[Course] ARTS 308 Sculpture, Spring 2012

Spring 2012, Tue & Thu 9:35am – 12:05 pm
Texas A&M University

Instructor: Jinsil Hwaryoung Seo
email: hwaryoung@tamu.edu
office hours: Tue 1:00-2:00 (By appointment)

TA: Morgan Jenks
email: mjenks@viz.tamu.edu
office hours: Tue 1:00-2:00 (By appointment)

NEW LOCATION: Reed McDonald (RDMC) Room 002 Graphics Lab

ARTS 308 Syllabus

Weekly Schedule

Week10 (Tuesday, Apr.3) Exhibition Map

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Week10 (Thursday, Mar.29) Movement Test

Week10 (Tuesday, Mar.27) Movement Test

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Week9 (Tuesday, Mar.22) Working Session

Week9 (Tuesday, Mar. 20) Concept Development + Material Experiments

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Reading Break

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Week8 (Thursday, Mar. 8 )

Week8 (Tuesday, Mar. 6)

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Week7 (Thursday, Mar.1) Project 2 Presentation + Project 3 Intro

• Assignments: Research on interesting movements (take videos)
• Find 2 examples from Nature
• Find 2 examples from Man-made objects
• ex1, ex2, ex3, ex4

Week7 (Tuesday, Feb. 28); Project 2 Exhibition at Studio A, Langford C

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Week6 (Thursday, Feb.23): Working Session

Week6 (Tuesday, Feb.21): Working Session

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Week5 (Thursday, Feb.16): Concept Development

Week5 (Tuesday, Feb.14): Casting Practice

Materials:

• Plaster bandage / Vaseline (to coat your skin) / Scissors / Old news papers(to cover your table) / Small container for water (we need to soak plaster bandage into water) / Tissue

Considerations for Project 2

• Conceptual Dichotomy
• Physical/psychological/emotional
• Material Experiments
• Performance/Installation

Examples PDF

Assignment

• Research two projects that inspire you
• Finish a casting (Practice)
• Sketch your ideas and make a plan for your project
• Update your blog

Schedule

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Week4 (Thursday, Feb.9):Working Session

• Create a mask that represents two emotions using organic/man-made materials

Week4 (Tuesday, Feb.7): Discussion on the exhibition + Material Exercise

• Exercise : Mask slides
• Do material research and bring materials and tools next class.

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Week3 (Thursday, Feb.2): Exhibition from 9:30am to 12pm around Ross street.

• Map
• Blog Due: Feb. 5 (6pm)
• Featured in the VIZ department webpage

Week3 (Tuesday, Jan. 31): Working Session

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Week2 (Thursday, Jan. 26): Working Session

Week2 (Tuesday, Jan. 24): Students’ presentation + Concept Development

• Please prepare a proposal by 9am Thursday (Jan. 26)
• Title
• Concept words
• Location
• Method/Material Experiment
• Schedule
• Sketches

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Week1 (Thu. Jan. 19): Students’ Presentations + casting exercise + brain storming

• Brain storming tool: XMind
• Assignment: Research

1. Browse blogs and other sources to discover three installations (sculptures) dealing with body parts by other people
2. Artist, year, medium, size
3. Explain the piece in just a few sentences
4. Explain what inspires you about the project;
5. Consider visual aesthetics (color, balance, harmony, etc.)
6. Post this on your blog

• Installation Space: Ross st. between Langford C and Reed McDonald map

Week1 (Tue. Jan. 17): Introduction to the course, pdf

• Assignment

1. Set up your blog and post your introduction and one image
2. Email your blog address to Morgan (mjenks@viz.tamu.edu) by 6 pm, Wednesday (Jan. 18)
3. Prepare a short presentation of yourself and your artworks (10 slides, 20 seconds each)
4. Post your slides (pdf) on your blog by 9am , Thursday (Jan. 19)

• Materials for next studio

1. Sketchbook
2. Drawing Tools
3. Camera
4. Plastic Tape
5. Plastic wrap
6. Scissors

Students’ Blogs

Project One: Life Cast

Project Two: Body Extension

Project Three: Movement Studies