| ARTS 445: Special Topics in New Media: Performance UIUC School of Art + Design Room 334 Flagg Hall Mondays + Wednesdays, 1-3:40p Fall 2022 |
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Some classes will be held in other times and other places. Check the door of Flagg Hall Room 334 for updates. Requirements for Written Responses - For each reading assignment you need to write a minimum of 250 words (or what is specified) in response to the reading. - You do not have to be all smart and essay-ish about it. - In the body of an email (do NOT send as a Word-attachment), send me your response. - Send it to dekew (at) illinois (dot) edu before 11:59pm of the day it is due. |
| SECTION 01 : INTRODUCTIONS : AUG 22 - AUG 31 PROJECT Project DUE on MONDAY AUG 29 (Group A) and WEDNESDAY AUG 31 (Group B): Assignment 01 - Your Life READING Reading 01: In Defence of Performance Art by Guillermo Gómez Peña Response to 01 (250 word minimum) is due before 11:59pm TUESDAY AUG 23 PERFORMANCES + SPEAKERS + EVENTS To be announced CONTENT Introductions. Inspirations. Possibilities. What is "performance art" anyway? |
| SECTION 02 : ROUTINE & RITUAL : SEPT 1 - SEPT 21 PROJECTS Project due on MONDAY SEPT 19 (Group B) and WEDNESDAY SEPT 21 (Group A): Assignment 02 - Routine, Myth and Break READINGS Reading 02a: On Seeing The Invisible: Marina Ambramovic's The House with the Ocean View by Peggy Phelan Response to 2a (250 word minimum) is due before 11:59pm TUESDAY SEPT 6. Reading 02b: Cauldron, Spinning Wheel, Broom: The Spinning Tales Series of Marilyn Arsem by John Anderson Responses to 2b (250 word minimum) is due before 11:59pm SUNDAY SEPT 11. Reading 02c: The Body Artist by Don Delillo (you have to either buy this, check it out at the library, or find it online) Response to 2c (250 word minimum) is due before 11:59pm TUESDAY SEPT 13. PERFORMANCES + SPEAKERS -Breathe - 12noon, Saturday September 10, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts CONTENT This section will look at ways in which routine and ritual can be used in performance - as a source of material and as an end in itself. |
| SECTION 03 : IDENTITY & CHARACTER : SEPT 22 - OCT 12 PROJECTS Project DUE on MONDAY OCT 10 (Group A) and WEDNESDAY OCT 12 (Group B): Assignment 03 - Identity+Character, Text+Story READINGS Reading 03a: Character Building - a collection of short articles Reading 03b: Charles Mee's thoughts on writing - a really great short page on "originality" and writing Reading 03c (it's actually Listening): Dolly Parton's America: Neon Moss- a 10 minute excerpt. Responses to 3a, 3b, and 3c (a 200 word minimum response each for 3b, 3c, and the 3a collection as a whole) are due before 11:59pm SUNDAY SEPT 25. Reading 03d: Storytelling/Narrative - another collection of short articles Response to 3d (200 word minimum) is due before 11:59pm TUESDAY SEPT 27. Reading 03e: Drama Qyeen: David Velasco on Ann Liv Young Reading 03f: Bad Art and Objecthood Reading 03g: Spalding Gray Responses to 3e, 3f, and 3g (200 word minimum for each) are due before 11:59pm SUNDAY OCT 2. PERFORMANCES + SPEAKERS To be announced. CONTENT Theater-People and Performance-Art-People have often been at odds with each other... "acting" is usually the source of this battle. This section will look at some artists who have straddled both worlds. We'll read about and try some exercises designed to help build a character - how can a character be used strategically? Audaciously? Uncomfortably? Ridiculously? |
| SECTION 04 : SITE SPECIFICITY & COLLABORATION : OCT 13 - NOV 1 PROJECTS Project due between SUNDAY OCT 30 at dawn and 11:59pm TUESDAY NOV 1 - TIMES/PLACES TO BE ANNOUNCED: Assignment 04 - The Specifics Of A Site READINGS Reading 04a: The Angel Project Reading 04b: William Pope L and Reverend Billy Responses to 4a and 4b (a 200 word minimum response for each reading) are due before 11:59pm on SUNDAY OCT 16. Reading 04c: Walking in Sync by Malia Wollan Read before class on WEDNESDAY OCT 19. Reading 04d: The Interventionists intro by Nato Thompson Reading 04e: Kara Walker's Sugary Sphinx Responses to 4d and 4e (a 200 word minimum response for each reading) are due before 11:59pm on SUNDAY OCT 23. Reading 04f: "Allegiance to Gratitude" chapter from Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Kimmerer Response to 4f (a 200 word minimum) is due before 11:59pm TUESDAY OCT 25. PERFORMANCES + SPEAKERS To be announced. CONTENT Hmmm... site, place, meaning. Oh. And collaboration. After readings, screenings, exercises, and discussions we'll break up into a couple of small groups and build site-specific performances. These performances will not take place in Flagg Hall and they will probably not take place during our regularly scheduled class time. |
| SECTION 05 : REALLY BIG SHEW : NOV 2 - END OF SEMESTER PROJECTS Project due on FRIDAY and SATURDAY DECEMBER 2nd & 3rd - VENUE TO BE ANNOUNCED: Assignment 05 - The Final Show PERFORMANCES + SPEAKERS -YOU GUYS! YOU ARE PERFORMING! CONTENT This time will be used to create, produce, advertise, and present an evening of live performance. |