homework and artists

hi guys, here are class notes and homework

artists:
mark dion
tim hawkinson
chris burden
survival research labs
yves tinguely
louise bourgeois
mike kelley

for next week, please write up an artist's statement based on the notes of the person who interviewed you. this will be a statement about your work that addresses the questions someone else had about your work and your process, sources, media, content , rather than the traditional artist statement based on what you want to express about your work. we will read these in class on friday so please bring a printed copy.

read the barbara tversky article on remembering spaces from the oxford handbook of memory. also, the syllabus lists this as next week's reading, but i think you will find it very helpful to also read about mike kelley's repressed education complex from the anthony vidler book. this is the assignment:

based on the memory exercises we did in class, i want you to make a scale model that is an accurate, 3-d representation of a place that exists in your memory (it might only exist in your memory, like it could be a buiding that was torn down or a place from a dream.) it can be a big place, like the woods behind your house, or a tiny place, like inside your mom's purse, but i want you to make as detailed and accurate and complete as possible a representation of it. remember to think about your point of view- how big were you when you were in the place you're remembering? were there mysterious, forbidden parts? were there things you couldn't see?

also, think about scale- the scale we're talking about here is emotional scale, so be faithful to your memory, not what you think is "realistic." if something in the space has an oversized importance to you in your recollection, represent it as oversized. if you can't remember part of the space, omit them.

you can use any materials you want, some recommendations are:
foam core, cardboard
sculpey, fimo, tape, wire
paint ink glue
wood
styrofoam
cloth
model train or dollhouse accessories

if you use xacto knives please be careful. also, if you would like to use the model shop to construct your model, please see dj alexander about getting the safety training.

ok, i'd also like to know if you guys are free to go to providence for a field trip on saturday feb 21. email me if you have any questions about the project, it is due in class on friday at 10am.
thanks
deborah