DRWG-307-S090-2020: Teaching and Learning Centre -drawing-collage
Weekly outline
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Welcome to the course!
This course is dedicated to interrogating the concept of collage and to encouraging students to engage with the idea of collage as an "expanded practice". The aim of the course as a whole is to explore a wider notion of collage by providing an open space to make artworks that experiment, take risks, mix and 'mash up', appropriate, hijack, etc., materials and techniques and to think through these 'collage' experiments as a means of exploring new applications for your own artistic interests.
Please read through the information provided in the course folder (below) and listen to my introductory recording. If you have any questions, please use the 'troubleshooting' forum (above). The course folder contains:
1) syllabus and Course Information
2) assignments
3) an outline of material for forthcoming weeks -- to see what is ahead and also, orient yourself.
Each person is expected to post updates of your work in progress every week to your own forum.
Participation: Just to make sure everyone understands the implications of attending and participating in the weekly forums. Complete non-participation (i.e, no online presence) is marked as an absence. If you only upload your own reflections (by the first deadline -- taking into account that I am lenient about when that happens on wednesdays) this counts as 'present' for that week's session. If you do not follow up by developing the discussion/commenting on other people's posts (by Friday pm), then this is counted as 0 for participation. The more you chat with colleagues about the course content in a meaningful way, offer feedback to each other, and draw out a discussion, the higher your participation is rated. Please be mindful of these 'rules' of participation and attendance are 25% of your mark.
Personal Forums:This forum is for you to upload your 'work in progress' every week and any notes or information you wish to show to the class. It is important that this forum be used to track the development of your projects as it will be needed as reference for crits and discussions.
NOTES TO FACULTY:
This is an asynchronous course and was taught out pre-Covid, so I did not have a scheduled time for the class to meet. However, I l also wanted to facilitate some f2f, hence, the request for their availability.
Re: individual forums listed below: I set these up after the add/drop date has passed to avoid visual clutter and to not confuse students. After I organise the forums, I email the group to let them know and to remind them of what is expected. These individual forums are for each student to maintain an archive of their work as it develops through each week. I find this useful for checking on who is active each week and for sustaining an understanding of the development of their projects. It is also important to make sure that each forum is "disabled" so that when the student posts work, their messages are not sent to everyone's email. These forums are intended as "personal" spaces, so to speak (see "add an activity" > drop down box: "Forum"> navigate to "subscription and tracking" > drop down box: "disable").
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Tasks:
- Please read at least one of the set readings
- Please look through the PDF presentation
- Please add your initial comments on 'Collisions, Revisions, Reversals' to the weekly forum by Wednesday PM. Develop a discussion by commenting on other people's posts by Friday PM.
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Please say a few words about yourself and upload info before the Tuesday the 7th at 12:00 noon. Feel free to add an example of your work too. This needs to be done to confirm your attendance in the class and also, to make room for wait-listed people, if anyone has dropped the class.
To help you get started, say something about:
1) what is your area of study?
2) what is it about collage that interests you?
3) what do you hope to learn from the course?
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Please upload your comments by Wednesday 6:00 pm -- to start a discussion/respond to the material etc. Following that, from Wednesday pm to Friday pm please check in intermittently and respond to the comments/ develop the discussion.
Prompt questions (these are to get a conversation going, so please do elaborate, diverge, emerge with your own thoughts and questions):
1) What are your thoughts on Guy Debord's notion of 'detournement' (trans. 'hijacking', or 'turning back' etc.)?
2) Debord outlines a set of guidelines as a way of effecting a good 'detournement'. What do you think about his thoughts on technique? How might you apply these ideas in your own work?
3) What do you think about the interpretation of a surrealist collage novel using the medium of a webcam/split screen? How does this relate to the required readings and the idea of collage as an expanded 'space', so to speak? How, if at all, does this inspire you to experiment and push the concept of collage?
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Tasks:
- Please read through the articles and add your comments/discussion in the forum.
- Continue to develop artwork and upload photos of your work in development in your personal forum
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Please upload your comments by Wednesday 6:00 pm -- to start a discussion/respond to the material etc. Following that, from Wednesday pm to Friday pm please check in intermittently and respond to the comments/ develop the discussion.
Prompt Questions (these are to get a conversation going, so please do elaborate, diverge, emerge with your own thoughts and questions)::
1) What are your thoughts on the idea of collage as a fluid medium in the public space? Does the idea of using 'the street' as a canvas appeal to you and your interest in developing your own practice?
