-
- Chris Burden, Shoot, 1971 https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/20/opinion/shot-in-the-name-of-art.html + http://www.openculture.com/2015/05/watch-chris-burden-get-shot-for-the-sake-of-art-1971.html
- Marina Abramovic, Rhythm 0, 1974, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kijKz3JzoD4 + https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/5177
- Yoko Uno, Cut Piece, 1965 https://www.phaidon.com/agenda/art/articles/2015/may/18/yoko-ono-s-cut-piece-explained/ + Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYJ3dPwa2tI + MOMA: https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/yoko-ono-cut-piece-1964/
- Carolee Schneeman, Interior Scroll, 1975, https://hyperallergic.com/232342/forty-years-of-carolee-schneemanns-interior-scroll/ + https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/schneemann-interior-scroll-p13282
- Janine Antoni, Loving Care, 1993, https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/07/arts/art-women-s-work-or-is-it-art-is-never-done.html + http://www.marthagarzon.com/contemporary_art/2011/01/janine-antoni-loving-care-lick-and-lather/ + https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10153209291255784
- Nan Goldin, 2019, https://news.artnet.com/art-world/nan-goldin-sackler-met-2019-1460413 + https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/nan-goldin-leads-a-protest-at-the-guggenheim-against-the-sackler-family
Thursday, February 4
- Lampert, Nicholas. A People’s Art History of the United States: 250 Years of Activist Art and Artists Working in Social Justice Movements, The New Press, 2014. [Chapter 21: The Living Breathing Embodiment of Culture Transformed]
- Vulture https://deborahkass.com/presspdfs/2017/Nochlin/New-York-Magazine-Vulture-Why-Have-There-Been-No-Great-Women-Artists-Linda-Nochlin-October-30-2017.pdf
Week 4 1980s: Art during the AIDS Crisis and Culture Wars
Tuesday, February 9
- Jones, Amelia. A Companion to Contemporary Art Since 1945. Blackwell Publishing, 2006.
- Lampert, Nicholas. A People’s Art History of the United States: 250 Years of Activist Art and Artists Working in Social Justice Movements, The New Press, 2014. [Chapter 24: Art is Not Enough: ACT Up, Gran Fury, and the AIDS Crisis]
Thursday, February 11
- Observation 2:Thompson, Nato. Culture as Weapon: Art of Influence in Everyday Life. Melville House, 2018.
- Observation #2: This observation will not be a traditional observation. Instead, I want to you to consider if there are connections between the culture wars of the 1980s and today. Please find an article from a reputable newspaper (New York Times, Washington Post, etc.) that illustrates a connection to the culture wars of the 1980s or areas of new cultural discussion and debate. Please be prepared to discuss the reasoning for your article with the class. Bring a printed copy of the article to class. Write your name on it and that will be submitted as your observation #2.
Week 5 Identity Politics
Tuesday, February 16
- In class: Discuss Project #1; Shiloh Burton exercises + Alfredo Jaar (Homelessness in Montreal), Simone Attie (Night Watch + Between Dreams and History + Writing on the Wall ), Jenny Holtzer + Gun Violence Activists: Koch Brothers
-
In class we will be doing a projection exercise. I’d like you to consider how aspects of your identity are challenged or policed by individuals/society. Please find an image that represents this challenge to your identity. The image can be located through Google Images or elsewhere. Please download the image, label it with your first name and last name such as MEGANJACOBS.jpg and place it here. Be sure to select the folder for the correct class (either 11 AM or 2 PM class). Please upload the image before the start of class. Be sure to wear a light colored shirt to class preferably white, grey, light pink, or taupe.
- No reading required for today.
- The Decade Show online archive at the New Museum: http://archive.newmuseum.org/index.php/Detail/Occurrence/Show/occurrence_id/195
Thursday, February 18
- JR, Nato Thompson and Joseph Remnant. JR: Can Art Change the World? Phaidon, 2015.
- Oral Presentation on Krzysztof Wodiczko (Daniella and Joe)
- Oral Presentation on Candy Chang (Ryan and Dimitri)
Week 6 Capitalism and the Spectacle
Tuesday, February 23
- Observation 3:
- First observation on: Berger, John. Ways of Seeing. Penguin Books, 1972. [Chapter 7]
- Second observation will be to bring in a printed ad that is particularly provocative in its ideologies.
- Third observation will be on: Tiernan Morgan & Lauren Purje. “An Illustrated Guide to Guy Debord’s ‘The Society of the Spectacle’” Hyperallergic. August 10, 2016.
