Description
[Social Practice minor] The dissemination of printed media has its history in the visual and cultural production of radical political change. Furthermore, the expanded definition of print-based media as a mode for individual expression has produced work that opts out and complicates dominant/normative visual expressions. This unique course will use print-based processes in a studio/seminar setting to research the various histories and intersections present in feminist/queer theory. A series of lectures, readings, and discussions initiating individual studio investigations will establish a broad foundation for the definition of queerness in students' own lives as it relates to sexuality, gender, race, and/or class. We will explore nuances in print such as text & design, publishing, graphics, layered imagery, memory, reproducibility, and the multiple in order to visualize the queer experience. No prior printmaking experience is necessary. This course prioritizes LGBTQIA+ students and wi