Get the list of creative traits prepared by one of the other group members. Discuss the list to make sure you understand it.
Present to the class (read out and comment) the list prepared by the other group member.
Turn in your own list of creative traits.
Research activity
Return to the display cases in the building, on both floors.
Look for the drawing that, in your opinion, was created by the artist with the most training. Likewise, identify the drawing showing the least training.
Keep in mind the criteria listed in chapter 2 of the book. Overall realism may be one of them (if the work is representational),
but consider also other clues of 'mainstream' vs 'outsider' approaches.
Describe these two drawings in your own words (the drawings may not be there by the time we meet again).
Based on the procedure used last week, which of the two is most original?
Bring in your observations and conclusions next time we meet.
Home activity
Remember, no class next monday, Sept. 5.
Read chapter 3 (pp.39-71) of the textbook
Home activities cancelled due to projector problems
Refer to your list of symbols/icons from the Naqoyqatsi segment.
Look (in magazines, on the web) for further examples of the two that recur most often.
Save your samples (if they are from the web, print them out) and describe the visual elements that appear in them (line, shape, mass, space, motion, light, color, texture).
Refer to your notes about mode changes in the 2001: A Space Odissey segment.
Write down which visual elements change among them (line, shape, mass, space, motion, light, color, texture).
Turn in your notes, lists and samples next time you come to class.