2) Do you see any connections between the notion of rupture in the article 'cut and paste' with Debord's idea of 'detournement'? How are you thinking of these ideas as you develop your own project work?
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Tasks:
- Please read through the articles and add your comments/discussion in the forum.
- Assignment #1 Due: Monday, 20th.
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Hi everyone, most of you have not yet filled out this form about your 'real time' availability yet and returned it to me. I have information from Hyeok, Kathleen and Jessica but no one else. Could you please fill this out asap and send it to me this week. Click on the link to open the form.
Thanks!!
Daphne
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Upload your image and name by 12:00 midnight Monday. Image size: 50MB
Remember to comment on at least two people's work (100+ words each) by Wednesday 12:00 pm midnight. Please give robust feedback (i.e., really spend some time looking and thinking about your colleagues work, its formal aesthetic elements, offer suggestions for trouble shooting, leads to artists etc.). Over the term, you need to do this for a minimum of 9 people in total for these assignment crits.
My feedback to your work in this forum. Click on your post and scroll to the bottom of the page.
Faculty:
I flag up this announcement in blue when I have finished giving feedback -- by the end of the week of student submissions. I also email all the students to let them know that I have done this.
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you can choose one of the two options.
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http://www.artworksforchange.org/natures-toolbox-biodiversity-art-and-invention/
http://ben.biomimicry.net/nonform/2012/natures-toolbox-biodiversity-art-and-invention/
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note the manner in which the scientific illustrations 'collage' various objects and how this is mimicked in other artworks/design works
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Tasks:
- Please read through the articles and add your comments/discussion in the forum.
- continue to develop studio work and upload into your personal forum
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Sally O'Reilly: Introduction to 'Collage:Assembling Contemporary Art'
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Where does one thing end and the next begin?
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Please upload your comments by Wednesday 6:00 pm -- to start a discussion/respond to the material etc. Following that, from Wednesday pm to Friday pm please check in intermittently and respond to the comments/ develop the discussion.
Prompt questions:
1) what are your impressions of Monroe's talk? What did you like/not like about it?
2) What are your thoughts on the notion of 'edges' in collage? How might this inform your own work?
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This week is dedicated to small group presentations of your work-in-progress in a forum
Tasks:
Please upload examples of your work in progress to your small group crit forum by 6:00 pm Wednesday, giving a brief explanation of your intentions, photos of the work, and any issues or problems you want to share relating to the development of your work. Everyone in the small group is to respond to each others work -- i.e., please comment on each person's post in your own group by Friday evening. You can also add comment on work in other groups if you wish to do extra.
OPEN to the WHOLE GROUP: for our 'real time' video conference group meeting. Please join one or other meeting, if you are free please --on Thursday -- click on a link below to access the room:
Thursday 10:30 am: https://zoom.us/j/585469606
Thursday 5:00 pm https://zoom.us/j/566344230
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This forum is for Yifeng, Amos, Yu, Katie (Sayuka), Kathleen and Ocean
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This forum is for: Samantha, Daryn, Hyeok, Julia, Patty, Chenchen
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This forum is for: Roslynne, Ryanne, Qing, Jessica, Georgia and Celina
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Tasks:
- Please read through the new assignment and add your comments/discussion in the forum.
- continue to develop studio work and upload into your personal forum
- Assignment #2 Due: Monday, 10th
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Upload your image and name by 12:00 midnight Monday. Image size: 50MB
Remember to comment on at least two people's work (100+ words each) by Wednesday 12:00 pm midnight. Choose people that you have not already given feedback to. Please give robust feedback (i.e., really spend some time looking and thinking about their work, its formal aesthetic elements, offer suggestions for trouble shooting, leads to artists etc.). Over the term, you need to do this for a minimum of 9 people in total for these assignment crits.
My feedback to your work in this forum. Click on your post and scroll to the bottom of the page.
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Please also see image folder relating to this assignment
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Circulate:
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To move in or flow through a circle or circuit.
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To move around, as from person to person or place to place.
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To move about or flow freely, as air.
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Hi everyone, this Forum is for you to ask any questions about assignment #3. Please upload your posts by Wednesday midnight. Thanks!
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Reading Week: This is a good chance to catch up with any outstanding work.
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Tasks:
- Please read through the articles and add your comments/discussion in the forum.
- continue to develop studio work and upload into your personal forum
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Hito Steyerl, Circulationism
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A discussion by Hito Steyerl on the notion of circulationism -- it is about 1 1/2 hours long. Introduced by another speaker.
