Description
NOTE: For Painting majors, elective instructor cannot be the same as studio instructor.
How does one understand the concept of the book? How does it relate to the practice of drawing, series, collaboration and observation? Is the book specifically an object, or how can we expand it? In this course, students will engage these questions by exploring drawing practices that surround the book historically, practically and conceptually. Various bookmaking approaches will be paired with research into both analog and digital materials science. Additionally, investigations into the cultural pluralism of the book will be paired with conceptual drawing problems. To that end, this class will pay particular attention to the various differences and diffusions between historically Arabic, Turkish, Persian, East Asian and Western / European bookmaking traditions as a departure point for projects in a contemporary context. These projects will explore relationships between still and time-based med