BLOG due Mon 3 Sept by 6pm (this is a special extension just for this week)
No class because it's Labor Day, but you still have reading due!
1- READ the excerpt from “Art was a proper name” from Kant after Duchamp by Thierry de Duve, 1996
2- WRITE 2 paragraphs in response to the reading. Post the text to your blog so that I can see that it’s up and running:
- Define ART in one sentence. Then discuss a memorable experience you have had with an ART work. Where did you find the piece, and when? How much time did you spend with it? Why was it memorable? How would you describe it to someone who wasn't there? What distinguished it from other art works you have experienced? What kind of emotions did it evoke? What was the artist's intention for the work? Was it successful or not, and why?
- Discuss de Duve’s essay in relation to your own thoughts about art.
OPTIONAL READING: "Regarding the torture of others" by Susan Sontag, 2004
We'll have an in-class discussion about de Duve and Sontag. Come prepared with 1 question and 1 comment for each author.
RECOMMENDED EVENT (take notes, this will give you good material for upcoming assignments)
Thu 6 Sept 6:30 pm : Binh Danh, Vietnamese photographer, Watson Auditorium
Fri 7 Sept: READ “The Blue Guide” by Roland Barthes from Mythologies, 1957
No class today because of the conference, but you still need to do the reading. This reading is the basis for your first essay assignment.
In lieu of class:
* VISIT the Binh Danh exhibit at Light Work.
and/or
* ATTEND one of the panel discussions at the Imagining America Conference that I’ve listed below. Conference attendance for students costs $35 (regular fees are over $100 for the 3-day event), and this provides free food and entry to all the events. If you choose to attend and this is a burden for you, please contact me or Assistant Provost Bobbi Jones at rsjones@syr.edu
Light Work gallery hours are Sun-Fri 10 am - 6 pm and by appointment. Entry is free.
Next to the Bird Library: 316 Waverly Ave, at the corner of Comstock Ave.
7-8 September : IMAGINING AMERICA CONFERENCE OPTIONS
See full conference schedule here: http://imaginingamerica.syr.edu/07.ia-nc.html
FRI 9:45 – 11:15 Community Voices: Do We Really Hear Them? Are We Really Listening? Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel and Conference Center – ADAMS ROOM
FRI 1:15-2:45 Over-the-Rhine: A Model for Student Immersion, Learning, and Social Change - Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel and Conference Center – COMSTOCK A
FRI 3-4:30 Moving Art Into the Public: A Seminar and a Dialogue - Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel and Conference Center – COMSTOCK B
SAT 2:15-345 Negotiating Contradictory Values in Community Arts/Higher Education Partnerships - Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel and Conference Center – COMSTOCK B
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