English 101 Project Packet #2 · English 101 Project Packet #2 Spring2012’!...
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English 101 Project Packet #2 Spring 2012 Fluxus Box and Artist’s Manifesto Learning Outcomes (Blue Highlighter):
• Identify different ways that texts and visuals interact in content, form, and cultural function for different groups of people
• Develop knowledge of a variety of research methods to learn to create a hands-‐on project (Methods include digital image databases)
• Encourage active engagement with old media and new media technologies and tools necessary to produce a visual materials in a given media
• Determine genre conventions in a visual object based on observation and research • Employ writing skills to convey a strong opinion • Analyze and defend rhetorical choices in both written and visual genres • Collaborate and share with others • Document the creative process in writing • Consider the expectations of the reader/user • Reflect on how the features of different genres shape content (and knowledge making) in
different ways • Develop oral presentation skills
Project synopsis: The final products for this project consist of two elements: A.) a 3D fluxus box, and B.) an artist’s manifesto. First you will create a fluxus box with interactive elements that are appropriate to our learning community—if you are unsure of the appropriateness of content…it would be wise to ask. Next, you will write an artist’s manifesto that coincides with your fluxus box. You have a choice of whether to approach the project in small groups or as individuals; however, each person will need to have a peer partner to work with for the process of review. In addition, if you choose to work in small groups, each person will have to take responsibility for a specific role. You will present your fluxus box to the class, and you will be required to deliver your manifesto in an oral form. Remember that every major project you do will be graded according to four components: 1.) research, 2.) experimentation, 3.) intent, and 4.) final product(s). The first three are worth 50 points and the final product(s) are worth 50 points for a total of 100 point for the entire project.
••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Dates at a Glance:
••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Phase One: Fluxus Box: Virtual Pinboard, Manifesto genre conventions list, Brainstorm list, CHAT map, 3 rough sketches Due Tues. March 6, 2012 at 12:35pm Research 1.) Look at images of fluxus boxes online—make sure they are original boxes from the 60s and 70s and not contemporary examples. Post at least five fluxus box images to a virtual pinboard in Pinterest. 2.) Read two examples of the artists’ manifestos on the Google Docs. List any similarities that you notice between the two to try to determine conventions of the genre. 3.) Pick your favorite example of a fluxus box; post it to your blog along with an informal CHAT map of it. You can create the CHAT map in some digital format that you can post to your blog. For example, you can make it in Google sketch up, or or make it on paper and take a digital picture of it to upload to your blog. Post why you chose this box and its contents and what conventions of the genre it demonstrates. 4.) Read the description of fluxus boxes in Google Doc and dig for more information to share.
Class Date To do before class To do during class Tues. 3/6 Phase one due.
Determine what elements of the fluxus genre will inform your final product most directly. Post images to Pinterest so we can share ideas. Read manifestos to build your understanding of the genre.
Post to your blog your favorite image of a fluxus box and your CHAT map of it. Explain what appeals to you about the contents. Peer sharing of rough sketches and brainstorming.
Thurs. 3/8 Phase 2 due today for a progress post. Make a lists of “good” and “bad” features of the manifesto genre. Have a developed idea/sketch for your fluxus box. Write a initial statement of intent. Mindmap or outline your manifesto ideas.
You will be working toward understand the conventions of the genre with your peer partner(s). Blog post on what makes a good or bad manifesto and post to two peers’ posts.
SPRING BREAK
HAVE FUN, BE SAFE & FIND/MAKE COOL STUFF FOR YOUR BOXES
Thurs. 3/22 Phase three due. Post digital image of your fluxus box as it is developing. Post draft manifesto and statement of intent to Google Docs for peer reviewing.
Peer review of drafts in Google Docs. Blog post per phase 3 instructions and work on drafts in class.
Tues. 3/27 Final project packet due. Make sure you have four distinct sections: research, experiment, intent, final products. Use highlighter color key on project packet.
We will have a “Gallery Walk” of your fluxus boxes and Manifesto.