- Bring laptops with Rush loaded on them. You can download Adobe Rush Here.
Thursday, February 25 Culture Jamming | Paper Topic
- In class: Handout Paper Topic
- Adobe Rush Download + Sample Files + Adobe Rush Step by Step
- Boyd, Andrew. Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution. OR Books 2016.
- Supplemental (not required): Delaure, Marilyn and Moritz Fink. Culture Jamming: Activism and the Art of Cultural Resistance. New York University Press. 2017.
- Oral Presentation on Yes Men (Ryla and Hannah)
Week 7 The Necessity for Political Art
Tuesday, March 2
- Observations 4: Rushdie, Salman, “Outside the Whale” Imaginary Homelands:Essays and Criticism 1981-1991. Granta Books, 1991. p. 87-106. As one of your observations please bring a work of art that addresses one of the arguments that Rushdie makes in the article.
Discussion Links:
- Childish Gambino, This is America + background + NY Times Article
- Beyonce-Formation video (political art!) + critical read
- Beyonce in Formation: entertainer, activist or both?
- Beyonce and Jay-Z, Everything is Love, Apesh**t + Article
Thursday, March 4
- Observation 5: Dederer, Claire. “What Do We do with the Art of Monstrous Men?” + Korsmeyer. Carolyn. Aesthetics: The Big Questions. John Wiley and Sons, 1998.
Class Discussion:
- *Open Letter by Hannah Black to the curators of the 2017 Whitney Biennial
- *Coco Fusco, “Censorship, Not the Painting, Must Go: On Dana Schutz’s Image of Emmett Till,” Hyperallergic, March 27, 2017, https://hyperallergic.com/368290/censorship-not-the- painting-must-go-on-dana-schutzs-image-of-emmett-till/
Week 8 Whose History? Art and Cultural Appropriation. The Museum of a site of political discussion
Tuesday, March 9
- CREATIVE work day
- Supplemental, NOT required reading:
- *“Cultural Appropriation: A Roundtable,” Artforum, Summer 2017.
- *NPR-Cultural Appropriation in Pop Music-When are Artists in the Wrong?
Thursday, March 11
- Paper Due
- Google Docs Folder: Sustainability Expo Images
- In class activities based on : http://artmakingchange.org/practices/
- Yoko Uno, Wish Tree
- Molly Fochman, Red Sand Project , https://hyperallergic.com/269113/an-art-project-ensures-victims-of-human-trafficking-dont-fall-through-the-cracks/
Week 9 Spring Break, no class
Week 10 Remix
Tuesday, March 23 Zoom Testing, Scheduled Overview, Discuss Video Screening
- Revised:
- Meme project, discuss the video project options, and discuss the video examples (below) that I’d like you to review during the remainder of class.
- Overview of THE REMIX ROOM and Leon de la Rosa-Carrillo: https://artmuseum.unm.edu/exhibition/remix-room-with-leon-de-la-rosa-carrillo/
- Remix reading: Navas, Eduardo et al. Keywords in Remix Studies. Routledge. 2018.
- Screen the films: Ways of Seeing and compare to the remixed: Ways of Something
- Meme project, discuss the video project options, and discuss the video examples (below) that I’d like you to review during the remainder of class.
In preparation for Thursday’s class:
- Research the artwork you’ve been assigned, below. Please read up about the artist who made the work and the socio-political time in which the work was created. Read a critic or art historian’s assessment of the creative work. Be prepared to present your findings with the class.
Hannah-Golub, Interrogation I, 1980-81 Ryla-Golub, Interrogation II, 1980-81 Emily-Golub, Interrogation III, 1980-81 Elizabeth D-Galino, Confesion (series), 2007 Joe-Sala, Mixed Behavior, 2003 Ashleigh, Symbolism and meaning of USA and Mexican flags (components) Look up the translation of Jodidos Isaiah, Hirst, For the Love of God, 2007 Claire, Hirst, For the Love of God, 2007 Canevari, Bouncing Skull, 2007 Lisa K., Canevari, Bouncing Skull, 2007 J, Gibson, Canevari, Bouncing Skull, 2007 Andrew, Serrano, Piss Christ, 1987 Dimitri, Passion of the Christ, 2004 Valerie, Passion of the Christ, 2004 Ryan, Confesion (series), 2007 Elizabeth R., Sala, Mixed Behavior, 2003 Taylor, Golub, Interrogation I, 1980-81 Daniella, Golub, Interrogation II, 1980-81 Geoffrey, Golub, Interrogation III, 1980-81 Jason, Galino, Confesion (series), 2007
Thursday, March 25 Remix Discussion and Exercise
- Discussion of the concept of Remix in art and a discussion of Leon de la Rosa-Carrillo’s art.
