Interdisciplinary Drawing

Catalog description

Making a drawing is always a kind of performance. Through any means necessary, a body reaches across time and space to make contact with its world. This course will explore how and why drawings get made through diverse intentions and contexts. Guided by contemporary and modern art historical precedents, we will explore the dynamic and intertwined relationship between performance art and other interdisciplinary approaches to drawing. In our weekly hands-on studio work, students will respond to a guiding question or theme. We will use both conventional and unorthodox materials and experiment with everyday objects. For example, in asking where does my body end and space begin, we will construct our own sculptural apparatuses and body extensions to produce our images. Coursework will also involve conceptual exploration that culminates in a final project of students’ own choosing. Open to all skill levels, this course is designed for those interested in process-based inquiry. Potential concepts or themes include: embodiment and phenomenology, identity and culture, memory and time, technology and digital media, collaboration and interactive art, vibrant matter and ecologies. Future-Tense Liquidation II: Performance, (Dis)Possession, and Haunted Futures