Multiples (collboration) crit 11/15

You will work as a class to create a sculpture consisting of several parts. First, as a group, come up with a category of objects. You will each make one object from this category, which you will reproduce by making one-part molds and then slip-casting the objects. As a group, you will strategize and construct a display mechanism/concept that SUBVERTS the object-category you chose while unifying the individual pieces to make one object or installation. 

WEEK 9

Tuesday 10/18                  Work Day: Make objects

          Sketches due

                                    Joy Pullias--Robert Smithson--Week 9, Tuesday 10/18

http://www.robertsmithson.com/essays/interviews.htm

Thursday 10/20                Work Day: Make plaster mold

                                   

WEEK 10

Tuesday 10/25                  Work Day: Slip casting

                                         Alex Becker--Rachel Harrison--Week 10, Tuesday 10/25

http://bombsite.com/issues/105/articles/3178

Thursday 10/27                Work Day: Slip casting

WEEK 11

Tuesday 11/1                  Work Day: Finish objects & build display mechanism

                                       Nicole Lopez--Los Carpinteros--Week 11, Tuesday 11/1

http://www.loscarpinteros.net/english_press/english_sculpture.html

Thursday 11/3                 Work Day: Finish objects & build display mechanism

WEEK 12

Tuesday 11/8                   Critique 3^rd Project: Multiples

                                        Intro to final project: Metal

Allan McCollum

Allan McCollum  The Dog from Pompeii (1991)

http://interpretingceramics.com/issue008/articles/06.htm 

Your homework is to watch the Art 21video on Systems, which you can find here:
http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/allan-mccollum/

Do some additional research on Allan McCollum's work and his influences, and come prepared to have a class discussion on Thursday. We will be doing a large-scale collaborative project involving a casting process for the next project.

Bring to class on Thursday: plastic bags (to cover clay), any tools you can use to shape clay, yogurt containers or plastic container for water.