Contemporary Art and Worldbuilding

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Examines the history of contemporary art of various forms of worldbuilding. Topics may include, but are not limited to: the built environment and its impacts on communities, public monuments, immersive and virtual art/video games, artist utopias, design for good, art and education, art and mass incarceration, artist collectives, art and climate crisis, and community building through art. Class assignments will focus on research and writing within the arts.