Humanities Arts Cultural Stu 0259 - Subjective Archives: Research Based Practices

Subjective Archives will delve into the processes that feed our image-making practices, examining research as an integral act in the creation of moving-image works. We will expand our definitions of 'research', straying beyond the institutions of libraries and archives to consider the manifold ways our work is informed by and in conversation with other media. Meeting artists and thinkers such as Harun Farocki, Ja'Tovia Gary, Mary Helena Clark, Teju Cole, and Saidiya Hartman, we will critically engage with the ways documents, images, and ephemera are transformed through each artists' creative practice. In addition to exploring artworks and texts by other makers, students will examine their own patterns of research, auditing the media they ingest and reflecting on their habits of collection. Over the course of the semester students' will complete creative projects as they burrow further into their own subjective archives. Keywords:Film, Video, Archive, Research, Production

Time and Narrative Students should expect to spend 8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time Lab/Materials fee: $65