ICA DESIGN LIFE NOW

The objective of this exercise is to explore the exhibition at the ICA:
Design Life Now.
ICA: http://www.icaboston.org/
Hours- Tuesday and Wednesday 10 am – 5pm, Thursday and Friday 10 am – 9pm
Saturday and Sunday, 10 am - 5 pm Closed Mon. Veterans Day

Part I: Choose one work from an artist or design firm from the exhibit.

Title: _______________________________________________________

Artist/s______________________________________________________

a. Immediate Response-What are your immediate responses? (These are uncensored, irrational, un-self-conscious impressions of the work; what you notice first, what stands out.)

b. Objective Description-Describe the work to a blind person.

c. Formal Matters-Use 2d Principles and Vocabulary (Refer to Vocabulary list-use 4-6 minimum words)

e. The Story It Tells-Does the work tell a story?

f. The Work in the World-How does it connect to the rest of the world/art/history?

Answer these Questions (Refer to page 126 in The Critique Handbook)

POST ON BLOG: 4 paragraph minimum.
DUE : Mon. NOV. 12


g. Make 10 sketches, drawings in response to the work.
( no smaller than 8x10)

Part II: Studio Response
You will respond to the artwork you chose by expanding the idea of the original work or creating a different response to the same idea, or working in “the style of” your artist. You may work in a traditional medium or digital or a combination of both.

-Create 3-5 images for this studio response.

-Journal, Notes, Sketches-PROCESS WORK
To be presented with studio work

DUE: Mon. NOV. 19