For your final project, you have 2 choices:
1- Recontextualize a work from the National Gallery of art.
In part 1 of this project, you will recontextualize a painting from the National Gallery of Art. The exact nature and meaning of the image sequence will be left to you. You sequence can describe a narrative, add small bits of images sequentially to the original, place images and videos contextually to build multiple meanings over time, or any other conceptual design.
Your goal in the assignment is to change the viewer’s relationship with the original image; to re-contextualize it or add to it with the augmented portion. You might achieve this by:
Adding something to the original.
Subtracting something from the original.
Changing some property of the original.
Overlaying a disparate object, one that contradicts the original.
Revealing something hidden.
You can generate a new work from an old one by finding an element in the old work to exploit. This element may be something conceptual, formal or related to subject matter. Examine the strategies the artists uses in his or her work and apply those to a new subject, or put them in a new context.
Think about the implications that the translation of media will have on the work. How does a static painting change when translated to a time-based medium?
You may use any technique or process we have studied this semester, and you may extend these techniques into new areas. Your final work may be turned in as an image, a video, or an animated gif.
You will be graded on:
The technical and time investment
The overall conceptual quality of the work
The use of advanced techniques
OR
2. A project of your choosing
You may chose to do your own project for your final. This should include and extend the techniques we have used in class. Your final work may be turned in as an image, a video, or an animated gif. If you choose this track, you must email a project outline to me no later than Friday April 19, so I can approve or suggest amendments. This work can explore any issue you are interested in and can be personal, political or structural, but should be sufficiently complex both conceptually and technically in order to receive a passing grade.
You will be graded on:
The technical and time investment
The overall conceptual quality of the work
The use of advanced techniques