Revised syllabus

09/22 Week 4 VIDEO
Introduction: Video Art- 1990’s
Readings: Gillian Wearing, Pipilotti Rist interview
Assignment: Review FCP basic edits, rough cut, re-shooting
Materials: DVDs, camera and hard drive

09/29 Rosh Hashanah Holiday NO CLASS
Work period - after the holiday.

10/6 Week 5 VIDEO
Introduction: Video Art- 2000's
Assignment: Exporting from FCP, final cut
Materials: DVDs, camera and hard drive

10/13 Week 6 VIDEO CRITIQUE + ANIMATION
VIDEO CRITIQUE
Introduction: Stop-motion Animation (photo-based)
Screening: Jan Svankmajer “Alice” 1988 and “Darkness Light Darkness” 1989
Brothers Quay
Nathalie Djurburg
Reading: "An Interview with William Kendridge", by Dan Cameron, William Kendridge
Sketchbook: Ideas & sketches inspired by screenings and reading
Assignment: Develop a presentation of ideas and sketches to review for your preliminary animation project.
Materials: Select materials for your animation. Bring photographic camera and check out sound recorder - AMT or KU Equipment Center.

10/20 Week 7 ANIMATION
Introduction: Stop-motion Animation (drawing-based)
Screening: William Kentridge 1999 “Drawing the Passing”
Federico Solmi
Selection of international animations
Sound demo with mics and DAT recorder
Assignment: Finish photographing images. *Scan sketchbook entries to date for review.
Materials: Camera and hard drive

10/27 Week 8 ANIMATION
Assignment: Assemble photographs using Final Cut Pro. Develop sound for project. Import sound into Final Cut Pro.
Materials: Camera and hard drive

11/3 Week 9 ANIMATION CRITIQUE
Reading: Introduction to Performance: "American & European Performance
from c. 1933: The Live Art,” excerpt:1950 - 1960, Performance, The Live Art, 1909 -1990
11/10 Week 10 PERFORMANCE
Introduction: Performance History (50’s-80’s)
Screening/Discussion Themes:
Body as Material, Embodiment, Presence/Absence, Identity Politics, Autobiography, Activism, Feminism, Site-specific Performance, Butoh
Readings: "Seventies Performance, To Be with Art is All we Ask", 1970 - 1980", Performance, The Live Art, 1909 -1990

11/17 Week 11 PERFORMANCE
Introduction: Performance Now (90’s-Present)
Screening/Discussion Themes:
Psychological Space, Reworking Historic Situations, Surveillance, Sound-based Performance, Environmental Practices
Assignment: Exercise: Develop a preliminary idea using mapping to explore the body and define new actions. Document the mapping to display and discuss either through photographing or drawing or collage.
Readings: "Keep on Running, The politics of black British performance" by Catherine Ugwu, Let's Get It ON!.

11/22 **(TUESDAY) MAKEUP CLASS
Week 12 PERFORMANCE
Field trip TBD

11/24 Thanksgiving Holiday NO CLASS

12/1 Week 13 PERFORMANCE
Assignment: Define and develop final performance for critique next week.

12/8 Week 14 PERFORMANCE CRITIQUE ** LAST CLASS

12/15 Week 15 FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT FINAL REVIEWS