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SPRING 2010 TH+F, 8am -11am


Classroom Cohen Studio, first floor
Professors Alicia Eggert, eggert@alfred.edu
Michelle Illuminato, illuminato@alfred.edu
TA Ann Holley, annholley@hotmail.com
Delicious List http://delicious.com/softWORKS
Blog http://alfredtime.blogspot.com/

Course Description and Goals Blog


Daily there are reminders that time is passing. Think for Each student will contribute to the class blog,
example about the last time you experienced time going alfredtime.blogspot.com, by uploading documentation of
‘too fast’ or too ‘slow’, or how birds singing may awaken completed assignments. You will receive an email
you to the passing of winter, or how ticking causes inviting you to become an "author", in which case you
anxiety and a sense of hurriedness, or how spotting a will be able to log in, upload information, and label your
photo of your childhood can remind you of the past. posts with your name. Each student's name will appear as
  a label at the very top of the blog's homepage, and
In this course we will investigate the many definitions of everyone's work will therefore be easily accessible. Your
time and the ways time makes itself evident in our contributions to the class blog will be used to evaluate
everyday lives. We’ll take a look at its history and learn your work, and will significantly affect your grade. 
about how artists (and you, too) can use time both as a
concept and a structure for art making. We’ll discuss an Attendance & In Class Participation
artwork’s sense of time, and how duration can inform Attendance is not only mandatory but it is crucial to your
content. We will explore time-based art media, including success in this class. Weekly we will discuss readings, crit
sound/video, performance, and kinetic sculpture. In this work, view slides and videos, and work on in-class exercises.
class you will acquire a fundamental knowledge of low These important activities cannot be repeated. If you are not
RPM motors and basic electronics, kinetics, performance, in class please find out from the other students what was
sound recording, and time-based art documentation. covered and if work was assigned. This class will adhere to
the Alfred Foundations Attendance Policy. That policy states
Evaluation & Grading that students are allowed 3 absences during the semester
Evaluation is determined by the commitment to, quality, and without affecting their grade. This includes all four of your
completion of—your artistic work, fieldwork/research and workshops and the Wednesday morning class.
class participation.
You will be expected to help foster the class community by Crits & Coffee Breaks
taking an active role in the discussions, thoroughly reading all When working in your studio it is important to stop sometimes
assigned materials, and energetically pursuing your own and see where you are and reevaluate where you are going.
learning through the engagement with your own art practice. Certainly crits are one formalized way that we do this in art
school. As a class we will have several types of crits this
Readings and Resources block. We will meet together for whole class crits, individual
You will be assigned research materials in the form of in-progress crits with the professor, and in small ‘coffee-
readings, websites and audio works. Interesting conversations break’ crits.
result from everyone coming to class prepared, thinking
critically, and openly joining the dialogue. An excellent So what is a coffee-break crit? You will be asked to meet
discussion is one where the group questions their own with one of your colleagues to discuss your current project.
assumptions and together works on developing a higher level You may invite them to your working space or meet
of understanding of the material at hand. somewhere else. Before you meet, prepare a list of what
you’d like to accomplish during this focused time. You should
What to Bring to Class document your partner’s suggestions in your journal and be
Please bring to every class: Your foundations art supply prepared to report on the meeting.
kit, a sketchbook, a jump drive.
And if you own them: A digital camera and/or video Field Trips & Outside Lectures
recorder, laptop, cell phone, ipod. Depending on schedules and events we may arrange to
meet in a place other than the classroom during the
ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) Information course. Dates will be discussed ahead of time and
If you are a student with a documented disability and you arranged according to personal schedules. As an
need accommodations, please make an appointment with extension of the class you will be asked to attend several
the Director of Student Affairs. Also please feel free to of the Alfred School of Art + Design lectures. We will use
discuss any issues directly related these important presentations as possible points of
discussion in class.

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