MINI-PROJECT
#1: Art in the Public Sphere
• Choose a previously made
piece of art, be it a painting, drawing, print, whatever.
• Take your chosen artwork
to various public spaces and photograph the work within those spaces.
• Try to choose spaces in
which you normally would not expect to see art.
• Maybe at your job, in a
parking lot, behind the bar of a restaurant, hanging from a piece of playground
equipment, at a fruit stand next to the highway.
• If you are unsure whether
you are allowed to photograph the work in a particular space, simply explain
the project and ask if it’s ok. You may be surprised how willing people are to
help out.
• Photograph your chosen
work in 6-8 different locations.
• Using a phone to
photograph is fine, but try to edit your images in Photoshop if necessary to
make them look aesthetically pleasing in their own right. If you need help with
Photoshop, I am happy to provide it.
• On Tuesday, September 9, you will bring digital
images into class and share them with the group. Think about which were most
interesting to you, which ones seemed to somehow change the meaning of the work
in an unexpected way, based on their new context. Perhaps a series of new,
different artworks will have been created through this process.
