DDA 500, Large-scale Digital Imaging
This semester-long project consists of conceiving, researching, designing, producing and exhibiting at least one large-scale digital image. For the purposes of this course, "large-scale" here means larger than approximately 6 square meters, or 7 square yards -- that is, significanlty large than an adult human. You will work on a single project throughout the entire semester because:
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Working on a
very large image is usually very time-consuming.
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Physically
producing/fabricating a very large image is usually quite difficult technically. You will probably be figuring out for the first time things you have never done before and will need to do lots of experimentation.
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Installing a very large image is also very challenging for the same reasons and will also require lots of experimentation
Each of you must carefully assess and have approved by me the practicality of your project in terms of time, materials, and money. Throughout the semester you will receive conceptual, artistic, and technical feedback from each other and from me, and will constantly be re-assessing the feasibility of your project.
The work you produce
should, of course, be artistically substantive.
It should also have valid reasons for being the size it is.
The production of each
project will be divided into three five-week stages, with each stage serving as a graded
assignment. See the links to the
individual assignments for information about what is due for that assignment.
As you conclude your project in the final weeks of the semester, you will write a set of artist's statements to be included with the final exhibition of your artwork. Exhibition ofyour completed artworks will be somewhere on the Pratt campus. You are encouraged to seek out locations on your own. Because of the size of the works, a gallery space is frequently not practical. Wall space in this Department or others might be a possibility. In all instances, you must secure permission to exhibit in that space.