FALL 2023 Sculpture and Post-Studio Practice
Graduate Seminar ARTS-5504
TOPICS: SENSES OF SPACE & PLACE
Group Sessions Wednesdays 9:05 - 11:35 AM
Studio Visits Mondays and Tuesdays by Appointment
Andrea Zittel, Flat Field Works (Middelheim Variant #2) (detail), 2015. Installation view, Middelheim Museum, Antwerp. Courtesy of the artist, Sadie Coles HQ, London and Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York. Photo: Simon Vogel.
Week One
Aug. 28 Seminar: Course Introduction, Newspaper Club RADIUS: notes from the field / SPS Annual
Reading: The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Aug. 30 Individual Student Introductions - 10-15 minutes each student.
Professionally present your work, what you are working on now / what you’re thinking / goals, etc
Readings Due:
Dave Hickey, Blockbusters
Yi Fu Tuan, Common Traits in Perception: The Senses
Awareness of Sound
Discussion + Alvin Lucier, I’m sitting in a room
Week Two
Sept. 04 No Class. Labor Day Holiday
Sept. 06 4 Presentations
Readings Due:
Nodar Case Study, Three Years in Nodar, Introduction
Lucy R. Lippard, Surface Tension: Problematics of Site Land Art in the Rear View Mirror
Discussion
Week Three
Sept. 11 Studio Visits / Publication Work
Sept. 13 Due: Newspaper Club Design Collectively Chosen and Template Downloaded
Studio Tours - 5-10 minutes each student in studio
Due: Artist Statements emailed to Richard before class
Week Four
Sept. 18 Studio Visits / Publication Work
*Friday, Sept. 22 Field Trip: National Science Foundation Ice Core Lab + Andrea Zittel Outdoor Commissions
Readings Due:
William Wycoff, Navigating Western Landscapes
Inside Out Reading Collection - ArtForum
Week Five
Sept. 25 Studio Visits / Publication Work
Sept. 27 Work on RADIUS: notes from the field / SPS Annual
Readings Due:
RIP SITUATIONS: https://www.situations.org.uk/about/
Due: First Design Mock-ups for Publication
Week Six
Oct. 02 Studio Visits / Publication Work
Oct. 04 Process Crit Publication Work
Readings Due:
Miwon Kwon, One Place After Another: Art and Site-Specificity
J.B. Jackson, Understanding the Vernacular Landscape On the Word itself
Due: Final Topics and Scope Defined
Week Seven
Oct. 09 Studio Visits / Publication Work / Field Research
Oct. 11 Work on RADIUS: notes from the field / SPS Annual
Readings Due:
Robert Smithson, Cultural Confinement, Monuments to Passaic, New Jersey
Cornelia Butler, A Lurid Presence, Smithson’s Legacy and Post-Studio Art
Due: First Draft
Week Eight
Oct. 16 Studio Visits / Publication Work / Field Research
Readings Due: Critique Methods
Oct. 18 Midterm Studio Crits:
Readings Due: Critique Methods
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Week Nine
Oct. 23 Publication Work
Oct. 25 Midterm Studio Crits:
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Week Ten
Oct. 30 Studio Visits / Publication Work / Field Research
Nov. 01 Publication Work - Final decisions are made today
Week Eleven
Nov. 06 Studio Visits / Publication Work
Nov. 08 Publication Work - Final decisions are made today
Week Twelve
Nov. 13 Studio Visits / Publication Work
Nov. 15 Due: Final Contributions (All edited Images, Text)
Week Thirteen
Nov. 20 No Class: FALL BREAK
Nov. 22 No Class: FALL BREAK
Week Fourteen
Nov. 27 Studio Visits / Publication Work
Nov. 29 Studio Visits / Publication Work
Week Fifteen
Dec. 04 Radius Mailing Prep
Dec. 06 Studio Critiques:
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Week Sixteen
Dec. 11 Radius Mailing and Out the Door
Dec. 13 Studio Critiques:
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Week Seventeen
Dec. 18 Final Portfolios and Artist Statements Due
* 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 google folders, if you have an issue with a link, please send me an email notifying me.
*Please schedule individual studio visits with Richard via email.
Feminist Futures of Spatial Practice by Meike Schalk
The Old, Weird America by Greil Marcus
Poems from An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo
I’m Sitting in a Room by Alvin Lucier
The Lure of the Local by Lucy R. Lippard
The Aesthetics of Silence by Susan Sontag
Surveying our Common Landscape by Jeff Brouws
Astral America by Jean Baudrillard
Sculpture Projects Muenster Glossary
How to Work with Galleries and Collectors as an Emerging Artist