Caroline's Readings Weds April 3rd and Mon April 8th

Caroline's Readings Weds April 3rd and Mon April 8th

1. Antonelli, Paula, Talk to Me: Design and the Communication between People and Objects, http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2011/talktome/essay/
2. Brubach, Holly, The Right Stuff/Orhan Pamuk, NYTimes Magazine 10 / 07/ 2012
3. Smith, Roberta, Duro Olowu: Material, NYtimes, March 1 2012
4. Smith, Roberta, Awash In a Cultural Deluge, NYTimes, March 15, 2013

Greg April 3: Natural Ingredients

In Greg's class on April 3, we'll be discussing art about nature.

Read and respond to:

= Rebar group's "Park(ing).
= Tim Knowles interview excerpt.
= Mark Dion interviewed about "Neukom Vivarium"
= Futurefarmers' "Soil Kitchen."
= "Farm Fountain."
= Bonnie Sherk: "LAND ART / Living Truths / A performance artist-turned-educator sheds light on the Islais Creek."
=  Agnes Denes "Wheatfield."

Remember:

= Late Research papers lose one letter grade for each week they're late.
= Thesis shows begin April 8.
= Oral presentations start April 17.

Caroline's Readings, Mon March 25th, Weds March 27th and Mon April 1st.

Caroline's Readings Mon March 25th, Weds March 27 and Mon April 1st

RESEARCH PAPERS DUE THIS WEEK

Mon March 25th

1. Foucault, Michel, Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. Part 3, chapter 3; Panopticism.Vintage; 2nd Edition edition, 1995
2. Berger, John, Ways of Seeing, Chapter 3, Published by the BBC  and Penguin Books, 1972
3. Hoffmann, Irene, Dorit Cypis, from Girl's Night Out, Orange County Museum of Art. 2004

Weds March 27th 

1. Foucault, Michel, Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. Part 3, chapter 3; Panopticism.Vintage; 2nd Edition edition, 1995
2. Berger, John, Ways of Seeing, Chapter 3, Published by the BBC  and Penguin Books, 1972
3. Hoffmann, Irene, Dorit Cypis, from Girl's Night Out, Orange County Museum of Art. 2004

Mon April 1st

1. Dubord, Guy, Theory of the Derive, Bureau of Public Secrets. http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/2.derive.htm

 2. Rubio, Agustin Perez, Tracing the Universe of Julie Mehretu: A Choral Text, from Julie Mehretu; Black City, ARTBOOK, 2007

3. Sarfati, Lisa, On Hollywood, The New York Times, Sunday, March 25, 2012

4. Deitsch, Dina, What the Situationists left behind: Psychogeography, ARTS the international guide, Sept/Oct 2005

5. McQuaid, Kate, All over the map, The Boston Globe, April 15, 2005

Greg March 27: Public Art

In Greg’s class on March 27, we'll be discussing public art.

Read and respond to:

= “City timidity on public art” by Yvonne Abraham, Boston Globe 2010.

= “The very public debate over Fred Wilson’s Indy sculpture” by Tyler Green, 2010.

http://blogs.artinfo.com/modernartnotes/2010/10/fred-wilsons-indy-sculpture-and/

= "Can public art help retain Boston talent?” by Greg Cook, 2011, based on Caleb Neelon's TEDxBoston talk (video above).

= “The Apartment at the Mall” by Greg Cook, 2007.

= “Public Art—Preparing for the Next Chapter” by Elizabeth Keithline and Elysian McNiff, Art New England, March/April 2012.

= “Art in the Streets” by Greg Cook, Art New England, March/April 2012.

Consider what makes good public art? How does it engage with and benefit the public, the community? What are the difficulties of making good public art? Where is the public in public art? How might we foster better public art in our communities?

Remember:

= Research papers are due March 27.
= Thesis shows begin April 8.
= Oral presentations start April 17.

Greg March 20: "West of Center"

In Greg’s class on March 20, we’ll be discussing the introduction to "West of Center: Art and the Counterculture Experiment in America, 1965-1977."

Remember:

= Spring break is the week of March 11.

= Research papers are due March 27.

Caroline's readings for March 6th and March 18th

Caroline's readings for March 6th and March 18th

1. Bradbury, Leonie, Absent/Present: Artwork as Network, 2013, catalog essay soon to be published
2. Deleuze, Gilles, and Guattari, Felix, A Thousand Plateaus, from Literary Theory an Anthology, 2nd edition 2009 pp378 - 386