Themes

Seeing is forgetting the name of the thing one sees.
Paul Valery

As artists, the one true inquiry of art as a pure subject is an inquiry of our potential to know the world around us and our actively being in it, with a particular emphasis on the aesthetic. This world is not just somehow given to us whole. We perceive, we shape the world, and as artists we discover and give value to our human potential to "see" the infinite richness (beauty?) in everything, creating an extended aesthetic reality.
Robert Irwin

The entire secret of designing is the conscious insertion of a building into the community of what exists.
Heinz Wetzel

Sunday, August 5, 2007

Kick-Off

All,

The links to your blogs are now almost complete and I hope that by mid week we will see the first postings and comments. The following text is a repeat of the email I sent yesterday.

I activated the links to the first two tasks in the blog. Please already take a look at the exercise for the second week, since there are potential synergies with the first one. You may choose the same site for both, if you deem it appropriate.

Blogging

Use the first week to get in the habit of a. posting at least twice a week to your blog and b. checking the other blogs and comment ( 3 comments per week minimum) on the progress that you see. This activity is central to get a good momentum going and also will be considered in the final grade. It will be reason to fail the class, if no blogging activity occurs for longer than a week.

In case you have questions in regards to the tasks, please leave a comment on the class blog to share the information.

Readings
Readings will generally not be discussed separately, but will be referred to during the design process. I hope that you find them inspiring and stimulating. You are more than welcome to comment on them.

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