March 30, 2005
Assignment #7: Synthesis
So here we go...taming the exploratory beast. For the final project of the semester, you will create a system of materials across media. This is your opportunity to harness the broad nature of your explorations throughout the semester and use them toward a clearly articulated, pre-defined project goal.
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February 25, 2005
Assignment #6: Leaving [pronoun] Mark
The last of the weekly assignments is set up to be a real humdinger, brave pirates. The components/parameters are as follows:
TITLE: This is what you are responding to. It might be useful to reflect on what this means, who it implicates (by virtue of your chosen pronoun) and, oh yes, why it matters. We are expanding the site to be about downtown Raleigh instead of just the squares for this project, so please consider what you have learned and let this title be a guiding force/inspiration in some way.
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Process, Chance Operations, Etc.
A thread to which you may post and discuss links relating to artists/designers working within this realm.
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February 21, 2005
Final Projects: Initial Discussion
Use this thread to bat around ideas about your final projects. Consider which projects may have suggested deeper exploration—or use something that excited you about the square(s) as a departure point. This is just the beginning of this conversation—details will emerge over the coming week.
Speak.
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Assignment #5: Backing Into a Poster
For this project, we will start with the form studies we did in class last Wednesday. "Read" the vocabulary you generated and look for feeling, meaning, emotion, physical responses.
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February 11, 2005
Gorgeous
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February 04, 2005
Assignment #4: Sister Cities
Raleigh is a sister city to Hull, England; Compiègne, France; Kolomna, Russia; and Rostock, Germany. For the purposes of this assignment, let's imagine that the councils of the respective cities have decided to focus on "town" squares as the theme for an exchange intended to promote the sister city program.
You have been asked to propose something for the citizenry of our sister cities that represents Raleigh through Moore Square. The work will be disseminated to each of the cities. For this project, Raleigh will be taking the lead with design and the other cities will follow the format, so your system should be applicable across cities and languages with that in mind.
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February 01, 2005
Mus[e]ic
What are you guys listening to? How is (or isn't) this relevant to your work in studio?
Discuss.
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January 29, 2005
Assignment #3: Power
This week, you are charged with illuminating a power relationship present in Moore or Nash Square.
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January 22, 2005
Assignment #2: The Fleeting
Inspired by the sudden transformation of the city in the snow, this week we will turn our attention toward illuminating something fleeting, temporary, or ephemeral in Moore or Nash Square.
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