Artist Presentations

TRM 153: Studio Concepts

Artist Presentations

Due: November 14, 2013

Each member of class will be conducting independent research on a selected or assigned artist or filmmaker. You will present this research to the class on Thursday November 14, 2013. Presentations should be between 7-10 minutes long. You may choose to write out your presentation or not, but you are required to turn in an outline and a bibliography at the time of your presentation. Please bring a hard copy for your instructor. For reference, it takes around 5 minutes to read one page of single spaced text at a slow pace. Be sure to practice.

Each presentation and outline must include:

1. Short biography of artist
2. Historical/social/political context of where and when your artist lived and made work
3. Major themes your artist addresses
4. The conceptual, technical, political, or other impact you think your artist had on their chosen media and/or society
5. An analysis of one work* or body of work* that you find reflects (3) and (4).

For photographic work: Choose 3-5 images from a series to analyze for the class.

For video/film/sound work: Select a 2-3 minute clip to view in class and analyze.

*These cannot be clips or images viewed in class.

Your bibliography must include at least 3 sources, cited MLA style:

1. A book OR academic article accessed via JSTOR (or similar)
2. Full Citation of the work you presented (this counts as one). Make sure to include the Title, date, and original media of the work. Also include where and how you accessed the work (DVD? Book? Slides? ArtStor? Ubuweb?).
3. Reputable Internet Sources (They count as one, but include all. Wikipedia does not count: any information you find here MUST be cited from a second, reputable source.)

Assignments:

Mike	Stanley Kubrick
Melanie	Cindy Sherman
Jonny	Bill Viola
Sydney	Carrie Mae Weems
Gordon	Alfred Hitchcock
Christina	Alfonso Cuaron
Chris	Alexander Sakurov
Andrew C	Bruce Nauman
Andrew S	John Cage
JJ	Lars Von Trier
Eliana	Danny Elfman
Laura	Sophie Calle
Kevin	Quay Brothers
Drew	John Baldessari