This assignment asks you to consider Solnit’s theories about how women move in public space and create a proposal for a work of public art.
SITE:
Using the location of the current “Women’s Way” murals, you must reconsider the mural, site and surrounding context. How does a women use this space? How does a woman feel in this space? How does the location of this public artwork currently inform its tribute to a women’s organization? How can you transform this space to either uncover or diminish some of the things that Solnit discusses in “Walkscapes?”
PROPOSAL:
Your proposal should be for the creation of something physical. Performance can be part of it, but not its sum total. You may also transform the space, from a design perspective, in any way you see fit to meet your needs. (Light, sound, space are all malleable). THINK BIG! BUDGET IS NOT AN ISSUE.
PRESENTATION:
Your presentation can be a set of physical drawings or in the form of a book or presentation board. You may also use digital media to create your presentation (Powerpoint, keynote, PDF). Contained within, but not limited to, you must provide the following documentation: drawings, photographs, writing and maps. Each of you must create a physical mock-up (not to scale). That mock-up may only appear in the final proposal as an image. You may also include video and audio, though it is not required.
WHERE TO BEGIN:
You will begin the process by researching. What is Women’s Way? How and when did the current work of art arrive there? What do people think about it? How does it function at day, at night? What are some other local or non-local public artworks that are mean to be a tribute to the work of women?
DUE NEXT WEEK (FEB 22)
- A series of images of the site and its context on disk or thumbdrive
- At least 5 images printed out at 8.5 x 11
- Some internet research about Women’s Way and the Mural completed
- Some initial proposal ideas established – for this you may want to print images, do sketches or write
- Come prepared to class with your drawing toolbox and drawing paper
This is public art 