Course Description

Instructor:

Professor Lou Cabeen

Topics in Fiber Art

Explores a range of special topics in fibers, including non-traditional materials and processes and interdisciplinary areas of interest within the field, while offering specific technical, hands-on training when appropriate. Emphasizes the development of the thematic content of the individual's work.

Class Description


Spring 2001 “Interactive and Collaborative Art” Students will have an opportunity to create interactive art objects in collaborative groups or as individuals. They will learn how working artists approach these issues, and what critical issues surround such works Independent projects students from Electrical Engineering may participate in this course. Students in this course will work with Montreal artist Ingrid Bachman during her 2 week residency at the UW. During this workshop, the class will look at interactivity in the broadest sense possible and explore the notion of the interface - the link between the participant/viewer and the work. That includes the assumption that all good art work is in essence interactive, that the act of viewing is an embodied experience and an active one. In saying that though, in this workshop we will be exporing more physical forms of interaction. We will look at the 'clues' and often hidden structures that provide viewers with the appropriate protocol. What happens when that is breached? For example, when someone touches a work of art that is not meant to be touched, or refuses to participate in a piece that is meant to be manipulated? We will be exploring these ideas in relation to students' own work and ideas. All forms of work and material are applicable. A workshop on basic electronic interfaces will complement the workshop. Students will need a 5 volt battery.

 

1. Lecture and discussion with a series of guest speakers including: Ingrid Bachman, artist; Professor Blake Hannaford, Electrical Engineering; Brian Wallace, curator, Bellevue Art Museum; Sandra Kroupa, Artists Books Librarian; Susan Leuty, artist. 2. Studio assignments and projects Critique of projects

Recommended preparation


Students may use any media in their course that they are already trained in, so a variety of 200 level studio courses is recommended

Class Assignments and Grading


2 studio projects plus a series of material sketches, an anthology of readings

Energy, enthusiasm, engagement

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