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Fine Arts · MS elective · 3 credit hours · 16 sessions

Installation Art & Site-Specific Practices

This course moves art off the wall and into the room. It explores how to transform space into an experience. Students will learn to work with “Site-Specificity”—creating art that responds to the history, architecture, and lighting of a specific location. The curriculum covers fabrication skills, the use of ready-mades, and the phenomenology of how a viewer moves through an immersive environment.

§ 01 By the end you can
  1. Analyze the relationship between the artwork and the viewer's body (Phenomenology)
  2. Fabricate large-scale structures using wood, metal, and found objects
  3. Design lighting schemes that define space and mood
  4. Execute a "Site-Specific" proposal: Responding to architectural constraints
  5. Address logistics: Safety, public access, and de-installation
§ 02 Sixteen sessions

The whole semester.

  1. 01History of Installation: From Duchamp to Kusama
  2. 02Defining "Site-Specificity": Context & History
  3. 03Spatial Analysis: Mapping the Room
  4. 04Materials I: Ephemeral & Organic
  5. 05Materials II: Industrial & Structural
  6. 06Fabrication: Basic Carpentry & Rigging
  7. 07The Readymade: Repurposing Objects
  8. 08 · MidtermMidterm Examination
  9. 09Light & Shadow as Material
  10. 10Audio Installation: Soundscapes
  11. 11Video Installation: Projection Mapping
  12. 12Interactive Elements: Sensors & Triggers
  13. 13Outdoor Installation: Weather & Durability
  14. 14The Proposal: Maquettes & Renderings
  15. 15Safety & Liability in Public Spaces
  16. 16Final Project: The Immersive Environment

Midterm around session 8. Final project briefed at session 8 or 9 and developed in stages until the juries.

§ 03 Final project

Final Project: The Immersive Environment

How it’s judged

Recommended reading
  1. Installation Art: A Critical History by Claire Bishop
  2. One Place after Another: Site-Specific Art and Locational Identity by Miwon Kwon
  3. Space and Place: The Perspective of Experience by Yi-Fu Tuan
  4. From Margin to Center: The Spaces of Installation Art by Julie H. Reiss
  5. Illuminating Engineering Society Lighting Handbook (Technical Ref)
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