- Leon de la Rosa-Carrillo’s Lenticular images. Students will have researched one half of the lenticular images. We’ll send time in class discussing the connections between the juxtaposition of the artworks.
- ART
- Leon de la Rosa-Carrillo, Every State Siempre
- Leon de la Rosa-Carrillo, Ignited Jodidos
- Leon de la Rosa-Carrillo, Okupation
- Leon de la Rosa-Carrillo, Passion of the Pisschrist
In preparation for Tuesday’s class:
- Observation 6: Due on the class Tumblr by next Tuesday by 8 am.
- Navas, Eduardo et al. Keywords in Remix Studies. Routledge. 2018.
- Pose a question regarding the reading. Place it on the Tumblr page and tag the post with #firstnamelastname aka: #meganjacobs
- de la Rosa, Leon. “Internet Memes: What if we’re not just gags…”
- Pose a question for Leon about his article. Place it on the Tumblr page and tag the post with #firstnamelastname aka: #meganjacobs
- Here’s how to post on the Tumblr page. You can access Tumblr here: https://www.tumblr.com/
Use the following to login:
Email : socialtransformation2020@gmail.com and Password: Artrocks!
- Navas, Eduardo et al. Keywords in Remix Studies. Routledge. 2018.
- Watch: Internet memes as art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Zyswk07vg
Week 11 Meme
Tuesday, March 3: Meme Culture
- Observation 6 due on the Tumblr by 8 am today!
- Group 6: presentation and unpacking of Leon de la Rosa-Carrillo’s, Passion of the Pisschrist
- Leon de la Rosa-Carrillo will virtually meet with the class. He’ll discuss internet art/meme culture: presentation.
- We will meet during our normal class period. Here is the link to the Zoom meeting: https://unm.zoom.us/j/681488526 Meeting ID: 681 488 526
- Review questions from the Tumblr page: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/memessupreme20
- Discuss Meme Project
In preparation for our next class:
- Please post an existing meme made by someone else. Post one that you consider weak/ineffective and one strong/effective to our class Tumblr page by Tuesday at 8 am. You can find loads of memes here: https://www.memecenter.com/ and here: https://knowyourmeme.com/
- Use the #firstnamelastname aka: #meganjacobs AND #AMclass and #weak or #strong when you post.
- Here’s how to post on the Tumblr page. You can access Tumblr here: https://www.tumblr.com/
Use the following to login:
Email : socialtransformation2020@gmail.com and Password: Artrocks!
- Check out these online generators: Meme Generator, Make a Gif, Imgflip, Gify, Livememe, Quickmeme, and AutoMotivator. For your phone, download these apps: Memes Generator, Mematic, GIF generator, and Dopameme
- Select 3 quotes or ideas from class discussion or past observations (Berger’s Ways of Seeing, Rushdie’s “Outside the Whale”, and Debord’s “Society of the Spectacle” might be readings to draw upon as well as artistic examples) that can inform the memes you will create on Thursday.
- Use this short excerpt from InJeong Yoon’s article, “Why is it not Just a Joke? Analysis of Internet Memes Associated with Racism and Hidden Ideology of Colorblindness” as guide to evaluate a meme.
- Full “Why is it not Just a Joke? Analysis of Internet Memes Associated with Racism and Hidden Ideology of Colorblindness” article in case you’re interested
Thursday, April 1 Leon de la Rosa-Carrillo: Meme Workshop
- Meme project
- How to read memes. Review weak and strong memes. Use this short excerpt from InJeong Yoon’s article, “Why is it not Just a Joke? Analysis of Internet Memes Associated with Racism and Hidden Ideology of Colorblindness” as guide.
- Make memes: Have laptops/phones accessible during the online session
- Check out these online generators: Meme Generator, Make a Gif, Imgflip, Gify, Livememe, Quickmeme, and AutoMotivator. For your phone, download these apps: Memes Generator, Mematic, GIF generator, and Dopameme
- Discuss the critique next week.
- Oral Presentation Project
For next week:
- Make sure to post your memes to Tumblr by 7 pm on Monday, April 6th.
- Here’s how to post on the Tumblr page. You can access Tumblr here: https://www.tumblr.com/
Use the following to login:
Email : socialtransformation2020@gmail.com and Password: Artrocks!
- Tag your work as appropriate but be sure to use: #memessupreme20unm and #yourname , #AMclass
- Please include a few sentences about your objective and intention for each meme.
