Instructor: Kristin Scott
Office Hours: By Appointment
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Class Blog: reviewingarts.wordpress.com
WRITTEN REVIEW #2 and PRESENTATION SCHEDULE AND INFORMATION:
You will each do a written review of a Columbia College Chicago art or media piece that you have chosen, focusing on its aesthetics, form/style, and how it reflects, informs, or contradicts what we have read and/or discussed up to that point (up to the date of your presentation). You may choose to review the work of any alumni, faculty, staff, student, student group, or gallery exhibition, dance performance, and so forth, but you must choose the work of someone from the Columbia College Chicago community (outside of those in our class). The written review will count as 25% of your final grade. Your written review is due the last day of class via email.
You will then do a presentation of your written review, accompanied by visual or audio examples of the work you are reviewing and discuss its aesthetic qualities, form or style, and its relevance to one of the topics we have studied thus far (i.e. identity, culture, power, aesthetics, representation, authority, socially-conscious, activist, or transgressive art). For those of you who can acquire images (digital camera works well for taking photos of exhibition work), video, or audio materials, will have use of the computer, DVD player, screen – whatever you need to do your oral review. The oral review will count as 15% of your total grade.
Just as with written reviews, your presentation must be critical, thoughtful, engaging, and creative. Rather than simply reading from your written review, though, use this time as an opportunity to show and elaborate upon the work in a way you weren't able to do in your written review. Presentations typically take 15-20 minutes. What I am most concerned with, however, is quality, not quantity of time you spend on your presentation. I would much rather be effectively engaged with the material for 15 minutes, than watch a variety of slide shows, music, or video that have little effective commentary for 30 minutes.
Below is the schedule:
Thursday July 10th:
1. Daniel Amesquita
2. Torreyanna Barley
3. April Bocchieri
4. Isabel Crowder
5. Rachel Galicia
6. Samantha Hamlin
7. Rachael Harter
Tuesday, July 15th:
1. Nancy Lovato
2. Michael Miles
3. Saraphina Monaco
4. Toi Neeley
5. Ashley Patterson
6. Nate Skole
7. Laura Strait
8. Jordan Suggs
Thursday July 17th:
* Will only be used as back-up presentation date, if we aren't able to keep on schedule. |
