Description
[Social Practice minor; Sound minor] This course examines the multiplicity of art works that are motivated by real events, experiences, communities, locations, social struggles and people that are grounded within the term ‘documentary’ seen through an interdisciplinary perspective. In addition, students will engage in instructor-supervised fieldwork based inquiry, participant observation, investigative research, project development, and production of a body of work by each individual student that is based on a model where artistic expression and social understanding are stressed. In addition to producing individualized work, the course provides a historical, theoretical and intellectual perspective to the classification of ‘documentary’ by means of lectures, screenings, technical demonstrations and group discussions.