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Do You Follow? Art in Circulation 1 (Rush Transcript)m Oct 16, 2014: a transcript of a conference on the idea of the rhizome and 'circulationism'
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Please upload your comments by Wednesday 12:00pm midnight-- to start a discussion/respond to the material etc. Following that, from Thursday am to Friday pm (midnight) please check in intermittently and respond to the comments/ develop the discussion.
Prompt questions:
What aspects of Steyerl's observations about the role of images today fit with your own ideas of image-making?
What aspects of the discussion on 'circulationism' would you consider exploring in your own collage work?
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Tasks:
Work-in-progress discussions
This week is dedicated to small group presentations of your work-in-progress within a Forum. Each of you are to start a 'topic' -- i.e., upload your reflections and an image(s) of your work-in-progress by Wednesday midnight. All of you are then to comment/give feedback to every person in your own group by Friday 12:00 midnight. Please make sure to comment within this Moodle forum and not on people's blogs (I can only mark you as having given feedback if you discuss work in the forum).
When posting your 'work in progress', in addition to uploading photos, please describe what you have done in response to the brief and the literature we have been looking at and the problems you have encountered, strengths/weaknesses etc. -- approximately 100 words.
The small group forums are:
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Tasks:
- Please read through the new assignment brief and respond with any questions in the forum
- continue to develop studio work and upload into your personal forum
- Assignment #3 Due: Monday 9th
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Upload your image and name by 12:00 midnight Monday. Image size: 400 pixels maximum
Remember to comment on at least two people's work (100 words each) by Wednesday 12:00 pm midnight. Choose people that you have not already given feedback to. Remember to spend some time and give robust feedback to your selected colleagues. You have to give feedback on at least 9 people in total for the course.
My feedback to your work in this forum. Click on your post and scroll to the bottom of the page.
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Hi everyone, this forum is for discussing Assignment 4. Please start a topic on whatever questions you may have by wednesday 12:00 midnight and I'll follow up with responses. I want to make sure everyone is clear about what is expected.
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Hi everyone, follow this link for more info on Francis Stark
- Please read through the new assignment brief and respond with any questions in the forum
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Tasks:
- Please read through the articles and add your comments/discussion in the forum.
- continue to develop studio work and upload into your personal forum
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see these guidelines to prepare for writing and submission.
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Please upload your comments by Wednesday 12:00 pm midnight -- to start a discussion/respond to the material etc. Following that, from Thursday am to Friday pm midnight please check in intermittently and respond to the comments/ develop the discussion.
Prompt questions:
1) What are your thoughts about the examples of artworks in the presentation?
2) What are your own thoughts and strategies for 'journalizing'?
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Tasks:
- continue to develop studio work and upload into your personal forum
- Work-in-progress discussions
This week is dedicated to small group presentations of your work-in-progress for assignment 4 within a Forum. Each of you are to start a 'topic' -- i.e., upload your reflections and an image(s) of your work-in-progress by Thursday noon. Please then comment/give feedback to every person in the group by Sunday 12:00 midnight.
When presenting, please start by describing what you have done in response to the brief and the literature we have been looking at and then the problems you have encountered, strengths/weaknesses etc. Please try to write about 100 words as a minimum.
Small groups are as follows...
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re: Monday 6th
Hi everyone,
I was thinking that it would be nice to meet online in a zoom video chat room on Monday 6th (possibly in the morning or afternoon, depending on you...) to have a group discussion and share reflections on the development of your work over the term. We covered a lot of material and have been actively engaged in discussing these different ways in which collage can be understood, so I thought it would be interesting to meet in a chat room.
If you could each feedback to me about whether or not you would like to meet online to discuss reflections, please post your response in this forum. Please also let me know if a morning or afternoon session fits with your schedules. Now that the college is not running, I am assuming that a lot of you may have the day 'free', so to speak.
Please let me know your thoughts ...
Daphne
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Assignment #4 due -- Monday PM-- details of session to be announced soon.
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Upload your image and name by 12:00 pm midnight Monday. Image size: 400 pixels maximum
Remember to comment on at least two people's work (100 words each) by Wednesday 12:00 pm midnight. You have to give feedback on at least 9 people in total.
My feedback to your work in this forum. Click on your post and scroll to the bottom of the page.
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Tasks:
- final reflective review due: see forum
Hi everyone,
Please join this if you are interested in meeting in a Zoom video conference room to share your final reflections on collage and the work you have done. The meeting is on:
Monday, 6th at 2:00 pm
Follow this link for the meeting:
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Please upload your Review as a pdf and/or directly to the forum by Monday, 4th PM.
Thanks!
- final reflective review due: see forum