Space Shaping Image Making II: Readings
Course Description
Summary
“Not long ago, a near prerequisite for vanguard architecture was an engagement with theory; lately it has become an acquaintance with art” or so observed Hal Foster in his 2011 book ‘The Art Architecture Complex.’ While ideas about what constitutes cutting edge architecture may have transformed in the decade since, entanglements between art and architecture and the reciprocal effects that they have on each other remain central to architectural discourse. This course is about how various architects have engaged art in their work since (as Foster notes) “Minimalists opened the art object to its architectural condition” in turn prompting post-industrial architects to attend to surface, shape, and image with a new sensitivity. Through weekly readings, lectures, and discussions, we will consider how (regardless of the final outcome) lines between art, design, and technology become blurred when considering questions about utility, pleasure, and survival that undergird many architectural projects (and many works of art). Reading responses, a term paper, and an exam—this is not a studio course. Students enrolled in Picture Pattern Paper Model are encouraged to take this section of the course.
Learning Outcomes
- - The ability to read (and read about) architectural drawings - plans, sections, elevations
etc.
- a familiarity with the influence of modern architecture on contemporary architectural practice
- a familiarity of what constitutes Minimal art and its legacy in contemporary art and architecture
- practice analyzing and writing about architectural projects and works of art independently, and as they relate to one another.
Prerequisites
- prior coursework in the humanities (Art History, History, Anthropology, Literature, Philosophy etc.) -- preferably at the advanced level
- prior coursework in Visual Art
Please contact the faculty member : farhadmirza@bennington.edu
Cross List
- Design