Class#4: Translation Follow-up

Included Below:

1. Lecture and blog assignment

2. HW Assignment

3. NEXT WEEK MEET AT MOMA! 11 West 53rd Street Manhattan---> 1:45pm!!!



1. Lecture!!!

Watch lecture and listen to all accompanying videos.







Blog Assignment: Answer the questions in a blog post.

In the lecture I highlighted 4 artists whos' processes were about translating some kind of information about the world into a visual form; Jackson Pollock, Lynda Benglis, Maria Elena Conzalez, and Rashaad Newsome.

Pick one of these artists and answer these questions in a substantial paragraph in your own words.

1. Describe the artist's process.
2. What information is the artist trying to translate through this process.
3. What other information is (intentionally or unintentionally) captured in the finished visual/audio work.
4. Is the final outcome of the process interesting to you? Why?


2. HW Assignment: Process Drawing

Now YOU are going to make a drawing that is determined by some kind of process of translation.

Think of it as creating simple ( or complicated) rules for yourself that will produce a visual record.

What kinds of information can you convey through your rule system (gravity, certain physical aspects of the body, the speed of a glassful of grape juice as it crashes into your living room wall, etc. Embrace a system that explores things you are interested in.

Examples (Don't used these. You have to think of your own):

1. Clutch a pencil between your toes and attempt to draw perfect circles on a sheet of paper.

2. Roll a six-sided dye and depending on your roll, draw a pencil line that number of inches long on a sheet of paper, turning the sheet of paper 45 degrees after each roll.

3. Find an ant on the ground and draw a line behind him as he walks, wherever he goes.

4. Cover the floor of your kitchen with slices of bread. Dip your feet in jelly and walk around.
    Dip feet in peanut butter. Repeat.

Decide on the rules. Obviously I'm encouraging you to go a little crazy with this. Dont do anything dangerous. Also, see your system through. Dont try it once and feel like youre finished. PERFECT YOUR SYSTEM.

Then make a second blog post and write up you rule system. Include one or more images of the "drawing" that was produced through the process, enough to fully illustrate your system.




3. MOMA FIELD TRIP next week Monday 3/31 1:45 PM !!!

Show your laguardia student ID for FREE TICKET, meet on 4th floor in front of the below Jackson Pollock Painting

Museum of Modern Art, 11 W 53rd Street, Manhattan



TRAINS:
E,M train to 5 av / 53rd
B,D,F,M to 47-50 Rockefeller
4,5,6 to 59th
7 train to Grand Central and Walk 11 blocks, no sweat!





Meet at this painting at 1:45 (FLOOR 4)

ON VIEW  |  PAINTING AND SCULPTURE II, GALLERY 16, FLOOR 4

Jackson Pollock (American, 1912–1956)

One: Number 31, 1950

Date:

1950

Medium:

Oil and enamel paint on canvas

Dimensions:

8' 10" x 17' 5 5/8" (269.5 x 530.8 cm)

Credit Line:

Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection Fund (by exchange)

MoMA Number:

7.1968

Copyright:

© 2014 Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York