FALL 2024 Sculpture and Post-Studio Practice
Experimental Structures ARTS-3714 / 4714
In-Person Sessions Mondays and Wednesdays 9:05 - 11:35 PM
Office and Studio Appointments Tuesdays
Suggested Books:
*Operative Design: A Catalogue of Spatial Verbs
Geometry of Design by Kimberly Elam
Visual Intelligence by Amy E. Herman
*Required if you have not taken other upper division
Required Materials:
Sketchbook
Camera, phone-cam, drawing materials you like
Materials for your projects
Week One
Aug. 26 Course Introduction
Aug. 28 10-minute Individual Student Introductions
Locker and Toolbox Assignments
Project 1: Ai to Lo-Fi Sculptural Pavilions
Adobe Firefly Prompts + Renders
Building Materials + Sculptural Verbs
Week Two
Sept. 02 No Class. Labor Day Holiday
Sept. 04 Project 1: Ai to Lo-Fi Sculptural Pavilions
Lecture and Project 1 Introduction
Readings Due:
Mary-Ann Ray, Gecekondu
Dictionary of Architectural Forms
Jane Rendell, Arts Use of Architecture from "Psycho Buildings"
Week Three
Sept. 09 Project 1: Ai to Lo-Fi Sculptural Pavilions
From Firefly renders to Scale Model
3 printed Firefly Renders for process crit
Reading Due:
Pavilions inhabit a space between Art and Architecture by Tim McKeough
Alice Aycock: East River Roundabout
Dan Graham: MET rooftop, Outdoor Pavilion
*Anne Wu Visiting Artist Lecture - 4PM in Basement Auditorium 1B20
Sept. 11 Project 1: Ai to Lo-Fi Sculptural Pavilions
Reading Due:
Drawing in Layers by Eric Baldwin
Model Making: 30X40
Scale Building Maquettes
Studio Work Day
Week Four
Sept. 16 Project 1: Ai to Lo-Fi Sculptural Pavilions
Scale Building Maquettes
Studio Work Day
Sept. 18 Project 1: Ai to Lo-Fi Sculptural Pavilions
Scale Building Maquettes
Studio Work Day
Week Five
Sept. 23 Project 1: Ai to Lo-Fi Sculptural Pavilions
Scale Building Maquettes
Studio Work Day
Sept. 25 Project 1: Ai to Lo-Fi Sculptural Pavilions
Scale Building Maquettes
Studio Work Day
Week Six
Sept. 30 Crit Project 1 Ai to Lo-Fi Sculptural Pavilions (6 Students)
Oct. 02 Crit Project 1 Ai to Lo-Fi Sculptural Pavilions (6 Students)
Week Seven
Oct. 07 Project 2: Irregular Structures: Bent Wood and Hardware Connections
Lecture and Project 2 Introduction
Oct. 09 Project 2: Irregular Structures: Bent Wood and Hardware Connections
Complete Irregular Space Chain Structures
Reading Due:
Yona Friedman Pro-Domo, p. 204-227
Yona Friedman Exhibition
Irregular Space Chains - Wire, tape crits
Watch Space Chain Video
Week Eight
Oct. 14 Project 2: Irregular Structures: Bent Wood and Hardware Connections
Space Chains - Transition from space chain model to wood strips
Reading Due:
Marie-Ange Brayer, The Spirit of Experimentation from Future City
Hilde de Haan, Making from Onix Architects
Structures of Kendall Buster
Oct. 16 Project 2: Irregular Structures: Bent Wood and Hardware Connections
Hardware Tutorial
Bent Wood Tutorial (Steam)
Week Nine
Oct. 21 Project 2: Irregular Structures in Bent Wood
Artist Profile: Richard Deacon
Bent Wood Tutorial (Soaking and Bending Jig)
Oct. 23 Project 2: Irregular Structures in Bent Wood
Artist Profile: Sarah Sze
Studio Work Day
Week Ten
Oct. 28 Project 2: Irregular Structures in Bent Wood
Studio Work Day
Oct. 30 Project 2: Irregular Structures in Bent Wood
Studio Work Day
Week Eleven
Nov. 04 Project 2: Irregular Structures in Bent Wood
Studio Work Day
Nov. 06 Project 2: Irregular Structures in Bent Wood
Studio Work Day
Week Twelve
Nov. 11 Project 2: Irregular Structures in Bent Wood
Studio Work Day
Nov. 13 Crit Project 2 Irregular Structures in Bent Wood (6 students)
Nov. 15 De-Install and Put Away Materials by 4PM
Week Thirteen
Nov. 18 No Class - Richard Gone
Nov. 20 Project 3: Experimental Living Structures
Lecture and Project Introduction
Reading Due: Ken Isaacs How to Build Living Structures
Week Fourteen
Nov. 25 No Class: FALL BREAK
Nov. 27 No Class: FALL BREAK
Week Fifteen
Dec. 02 Meet at Resource Central. Bring your Project 3 Sheet
Project 3: Matrix / Living Structures
Readings Due:
Ant Farm
Follow this Line - Siah Armajani
Benjamin Weil and Andrea Zittel, Home is Where the Art is
Living Structures Workshop
Dec. 04 Project 3: Matrix / Living Structures
Studio Work Day
Week Sixteen
Dec. 09 Project 3: Matrix / Living Structures
Studio Work Day
FCQ's First 15 minutes of class
Dec. 11 Crit Project 3 Matrix / Living Structures
Week Seventeen
Dec. 16 Final Portfolios and Artist Statements Due by 5PM
* This schedule is subject to change - as in life, things don’t always work out as originally planned. Please stay up to date on schedule changes in class weekly.
*Readings are available through our shared links and folders, please let me know if you have an issue accessing materials.
*Please schedule individual office meetings with me via email.
Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Fall 2024
Schedule of artist talks
September:
Anne Wu >> Monday, September 9th at 4 PM
Catherine Prose >> Monday, September 16th at 4 PM
Chris Miles >> Monday, September 30th at 4 PM
October:
Thomas Edison Film Festival >> Monday, October 7th at 4 PM
Nancy Baker Cahill >> Monday, October 21st at 4 PM
November:
Zun Lee >> Monday, November 4th at 4 PM
Sarah McKenzie >> Monday, November 11th at 4 PM
Jammie Holmes >> Monday, November 18th at 4 PM
All lectures are scheduled for MONDAYS from 4:00-5:00 PM
Location: Visual Arts Complex 1B20 Auditorium
CU Boulder campus, 1085 18th Street, Boulder, CO 80309