Jeepers Creepers
Sculpture Class
NYU
Chloe Piene
“An ancient immortal known as the "The Creeper", which hunts every twenty-third spring for twenty three days to feast on human body parts which, upon consumption, form part of its own body. It seeks out its victims through fear, by smelling the fear it finds something it likes, but no one knows what.”
“In Jewish folklore, a golem (pron.: /ˈɡoʊləm/ goh-ləm; Hebrew: גולם) is an animated anthropomorphic being, created entirely from inanimate matter. The word was used to mean an amorphous, unformed material in Psalms and medieval writing.[1]”
Reading assignments will be posted online
Some assignments (written) will be emailed directly to me
Main focus of the class:
To create a new, well developed and refined body of sculptural work by the end of the class
To become adept at breaking down things, places and images according to their phsyical contents
To think and act critically about a moving image, object or situation
To leave with a greater understanding of how the forensic and the physical support, create, or defy narrative and symbolic lines of thinking
SCHEDULE:
1/29/13
Introduction
Who am I
Who are you
What is a body, a figure
What is monumental, what is just there
Scenes assigned
SCENE ASSIGNMENTS:
Scene 1/2 Hilary
Scene 3/4 David
Scene 5 Grace
Scene 6/7 Camille
Scene 8/9 Kate
Scene 10/11 Rebekah
Scene 12 Paul
All Scenes/No Scene at All Alex
Scene 13 Dennis
Scene 14/15 Alyssa
Scene 16/17 Caroline
Scene 18 Anthony
Scene 19 Camila
Scene 20 Nicolas
Scene 21 Zak
Assignment 1:
Write down 3 things which are interesting to you tied to what you like to do. Write on each (what and why). Bring into class.
Make 3 objects that take from 3 details in your assigned scene. The details can be physical, narrative, compositional or action based. Bring into classs.
2/5/13
Read your 3 things (written): present your three pieces (realtime)
Scene 2
Brother and Sister
Images of the Hermaphrodite in Alchemy vs. the concept of Siblings as a complete story
Assignment
1 object, 23 pounds heavy (plaster, wood, steel, plastic bags filled with water, your body, a car turned into a sculpture, etc.)
that uses
1 detail from your three objects of last week (pink rasberry juice, dust, hair, earrings, a connecting phone cord, water, signage, shadows, hidden or covered objects: are some examples)
shot
23 ways, in an interesting and specific location or locations (outside, rooftop, closet, interior, stairwell, tree, person, people, body part) incorporating
1 body part or body in each location (partial or whole, connected or separate from the object)
2/12/13
Present Assignment on the Monitor. Meet in room 6E.
No Scene/All Scenes
The Unspeakable word for God
The story of the Golem, a body made of dust and clay: the magical word that brings the sculpture to life
The Golem vs. The Creeper!
Reading assignment: Piero Camporesi
1. Reading Assignment: identify three specific parts of the reading that you like, link them to 3 contemporary artists: write about the 3 and the link; email me assignment
2. Assignment: 5 images of a new piece using the old piece transformed by SHADOW: email to me
3. Assignment: present one piece in class using DARKNESS. Blindness, sound, action, extremely minimal or dim light are all excellent catalysts. This piece is brand new, but feel free to work from this weeks class as a starting point if you must.
2/19/2013
Present Assignment
Report on reading assignment via email
No Scene/All Scenes
The Unspeakable word for God
The story of the Golem, a body made of dust and clay: the magical word that brings the sculpture to life
The Golem vs. The Creeper!
( Scene 5
Wrapped Body
Egyptian tomb sculpture, medieval tomb sculpture, renaissance tomb sculpture: stone containers and the bodies of kings and queens standing guard
Assignment: Reconfigure, box up, bottle up, reassess, rewrap.
1.
For next class
Re-do of the writing pieces with an image of what you are referring to; Title, Date, Material and Dimension of the piece by the contemporary artist and the part of Camporesi's chapter. Please email to me by MONDAY night.
2.
For next class
A piece shown in total darkness
3.
Due 2 weeks from now
Note:
If digital images are involved, be sure to send them to me by Monday evening before class so the monitor can be ready for you.
Also, if you have any special timing requests please ask by Monday PM so that everyone can be accommodated.
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2/26/2013
Present Assignments
3/5/2013
Present Assignment: I was not able to secure any special space by tomorrow but for your final projects I will.
Zach and Alyssa are going to start the class with their pieces from the previous classes
Followed by
Alex and Grace (same)
Kate is going to then kick off 2 week assignment with her presentation in a building on 11th St. and 3rd Avenue.
Everyone please meet in the 6th floor classroom, Alyssa and Zach please be ready to start on time as we are going to have to make super efficient use of all the time we have tomorrow!
No Scene/All Scenes
A face in the Darkness or No Face At All
Faces whose power lies in their obscurity; things half seen, through a veil of cloth or shadow
Final Project Discussion
Final Project Proposals as a List: Email to me
((Scene 8/9
Fall Down the Rabbit Hole
Thrown into a bog hole: decoration and sacred grave objects as means to trace the body/figure??
3/12/2013
20 Images to do with Final Project
5 observations as to what you did; 5 ideas as to what you want to do.
20 images documenting your work, to spec.
3/19/2013
NO CLASS SPRING BREAK
3/26/2012
4/2/2013
Drawing and Sculpture - combined and apart. What does it mean to make a physical mark?
Meet at CP Studio.
Reading assignments, assigned.
Drawing assignment Due 4/9/2013.
(Scene 13
“Smelling the laundry”
Stinky Sculpture, immaterial sculpture, enhanced sculpture, the smell of fear, the smell of the ages, no smell and clinical, eradicating smells)
Final Project Overview
4/9/2013
Drawing assignments due
4/16/2013
Scene 14 - The End
4/23/2013
Reading Assignment
4/30/2013
Reading Discussion
Final Projects
5/7/2013
Final Projects
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