Topic Three: Rhinoceros, Part Three

Portrait/Propaganda (Ambitious/In-Depth Assignment), DUE Tuesday, October 9

This is a two-part assignment.  Work may be created in any medium, but each work should be no smaller than 8” in the smallest dimension; 2D works cannot be smaller than 8" x 10".

Part A--Portrait) students will create a portrait of an individual.  This choice will be realized through specific formal choices—composition, color, line weight, energy, texture, scale, contrast, etc.—in the medium of their choice.  The portrait should also be a good representational likeness of the individual, and not an abstraction or substitution (e.g.: a person must be represented by a person, and not by a bottle, or a cow, for example).

Part B--Propaganda) Students will next create a form of propaganda—some combination of text/speech and image that will promote an intentionally shaped message about the same subject.  Refer to the guide we looked at in class today for propaganda strategies.  This work is required to use text (or speech, if performative/time based); consider that there are many ways to use text; it doesn’t simply have to be a digital insertion.  Formal choices will also be important in the propaganda.  

Plan for Thursday, October 4

Meet in WARP room--anything that you need to store can be securely locked in space that Don or I have access to.  Remember to travel light, wear sunscreen if necessary, and wear suitable clothing and shoes.  Check the weather report, as well. 

• Introduction to the Wolfson Library, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
• Lunch/travel to PAMM via Metromover: 11:30 - 12:15 (approx)--Note that we will have a few options for lunch: you can bring your own, you can purchase lunch near Wolfson, you can purchase lunch from the cafe at PAMM.  I think that we should travel as a group to PAMM, then eat lunch at the outdoor seating areas there, provided the weather is good.
• PAMM visit--Sid Grossman: Photography, Politics and the Ethical Image, lead by K & D 12:30 - 2:15, followed by the public tour, which starts at 2:30.  Because the public tour may run beyond 2:50 (I'm uncertain of the length), it is optional to attend the whole tour for those students who have a time conflict beyond our scheduled class time or for those who need the extra transit time to make it on-time to another class after ours.

You can preview some information about the Sid Grossman exhibition here.

The museum has advised us of certain concerns:

"Backpacks (all sizes), umbrellas, cameras, and water bottles/food are not permitted in the galleries.  Therefore, in order to ease the process of check-in; please make plans to travel light and refrain from bringing these items with you on your visit! In the case that someone from the group does bring any of the mentioned items, we require that they be stored within the lockers provided on-site. The lockers are free, provided the guest supplies us with a valid form of identification (driver’s license/passport), which, we will hold onto until keys are returned."