Experiment 1.) Brainstorm a list of things you might want to put into your fluxus box based on what was often put into these boxes in the past. For example, you could make it retro or futuristic depending on the direction you think your manifesto might take. You could update the content and concepts to make it more relatable to your friends and peers, or you can specify a more specific audience. 2.) Create at least three rough sketches (in any visual media) that can result in an interesting fluxus box that will engage your “patrons.” You will peer share this phase with the class on the 6th of March, Tuesday. As a gentle reminder, your bill of rights and responsibilities indicates your right to participation and my right to ask unprepared students to leave, which I will do and mark you absent for the day. This initial phase is designed for you to demonstrate your initial critical readings of artists’ manifestos, apply research skills and observation to determine the conventions of the fluxus box genre, demonstrate your ability to interpret these boxes for your audience, help you begin to draw out similar themes across two different mediums, 3D visual media (the box) and written text (the manifesto). ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Phase Two: Manifesto and Fluxus Box Ideas: Notes on Peer Response, More Detailed Sketch or Diagram, Initial Statement of Intent ideas, Outside Research to Share Due Thurs. March 8, 2012 at 12:35pm Now that members of your peer group have helped you to determine what aspects of your rough sketches and brainstorming ideas might work in your fluxus box, and which aspects might be difficult to get across in this genre. You will need to consider what parts of their advice you want to consider as you begin to develop the artist’s manifesto to go with the ideas you are forming for your fluxus box. Complete the following: Research 1.) Find two examples of artists’ manifestos: a good example and a bad example. Write down what makes your good example “good” and what makes your bad example “bad.” You will swap and share this information on your blog. Experiment 2.) Develop a more coherent idea and sketch of your fluxus box and its contents. Feel free to use Google Sketch-‐up or Inkscape—both are open source software programs—to develop your ideas. Paper is fine, too. Flesh out the specific contents you want to place in the box and write the ideas down. 3.) Gather materials for the fluxus box and its contents. Remember this does not have to cost much! Use and re-‐purpose found objects when you can. 4.) Mindmap or outline your manifesto draft. Intent 1.) Consider the steps you are taking and write an initial statement of intent that tells me how you are approaching this project as a both a writer learning how to do something new and document problems that you encounter with drafting the manifesto and the fluxus box. You will peer share phase two within small groups today.
In Class Activity 1.) Blog about the conventions you find in “good” fluxus boxes and note what your peers notice. Consider how you will address their concerns in your experiment section for phase three. Look at a peer’s blog and post an extensive comment on something that interests you. This second phase is designed for you to develop deeper knowledge of your own creative process as a “writer” of new genres and is designed to help you become more selective and specific in order to get and keep other people’s attention. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY SPRING BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Phase Three Drafting Stage: Digital image of your Fluxus Box with some contents, Draft of Manifesto, Revised Statement of Intent Due Thurs. March 22, 2012 at 12:35pm Today you will share in small groups your developing fluxus box, a draft of your manifesto, and an statement of intent. You will need to have posted your draft manifesto and draft statement of intent to Google Docs for peer editing by the time class starts. Your peers should help you determine what strengths you have, and you should keep that in mind as you work toward the final draft and project as a whole. You should each have a peer partner to work with in Google Docs. Experiment 1.) Post a digital image of your fluxus box to your blog post. Discuss the contents and explain why you have chosen or constructed the objects to place in it thus far. Explain how they relate to your manifesto and how they fit the conventions of the fluxus box genre. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Phase Four Final Stage: All four components: 1.) research, 2.) experimentation, 3.) intent, and 4.) final product(s). Due Tues. March 27, 2012 at 12:35pm Today, we will have a shared “Gallery Walk” and anonymous peer-‐assessment, which I will consider as a key part of your final grade for this project. You will need to turn in a well-‐organized version of this project that includes ALL aspects of the project process from START to FINISH to get full credit for this major project. In addition, electronic versions of the statement of intent and the artist’s manifesto in the Stevenson 250 folders located on the laptop in our classroom. You will find your personal folder under my file folder heading. USEFUL PROJECT NOTES: Fluxus Box—You will need to do significant research on this visual media in order to create something fun and engaging for people to interact with. Remember that Fluxus artists valued a do-‐it-‐yourself approach, valued simplicity over complexity, actively disliked the conventional market-‐driven art world, and favored an artist-‐centered creative practice that was global in scope long before the Internet.
Manifesto—You will need to connect the visual ideas that you present with the manifesto you write in order to more fully articulate your position. Remember that art manifestos are pretty extreme in their rhetoric and intended to be shocking in order to achieve a revolutionary effect. They often address wider issues, such as the political or economic systems that limit creative expression.
General Research Ideas: Specifics: Who is this visual genre’s audience and how does the manifesto relate to it?
Compare the visual genre and attitudes towards commercial consumer culture. How do you convey these ideas in your own manifesto?
What is the history of the visual genre’s formation, were there manifestos made to coincide with it?
Compare the contemporary situation of “Occupy Wall Street” to the Fluxus movement. Are the commonalities that you can draw upon to enhance your understanding of the visual genre or manifesto genre?
What is the visual genre’s purpose for social interactions? Funny, angry, political, communal, etc…
Can you think of personal experiences with contemporary visual genres that seem similar to you? What form does it take?
How does this visual genre create experiences for others? Does your manifesto do the same thing?
Compare the reasons that the visual genre exists and why it was formed and for whom, complement that with your manifesto.
What are appropriate research sources for this visual genre? Did you note or include these in research section, or experiment notes? How did you determine the conventions of the manifesto genre?
Compare the ideas about society’s view of the visual genre you used? How did most people react to it? Are there contemporary parallels that you addressed in your manifesto?
Audience-‐Your immediate audience is fellow ISU students enrolled in ENG 101, but more broadly through the blog posts and Pinterest you are sharing your research and ideas with a global community—in the same spirit as the original Fluxus artists. Your peers will have to read selections from the research that you do; therefore, you will need to be thoughtful and thorough. You will need to be able to make the readings available via Google docs or some other source.