Art 410 - Conceptual Strategies

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con-cep-tu-al adj. being or characterized by concepts or their formation; conceptual discussions; the schizophrenic loses ability to abstract or do conceptual thinking; sex is a notional category, gender is a grammatical category

strat-e-gy n. pl. strat-e-gies 1. the science or art of combining and employing the means of war in planning and directing large military movements and operations; 2. the use or an instance of using this science or art. 3. skillful use of a stratagem: The salesperson's strategy was to seem always to agree with the customer. 4. a plan, method, or series of maneuvers or stratagems for obtaining a specific goal or result: a strategy for getting ahead in the world.

Reading - Art Which Can't be Art, Allan Kaprow

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Think about the essay and be prepared to blog a brief summary and response in the lab on Tuesday September 4.

Also on Tuesday September 4 bring in a digital photo of yourself. You'll be cropping out your face in Photoshop, adding some effects, saving for the web and uploading to your blog.

- Questionnaire
- Roster
- Introductions plus why do you want to take this class?
- Andy Cox presentation
- Class Blog
- Curriculum
- Expectations and Grading
- Reading List
- What is Art? What is Conceptual Art?
- Video: The Examined Life - What is Art?
- Next class

- Watch "The Examined Life - What is Art?"
- Andy - A Very Short Introduction to Concpetual Art
Download PowerPoint presentation
- Break
- Assign conceptual artist or group for research
- Wall Drawings: discuss, assign, plan

To be assigned to students in alphabetical order:

1. HAANS HAACKE - Bethany Balmet
2. FUTURE FARMERS - Angelica Bernabe
3. THE YES MEN - Andrew Bramer
4. ART AND LANGUAGE - Kristen Bussell
5. BANSKY - Robert Carter
6. DANIEL BUREN - Eric Caselton
7. ANDREA FRASER - Chris DeBose
8. IRIS HAUSSLER - Alexander Kent
9. GABRIEL OROZCO - Crystal Mosqueda / Peter Macapugay(?)
10. ANA MENDIETA - Taryn McCabe
11. ADRIAN PIPER - Elyjah Mercurio
12. TRACEY EMIN - Monika Chan
13. NAM JUNE PAIK - Peter Macapugay(?)
14. STELARC - Francisco Nakasone
15. CHRISTO AND JEANNE CLAUDE - Suzanne Nguyen
16. MARK AMERIKA - Jason Patten
17. ANT FARM - Roxana Chacon
18. GEORGE LEGRADY - Kati Prescott
19. DAMIAN HIRST - Nicolaus Seppi
20. SURVEILLANCE CAMERA PLAYERS - Arash Sheikholeslami
21. FELIX GONZALEZ-TORRES - Maya Suzuki
22. ROY ASCOTT - Ryan Wong
23. MATTHEW BARNEY - pending
24. FRED WILSON - pending

PowerPoint presentations to be completed in class on 9/25 (half class), 10/2, and 10/9. Present in class on 10/11 and 10/16.

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