Bones of the Master

Project Description:
Develop a project with an idea you have derived from Bones of the Master. The format, media and scale of this project will build on formal elements of 2 design and process. This project will be described through a Series.

Series: A number of similar or related things coming one after another. 3-5 images.

Homework: Read Bones of the Master
Post responses on your blog: Due M Nov. 26

List 15 words to describe the story:

What colors do you see when you read the book?


What specific scene or event stands out for you? Why?


What stands out in your mind when thinking about Tsung Tsai ?

Visually?
Thematically?
or anything else?

What stands out in your mind when thinking about other characters?


Visually?
Thematically?
or anything else?

Timeline:

M Nov. 26 Individual Meetings and Project Proposal (post on blog)
(Bring sketches, Source material to meeting)
M Dec. 3 Small Group Process Critiques
M Dec. 11 Final Critique Project Due

Guidelines:

1. Research- Historical Context of book.

-1945 Treaty of Yalta
-1947 Chinese Declare Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region
-2006 Declaration of Independence of the Nations of High Asia

View Kundun-film about Tibet’s Dalai Lama

Other Sources:

My Land & My People- Dalai Lama
Prisoners of Shangri-La-Donald Lopez
War Talk-Arundhati Roy

http://intermongol.net/diaspora/index.html

2. Journal/sketches/notes-As you are reading jot down notes on ideas about the book and anything else you are researching. The ideas you derive may or may not relate to the author’s intended meaning. The ideas are your particular interpretation of the reading. What are you responding to most strongly?

3. Collect Source material -collect source/reference drawings from the reading, objects and needed material to express your response.

4. List of possible formats and mediums:

Photography, collage digital or traditional Painting
Computer-assisted work Installation