| Class | Topic | Assignments | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 – May 23 | – Intro to Class- On being an artist- Mindfulness intro- | Due May 24– MAKE something (anything) based on the random prompt given to you. You can use any medium. Document what you made. Blog post required Research artist visit tomorrow, come up with at least two questions (no post needed) | Due May 24– The Creative Act of Listening to a Frog; Kermit the Frog, TEDx Jackson (2015) Response Required |
| 2 – May 24 | – Mindfulness practice- Discuss Making in the context of the Kermit TED talk- Working with alternatives- Studio Visit Markus Popp (2pm) | Due May 25– Choose one of the 5 options you came up with in class to make and make it. Document what you made. Blog post required Signup for https://runwayml.com (free) Bring a video to class tomorrow of yourself (or anyone/thing else) entering and leaving the video frame completely. Choose/make something that doesn’t have a lot of things entering/leaving the frame. Bring your computer to class tomorrow. Jot down some quick notes about your thoughts from the studio visit today. Could just be words, impressions, etc. Doesn’t have to be complete sentences even. Blog post required | Due May 25– Lateral Thinking; Bono, Edward de (1970): Introduction (pp 9-14) Response Required |
| 3 – May 25 | – Mindfulness practice- Discuss yesterday’s visits- Challenging Assumptions, asking “Why?” – Intro to Runway platform | Due May 26– Ask “why” on any topic of your choosing, (record the questions and answers); make something based on the result that is counterintuitive from the starting point of the topic. Document what you made. Blog post required Research artist visit tomorrow, come up with at least two questions (no post needed) | Due May 26– Lateral Thinking; Bono, Edward de (1970): How the Mind Works (pp 25-38) Class Book Edition: Chapter 1 (pp 25 – 36) Response Required |
| 4 – May 26 | – Mindfulness practice- Class Visit Robert Seidel (10:30am) Site visit Große Wasserspeicher (3pm) | Due May 30- Make something based on something that “occurred” to you during your last making assignment. This is an example of a lateral shift brought about by the making itself. It could also something that occurs to you now as a lateral move and futher extension of what you made yesterday. Document what you make. Blog post required Research studio visit for May 30, come up with at least two questions (no post needed) Jot down some quick notes about your thoughts from the class visit today. Could just be words, impressions, etc. Blog post required | None |
| NO CLASS – May 29 | Holiday (CLASS WILL BE MADE UP ON SATURDAY, JUNE 3rd) | No Class | None |
| 5 – May 30 | Differences between vertical and lateral thinking- Design exercises- Studio Visit Field (5pm) | Due May 31– Choose one thing, as a group, from the design exercise, each person make a different iteration of it, put them all together into one thing (don’t plan what that thing is before hand). Document what you made. Blog post required Jot down some quick notes about your thoughts from the studio visit today. Could just be words, impressions, etc. Blog post required Install Audacity on your computer | Due May 31- Lateral Thinking; Bono, Edward de (1970): Innovation and Suspended judgement (pp 105-111) Class Book Edition: Chapters 9 & 10 (pp 93 – 99) Response Required– Art & Fear; Bayles, David & Orland, Ted (1993): The Nature of the Problem (pp 1-7) Chapter 1 Response Required |
| 6 – May 31 | Intro to Never Before Heard Sounds OR Audacity – More Runway.ml- Reversal method- Analogies | Due June 1– Either 1) Use reversal method: choose an entry point then generate at least 5 reversals. Choose one of the reversals that resonates and make something. Document what you made as well as the list of reversals. 2) Choose some topic and generalize it as an analogy and break it into abstract processes/functions/relationships. Develop the analogy on paper (thought exercise) and forget the original topic. After some time, apply the analogy back to the original topic and see what changes, make something based on that. Document what you made as well as the analogy thought exercise. Blog post required Research artist visit tomorrow, come up with at least two questions (no post needed) | None |
| 7 – June 1 | The emotions of creativity- The emotions of art consumption- Formal Brainstorming session- Class Visit Ephemeral Tomorrow (10am) | Due June 2– Find some creative work that moves you. Articulate in as many ways as you can why it moves you. How do you feel (be specific)? Identify clear as well as hazy ways it moves you AND reasons you think cause this. Be prepared to share your chosen art piece with class tomorrow. Also write a 500 word essay about the piece and your reflections (this is the midterm paper). Blog post required Jot down some quick notes about your thoughts from the class visit today. Could just be words, impressions, etc. Blog post required Research artist visit tomorrow, come up with at least two questions (no post needed) | Due June 2– Art & Fear; Bayles, David & Orland, Ted (1993): Fears About Yourself (pp 23-36) Chapter 3 Response Required |
| 8 – June 2 | Random Stimulation- Class Visit Harshini Karunaratne (10:30am) | Due June 5- Use this random word generator to generate two words. Put those two words together and see where that combination leads. Make something from this random stimulation exercise. Document what you made. Blog post required Jot down some quick notes about your thoughts from the class visit today. Could just be words, impressions, etc. Blog post required Due June 5- Review what you’ve done during this j-term and decide if you would like to display a projection, audio piece, something physical, or a combination of the above at the exhibition. Self-organize together to decide if you want to work solo, in groups, or a combination of the two. You don’t have to (and shouldn’t) stick to the themes of the exhibition, but should figure out a way to share what you’ve experienced and reflected on about the class. (no post needed, but be prepared with a tentative plan by Monday) Research artist visit tomorrow, come up with at least two questions (no post needed) | None |
| 9 – June 3 SATURDAY | – Studio Visit Kollage Kollectiv (3pm) | Jot down some quick notes about your thoughts from the studio visit today. Could just be words, impressions, etc. Blog post required Research artist visit for June 5, come up with at least two questions (no post needed) | None |
| 10 – June 5 | Class Visit Ming Poon (10:30am) – Imaginal Practice- | Due June 6– Start your final paper. This should be a 500-750 word essay reflecting on all the various aspects of this course: the visits and reflections, the mental/emotional aspects, the contemplative practices, the readings, and the daily practice of “making”. It should show what you’ve learned and synthesized, and how you have grown (or not). Complete a rough draft before tomorrow. (no post needed) Start your final “presentation/exhibition”. We will be sharing cross sections of our experiences and work here. It’s fairly open what form this take, but whatever you do, it should weave together the narrative of your experience during the course with the things you have been making. Jot down some quick notes about your thoughts from the class visit today. Could just be words, impressions, etc. Blog post required Research artist visit tomorrow, come up with at least two questions (no post needed) | Due June 6– Art & Fear; Bayles, David & Orland, Ted (1993): Fears About Others (pp 37-47) Chapter 4 Response Required |
| 11 – June 6 | – Imaginal Practice- Discuss yesterday’s visits- Share the researched artists- Dealing with cliche units- Abstracting functions- Class Visit Mariana Carvalho (11:00am) | Due June 7– Finish your paper Blog post required Jot down some quick notes about your thoughts from the class visit today. Could just be words, impressions, etc. Blog post required | Due June 7– Flow; Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly (1990): – Paths of Liberation (pp 20-22) – The Conditions of Flow (pp 71-77) Response Required |
| 12 – June 7 | – Imaginal Practice- Flow States- Concepts / divisions / polarization – Myth patterns- Studio Visit Onformative (2pm) | Due June 8– Continue working on the exhibition. | None |
| 13 – June 8 | – Imaginal Practice- Creative community- Workshop final papers & presentations | Due June 9– Finish your exhibition/synthesis; If you’re working in a group please indicate in the blog post who did what. Blog post required | None |
| 14 – June 9 | Final Show!! | We’re done! | Done! |
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