I am a Material
Course Description
Summary
What is a more valuable piece of matter? String, cotton-balls and rubber bands may be what should be affixed to your unique prosthetic to complete a given task… This course will cover information and techniques related to body casting, wire rope rigging, fabrication, and other building processes.The students will be asked to keep a journal which will be the most important document for this class. This is a project based performance course where the student will be given problems set to define and complete. The found solutions will be evaluated on how thoroughly they analyze the task. Each student will be encouraged to reach deep into the prompts of each project to find personal connections to support an active inquiry. Their work practice will search for clear definitions through experimentation. Their intent and efforts will consistently be represented through prototyping, drawing and showing works in progress. Part of the class practice will be designed around space visits both on campus and off, in building or out in nature. Honing our sensory associations from class to class will allow for fruitful class discussions breaking down the metrics at which we evaluate each other's work.Prerequisites
This is a 4000 level class that requires students to have taken at least two studio courses in Visual Arts and one of these studio classes should be in Sculpture. Students should submit an email to John Umphlett (jumphlett@bennington.edu) that includes a paragraph that describes why they would like to be enrolled into this class and how they feel it will be advantageous to their education and artists practice here at Bennington. This email’s subject line should read “I am a Material “ The email should also include a few images of prior related work to help support their written interests.
Please contact the faculty member : jumphlett@bennington.edu