Situationally, Relationally, Contingent.

Project One:
Skill: Hand-building

Situationally, Relationally, Contingent.


Problem:

We no longer live in a world of art where it is reasonable to assume that a painting or photograph belong on a wall in a frame, any more then it is reasonable to assume that a work in 3D (either a sculpture or a functional piece) belongs on a pedestal. This problem is of particular interest in the field of ceramics as artists expand beyond the pedestal.

Challenge:

In this project, using the skills of hand-building, your challenge is to create multiple objects that come together to form one work. This can be in one object or in an installation format, or unified through found material or a found object. In this context, the single object becomes a brush stroke in a larger picture.

The successful project operates in the following ways:

1. The objects become contingent upon one another for a unified reading of the piece.
The objects engage in a situation (or site) that changes, rethinks, or reuses, the way that your viewer engages in a space or with each other.

Note: The site may be off campus, but the work must be present for final crits and well made photographs or video must be included in the final presentation.

Clair Twomey: claretwomey.com
Andrea Szocs
Kathryn Walter
Marek Cecula: www.marekcecula.com
Rocky Lewycky
Vipoo Srivilasa: http://www.vipoo.com/gallery.htm
Darla Jackson Darlajacksonsculpture.com