This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.
This class examines frameworks for making and sharing visual artifacts using a trans-cultural, trans-historical, constructionist approach. It explores the relationship between perceived reality and the narrative imagination, how an author's choice of medium and method of construction constrains the work, how desire is integrated into the structure of a work, and how the cultural/economic opportunity for exhibition/distribution affects the realization of a work. Students submit three papers and three visual projects. Work is discussed and critiqued in class. Students present final projects an exhibition at the end of term. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication is provided.
Kearney, Richard. On Stories: Thinking in Action. New York, NY: Routledge, 2001. ISBN: 9780415247979.
Antonioni, Michelangelo. That Bowling Alley on the Tiber: Tales of a Director. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1987. ISBN: 9780195042245.
Babha, Homi. The Location of Culture. New York, NY: Routledge, 1994. ISBN: 9780415054065.
Leacock, Richard. A Sense of Being There. Unpublished autobiography, forthcoming. Please see the author's Web site for excerpts.
| ACTIVITIES | PERCENTAGES |
|---|---|
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Six short assignments (3 written, 3 visual) (10 % each) Grade on first paper is that of the resubmission | 60% |
| Final project | 25% |
| Class participation | 15% |
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