3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. . 6 hours lab per week.
Installation
Course Description
Investigates the complexities of installation, the decentralized
viewer, the utilization of space, and context. Students will
research the history of installation art and its influence on
sculpture, photography, authorship, and spectatorship.
Athena Title
Installation
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will develop an understanding of the sociological, art historical, contextual, and spatial concepts of art installations through readings and discussion.
Students will integrate concepts of installation into their own prompt-driven experiments, research, and critical analysis.
Students will learn about the historical development of installation from Ilya Kabakov, Kurt Schwitters, Yves Klein, and Eva Hesse to David Hammons, Ann Hamilton, and Rirkrit Tiravanija.
Students will learn to take risks, practice spatial problem solving, and think about the relationships formed in shared space.
Topical Outline
Readings on:
site specificity by Miwon Kwon, installation by Claire Bishop and Rosalind Krauss, public and private space by Edward Hall, virtual and digital space by Artie Vierkant
Intensive group discussion on theories and practice in installation work
Creative investigations into installation, intervention, the digital, site-responsiveness, and curation
In-class spatial exercises
4 assigned projects
15-minute presentation on an artist covered in course
