Record

*What does it mean “to record”? What are some synonyms?

*What are some examples of things that might be/have been recorded? What is the purpose? How does recording pertain to memory, posterity, and acceptance?

*Who/what issues official records? Consider recording/records as relates to authority, law, commitment, freedom/restriction, and inclusion/exclusion.

*What are some examples of records or documents that pertain to you? Which do you carry with you?

*What are some examples of essential/high desirable records/documents? What are the implications of having them or not having them? What are the risks/rewards?

-Brainstorm materials/objects/imagery that pertain to the theme of this project. Determine a topic upon which you’d like to focus. In choosing your topic, remember to challenge yourself; find a subject that is new to you.

-Collect/generate at least 8-10 objects or images. You must take your own pictures if using source imagery (though you may borrow in part if it’s necessary for your concept. (See me in that case.)

-Create 8+ thumbnails to arrive at the strongest possible concept and composition. (Each thumbnail should be no smaller than a baseball card.) Consider the full picture plane, including your background.

-Choose the surface, dimensions and material for your project.

Other Resources:

The Story Corp Project; https://storycorps.org

The Keeper, exhibition and show catalogue

An article or two that might help give you an idea....

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/21/insects-giant-ecosystem-collapsing-human-activity-catastrophe

On Kawara

A Japanese-American artist, one of a "generation of Conceptual artists that began to emerge in the mid-1960s, stripping art of personal emotion, reducing it to nearly pure information or idea and greatly playing down the art object."

Kawara created nearly 3,000 date paintings in more than 112 cities worldwide in a project that was planned to end only with his death.

On Kawara, canvases from the 'Today Series' (1966 - 2014)

Dapper Bruce Lafitte

A native New Orleanian, African-American artist who only returned to drawing after Hurricane Katrina. In this work, he celebrates the musical traditions of the city as well as the painful narratives of those as they struggled to survive the storm.

https://hyperallergic.com/374031/drawing-on-firsthand-experience-to-depict-the-horrors-of-hurricane-katrina/

Clayton Patterson

Clayton Patterson

Untitled (homeless woman with grey jacket), 1991/2007

C-print

Clayton Patterson

Untitled (graffiti door- guy with boom box), 1995/2007

C-print

Yuji Agematsu

Yuji Agematsu, 01-01-2014 ~ 12-31-2014 , 2014, mixed media, cellophane wrappers, and aluminum shelving.

Wilson Bentley

late 19th-early 20th c. Vermont photographer who documented over 5,000 different snowflakes

adapted a microscopic lens to a bellows camera

Zofia Rydet

a Polish photographer, best known for her project "Sociological Record", which aimed to document every household in Poland

http://zofiarydet.com/zapis/en/pages/sociological-records/intro

Soviet bone records--1950s

Soviet makeshift LPs etched into used X-rays, which were playable on a turntable and provided a fitting disguise for contraband music

https://www.npr.org/2016/01/09/462289635/bones-and-grooves-weird-secret-history-of-soviet-x-ray-music

http://iainmuirhead.com/v1hpmjdf32ey3fl3niaxq99xdo1l3z

http://iainmuirhead.com/j2s4973lc0g266kbdkvje9j7v7p1cn

https://hyperallergic.com/511953/an-artists-maps-of-imperialism-and-greed/

https://hyperallergic.com/512378/silent-kingdom-a-world-beneath-the-waves-christian-vizl-review/

https://hyperallergic.com/512320/as-parkland-parents-honor-son-with-el-paso-mural-city-struck-by-walmart-shooting/