Violet's Section "A"
Wednesday | 2:10 PM - 3:25 PM
Room 618, Johnson/Kaplan 66 W 12th
Final Presentation Space Booked! 12/8 in the Lang Cafe (B100). See the announcement page for more detials
Room 618, Johnson/Kaplan 66 W 12th
The Question of this Class:
What could happen when humans destroy their environment so completely that no one can survive?
To be explored via:
What has happened (Chernobyl); What could happen (Nausicaä’s Valley of the Wind);
What we can do (as will be seen in your projects)
DEC 8th DURING LECTURE TIME, LANG CAFE. Set up begins 5.00pm, Open to public 5.30pm
Final Lecture:
Dec 15th, a Debate amongst Prof, TA's, Students. Are we Post-Humans?
Springtime in Chernobyl should be finished before October 20th.
Nausicaä can be read at your leisure but:
We want to finish Volumes 1 and 2 before the first Nausicaä discussion on October 27th
and the whole 7 volumes before November 17th.
Note: Volume, Chapter, and Book all mean the same thing here.
START NOW! Here is a reading schedule that we can follow (the dates are 'finish by'):
Finish these Volumes by the dates below to read on pace; Feel free to read faster than this schedule.
September 22nd: Volume 1
September 29th: Volume 2
October 6th: Volume 3
October 13th: Volume 4
October 20th: Volume 5 (and Springtime in Chernobyl)
November 3rd: Volume 6
BY November 17th Finish: Volume 7 The seventh volume is the longest!
Your projects will be focused on history, alternative energy, or utopian thinking, allowing you expansive territory for thought and research. Project areas could include: media studies, comparative literature, graphic design, web design, architecture, and environmental design.
FINAL PRESENTATIONS Dec 8th
Midterm
Project Title:
Group Members Names:
Project Opportunity Statement:
Goal + Content (Historical, Scientific, Environmental, Aesthetic + Disciplines):
Scope (what will be executed):
Media: Text, visual, sculpture, film, digital media, etc… (Interdisciplinarity):
Known Constraints/Risks:
Timeline (Grading day: Week of Dec 1st, Final Presentation Dec 8th):
1-2 pgs.
Send by Oct 29th via email
PROJECT UPDATE PRESENTATION
To be worked on in class Oct 8th and next week (Oct 15)
Oct 22 Showcase what you have been working on & Feedback
Oct 29 “Midterm” - Official clearly-defined proposal due
Ideas:
Moodboard
Clear Roles: Who is doing what? What is shared?
References
Production Schedule (when will you aim to get these tasks done?)
What can you do in class vs does anything need to be done outside of class?
What is the scope of the project?
How your idea has changed since your initial presentation
What materials will you need to source?
Oct 22 Show what you have started working on & explain it.
texts, sources, media that may be of interest relating to your projects & the class
Nausicaaä:
Early Christianity, Gnosticism, Animism
On Spotify, Soundcloud, Youtube
The two artists draw each other's work