Reference no: EM133739857

Overview: Creative art exploration: Document your process of creatively playing with and experimenting with one material.

Learning outcome 1: Articulate and explore the many and varied languages of human expression through personal, social and philosophical perspectives.

The goal of the task is to explore one material and document your process. The submission will consist of a series of images and writing showing the process and your thinking while doing it. This work must be informed by the set reading.

ARTISTIC LANGUAGE

Read the introductory chapter and the material inquiry chapters 2-5 of Pacini-Ketchabaw Encounters with Materials.

Look at the Material Inquiry document in Session 1.
Choose one material and the chapter on it in the Encounters with Materials book.
Closely read the chapter for the material you have chosen, making notes and reflecting as you read.
Select one other reading from the unit (either from eReserve or from within sessions 1 - 3) to support your discussion of your artistic process and how it relates to communication and expression.

MATERIAL
Get your hands on the material.
Clay - use actual clay, not playdough, not modelling clay. Use something as close to 'earth' as you can.
Paint - any kind of paint is fine, even paint made from materials around your kitchen or home.
Charcoal - you can buy artist's charcoal, or use charcoal from a fire
Paper - explore the different kinds of paper available, there are more than you'd think!

The following levels of criteria will be used to grade this assessment task:

Criterion 1: Documentation of play and experimentation with the materials

Criterion 2: Connection to the readings

Criterion 3: References

Assessment review

Chose 1 material (paint, clay, paper, charcoal) EXPLORE and EXPERIMENT with it, play with it, what can you do with it......

Explore and document your personal, social and philosophical perspectives about the material and your own personal experience of playing with it and how you can communicate with and through the material.

What does the material feel like? How does it make you feel? What emotions or sensations does it create? What thoughts are going through your mind? How can you manipulate the material? how it interacts with you and you with it, what are your thoughts, questions while playing with the material discoveries did you encounter while playing the material?

Document your exploration and play with pictures, video's, drawings, writings and thoughts. Take videos/photos,
create drawings or thought bubbles, as you explore this material and its capabilities - from start to finish - we want to see the processes involved - they need to take US on their playful journey with the material - documenting their journey as they go.
Use ideas from the readings to influence what you do and think while at play with the material Material inquiry document

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