Week 12 Meme Critique
Tuesday, April 6: Meme Critique
- MEME CRITIQUE. We will critique the work on the Tumblr page via Zoom. Here is the link to the NEW Zoom meeting: https://unm.zoom.us/j/9134507816 and Meeting ID: 913 450 7816
- and the class Tumblr page.
- In preparation for our next class:
- Based on feedback revise your memes by Thursday. Be prepared to place the FINAL memes in this Google drive folder labeling them YOURLASTNAME_FIRSTNAME1, YOURLASTNAME_FIRSTNAME2, YOURLASTNAME_FIRSTNAME3 by the beginning of Thursday’s class.
- Have Rush downloaded on your laptop or on your phone.
- Download here: Adobe Rush
- Adobe Rush Step by Step
- Download: Sample Files
- If you can please set up a YouTube account and link it to your gmail account that would be great. Our mid-point critique of the videos will be done via YouTube. Here’s a how to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnmCMPTTiO8
- Several people mentioned the desire to do screen captures in the style of artist Nicole Miller. On a MAC you can do this using a built in program, QuickTime Player. Here’s a how to: https://support.apple.com/guide/quicktime-player/record-your-screen-qtp97b08e666/mac On a PC: he’s a guide: https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-record-your-computer-screen/
Thursday, April 8
- Here is the link to the NEW Zoom meeting: https://unm.zoom.us/j/9134507816 and Meeting ID: 913 450 7816
- Oral Presentation on Rael San Fratello: Virginia San Fratello + Ronald Rael (Elizabeth, Isaiah and Andrew–20 minutes + 5 min)
- Video Editing in Adobe RUSH
- Download here: Adobe Rush
- Adobe Rush Step by Step
- Download: Sample Files
- Music
- If you can please set up a YouTube account and link it to your gmail account that would be great. Our mid-point critique of the videos will be done via YouTube. Here’s a how to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnmCMPTTiO8
- Several people mentioned the desire to do screen captures in the style of artist Nicole Miller. On a MAC you can do this using a built in program, QuickTime Player. Here’s a how to: https://support.apple.com/guide/quicktime-player/record-your-screen-qtp97b08e666/mac On a PC: he’s a guide: https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-record-your-computer-screen/
- For the next class:
- Please watch this video and be prepared to discuss it.
Week 13 Environmental/Political Art
Tuesday, April 13
- We will return to our normal Zoom address: https://unm.zoom.us/j/681488526Meeting ID: 681 488 526
- Oral Presentation on Cannupa Hanska Luger (Claire & Valerie)
- Oral Presentation on Ai Wei Wei (Lizza & Taylor)
- Discuss Critique expectations
- Video Editing in Adobe RUSH
- Video Project
- Download here: Adobe Rush
- Adobe Rush Step by Step
- Download: Sample Files
- Exporting
- Upload to youtube for mid-point critique
- Place link here: Google Forms
Thursday, April 15
- Mid-Point Critique for video projects (via YouTube)
Week 14
Tuesday, April 20
- Mid-Point Critique for video projects
- Supplemental/not required
- : Mowe, Sam. “Capitalism vs. the Climate: Naomi Klein on why only a mass movement can save us from ourselves” Tricycle. Fall 2015. https://tricycle.org/magazine/capitalism-vs-climate/
- Ann Hamilton, The Common Sense, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5Z0qsdphE0
- Class View: Word Climate Summit
Thursday, April 22
- Lizza’s video review
- Oral Presentation Jackie Sumell (Emily & Ashleigh)
- Oral Presentation on Kara Walker (Geoff & Jason)
- Read over for Tuesday: Artist’s Statement Examples
- Extra Credit
Week 15
Tuesday, April 27
- Oral Presentation Pedro Reyes (J & Liz)
- Break out sessions with peers. Advise on videos.
- Review artist statement examples.
Thursday, April 29
- Submit your video before the start of class next week:
- For safe-keeping, save your files to your desktop
- Upload the final version to YouTube
- Prepare your artist’s statement and save it as LASTNAME_FIRSTNAME.pdf Be sure to submit it as a PDF.
- Fill out this form so I have all the information!
Week 16
Tuesday, May 4 Final Critique-all work be posted before the start of class today.
Thursday, May 6 Final Critique
Civil Rights>Black Lives Matter
Dread Scott,
Kaphar, Titus. “Can Art Amend History?” TED: Ideas Worth Spreading, April 2017, http://www.ted.com/talks/titus_kaphar_can_art_amend_history?language=en
UNM Honors Art 