ARTT 054D. Sculpture II: Installation

Installation Art is a studio-based inquiry into the fundamental concepts, visual elements, critical language, and fabrication processes relevant to the creation of contemporary installations. Installation Art is a porous term used to describe mixed-media artworks designed for a specific space or for a temporary amount of time. Installation has been a prevalent mode of expression within contemporary art since the 1960s, and today is more often a strategy for articulating a particular set of ideas than an all-encompassing genre. Throughout the course, students will explore how they might respond to aspects of their physical surroundings and the built environment through installation. This course will begin with a series of studies, in which students practice their capacity to think both spatially and temporally-- beyond the making of discrete objects. These initial studies will each trace a specific line of thinking and making within installation practices, such as spatial drawing, light and space, and video projection, and will build towards an expanded installation made by students on campus. The culminating course project will be a mock open call in which the class works in small groups to propose a sculptural installation for a specific local context (i.e. a nearby museum, a public space, etc.).

Student required to have complete and introductory Sculpture or 3D Design course.

Prerequisite: ARTT 005A or ARTT 002A
Humanities.
1 credit.
Eligible for ENVS.
Fall 2022. Joyner.
Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art

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