College Bulletin 2022-2023 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
College Bulletin 2022-2023 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ARTT 006B. Monuments and Public Space: Studio Architecture.


Over the course of the semester, we will visit sites in and around the Philadelphia area, examining who, what events, and what stories are marked and made visible throughout the city. How might we think of and define monuments? How might people, places, and events be memorialized and remembered? Ideally, the class will visit artists and architects’ studios and work with several Philadelphia-based organizations such as Monument Lab, Monument Biography, and Streets Dept. to learn about their inclusive, process-based approaches to public art and history. Through considering how public works are funded, authored, designed, and fabricated we will aim to deepen our understanding of the entities and mechanisms that shape public space. During the second half of the semester, students will engage in an extended design thinking process, working in small groups to design and prototype new monuments for a designated local site. Students will have the opportunity to bring greater visibility to narratives and histories they want to emphasize through this hands-on process.
This course will be taught in Philadelphia as part of the Tri-Co Philly Program.
Fall 2022. Joyner.
Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History  
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art


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