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| − | This is the page for '''Proj. 1''' in Pratt 22/FA-COMD-460-04 | + | This is the page for '''Proj. 1''' in Pratt 22/FA-COMD-460-04 — Emerging Practices: [[Uncreative Designing]] |
| − | [[File:Lulu.jpg|thumb|Three Maltese, 2016]] | + | [[File:Lulu.jpg|thumb|''Three Maltese'', 2016]] |
| − | '''Sept 2:''' Please bring an object that is either unoriginal or inauthentic in some way. It should be portable—not too large or heavy. | + | '''Sept 2:''' Please bring an object that is either unoriginal or inauthentic in some way. It should be portable—not too large or heavy. Choose something you like, since you will be making work about it, but not so sentimental that you would be heartbroken if it were lost or destroyed. You will be letting go of this object for a full week. It is absolutely crucial that you bring something to class. If you forget, you must improvise with what you already have with you. If you are unsure about what to choose, it is okay to bring more than one object, and we can help you decide. |
* Here is the Otter link: [https://otter.ai/u/HXjlA9Vyv0BrzysFaw_vVuOdFV8 Class Recording] | * Here is the Otter link: [https://otter.ai/u/HXjlA9Vyv0BrzysFaw_vVuOdFV8 Class Recording] | ||
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| − | '''Sept 9:''' For today, you should replicate your | + | '''Sept 9:''' For today, you should replicate your object ''exactly''. The goal is to make a 1:1 replica. Take yourself out of the work and focus on the task at hand. If you can't resist your creative impulses, flush them out by making an "artistic" version first. Then make a super-realistic version and bring both. |
| − | + | In the next class, you will perform your classmate’s presentation using the provided transcript. You can use notes. You can also edit the transcript if needed. We are going for '''verisimilitude''', so do everything you can to embody your classmate's performance. | |
| − | If you're curious about | + | If you're curious about verisimilitude in performance, you might want to learn a bit about method acting. There is a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1RkYJaG9bo famous song in ''A Chorus Line''] about a character's humiliations in a method acting class where she was asked to "be a table." Nathan Fielder also creates his own version of method acting in ''The Rehearsal.'' You don't have to listen to or watch everything by next week—I'm putting it here in case you're curious. You might want to Google "method acting" enough that we can discuss it briefly, as there are parallels in the visual arts. |
* Method | * Method | ||
| − | ** [https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-23-ideas/clip/15930731-the-real-actor Ideas Podcast: The Real Actor, 2022] | + | ** [https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-23-ideas/clip/15930731-the-real-actor ''Ideas Podcast: The Real Actor'', 2022] |
| − | ** [https://soap2day.to/TczozMToiNDEzOXx8MTA4LjI5LjQxLjIyM3x8MTY2MjE3Mjc3OCI7.html The | + | ** [https://soap2day.to/TczozMToiNDEzOXx8MTA4LjI5LjQxLjIyM3x8MTY2MjE3Mjc3OCI7.html ''The Rehearsal'', Nathan Fielder, 2022] |
| − | * | + | * Verisimilitude |
| − | **[https://www.instagram.com/sideserfcakes Sideserf Cakes] | + | ** [https://www.instagram.com/sideserfcakes Sideserf Cakes] |
| − | '''Sept 16:''' You now have four objects | + | '''Sept 16:''' You now have four objects: your original, your copy, the copy of your original, and the original of your copy. In addition, you have two transcribed texts. |
| − | Use the time in class to make static two-dimensional representations of each object. You may use any method (photography, scanning, illustration) but aim for transparency. You are free to leave the room to | + | Use the time in class to make static, two-dimensional representations of each object. You may use any method (photography, scanning, illustration), but aim for transparency. You are free to leave the room to use tools in other spaces. |
| − | Your assignment is to clearly ''describe'' all four objects on a two-sided poster no larger than 18 | + | Your assignment is to clearly ''describe'' all four objects on a two-sided poster no larger than 18 × 20 inches. Use the two sides to organize your objects into two conceptual groups (for example, originals on one side and copies on the other). It is not necessary to split them into pairs—but you should come up with an organizational strategy that takes advantage of the poster's two-sidedness. Your poster must include typography somewhere, but you may not write any original text. Instead, you may freely sample from the transcribed class conversation or the recorded audio. The extent to which you edit and rearrange this text is up to you. |
| − | You may choose to fold your poster | + | You may choose to fold your poster into multiple panels. You may also make cuts to alter its overall shape or to fold it up in a way that requires a cut. You may not, however, fasten it in a way that prevents it from being unfolded and laid flat. |
| − | What you bring to class on Sept 16 should be a resolved piece in its final form. You will likely have to do a few drafts on your own. Next week I will introduce a new challenge that may orient you in a new direction | + | What you bring to class on Sept 16 should be a resolved piece in its final form. You will likely have to do a few drafts on your own. Next week, I will introduce a new challenge that may orient you in a new direction, so please take time this week to make something you are genuinely happy with. |
| − | '''Sept 23:''' The final step in this process is to make a faithful copy of your poster to give to me and everyone in the class as a gift (12 copies). You are not allowed to spend | + | '''Sept 23:''' The final step in this process is to make a faithful copy of your poster to give to me and everyone in the class as a gift (12 copies total). You are not allowed to spend more than $25 in production costs—so two-sided color printouts are not possible. At most, you will be able to afford color on one side. There are no other restrictions on this assignment. Your goal is simply to replicate your poster 12 times as faithfully as possible within this production budget. |
Latest revision as of 04:06, 31 December 2025
This is the page for Proj. 1 in Pratt 22/FA-COMD-460-04 — Emerging Practices: Uncreative Designing
Sept 2: Please bring an object that is either unoriginal or inauthentic in some way. It should be portable—not too large or heavy. Choose something you like, since you will be making work about it, but not so sentimental that you would be heartbroken if it were lost or destroyed. You will be letting go of this object for a full week. It is absolutely crucial that you bring something to class. If you forget, you must improvise with what you already have with you. If you are unsure about what to choose, it is okay to bring more than one object, and we can help you decide.
- Here is the Otter link: Class Recording
- Here is a transcript with light edits by me: File:Class Transcript.rtf
Sept 9: For today, you should replicate your object exactly. The goal is to make a 1:1 replica. Take yourself out of the work and focus on the task at hand. If you can't resist your creative impulses, flush them out by making an "artistic" version first. Then make a super-realistic version and bring both.
In the next class, you will perform your classmate’s presentation using the provided transcript. You can use notes. You can also edit the transcript if needed. We are going for verisimilitude, so do everything you can to embody your classmate's performance.
If you're curious about verisimilitude in performance, you might want to learn a bit about method acting. There is a famous song in A Chorus Line about a character's humiliations in a method acting class where she was asked to "be a table." Nathan Fielder also creates his own version of method acting in The Rehearsal. You don't have to listen to or watch everything by next week—I'm putting it here in case you're curious. You might want to Google "method acting" enough that we can discuss it briefly, as there are parallels in the visual arts.
- Method
- Verisimilitude
Sept 16: You now have four objects: your original, your copy, the copy of your original, and the original of your copy. In addition, you have two transcribed texts.
Use the time in class to make static, two-dimensional representations of each object. You may use any method (photography, scanning, illustration), but aim for transparency. You are free to leave the room to use tools in other spaces.
Your assignment is to clearly describe all four objects on a two-sided poster no larger than 18 × 20 inches. Use the two sides to organize your objects into two conceptual groups (for example, originals on one side and copies on the other). It is not necessary to split them into pairs—but you should come up with an organizational strategy that takes advantage of the poster's two-sidedness. Your poster must include typography somewhere, but you may not write any original text. Instead, you may freely sample from the transcribed class conversation or the recorded audio. The extent to which you edit and rearrange this text is up to you.
You may choose to fold your poster into multiple panels. You may also make cuts to alter its overall shape or to fold it up in a way that requires a cut. You may not, however, fasten it in a way that prevents it from being unfolded and laid flat.
What you bring to class on Sept 16 should be a resolved piece in its final form. You will likely have to do a few drafts on your own. Next week, I will introduce a new challenge that may orient you in a new direction, so please take time this week to make something you are genuinely happy with.
Sept 23: The final step in this process is to make a faithful copy of your poster to give to me and everyone in the class as a gift (12 copies total). You are not allowed to spend more than $25 in production costs—so two-sided color printouts are not possible. At most, you will be able to afford color on one side. There are no other restrictions on this assignment. Your goal is simply to replicate your poster 12 times as faithfully as possible within this production budget.
