For the final project, you will be submitting a portfolio of 4-6 images that stand together as a cohesive body of work. The subject that you choose is completely open- it can be a documentary project, narrative, series of portraits, still-lives, a formal or abstract study, an experimental approach that combines another medium such as installation, performance, or drawing, or any other approach that would be of particular interest to you. Unlike the other assignments given in the class, this project does not have to take Florence and your experience of the city as subject matter, but it can. The photographs printed can be manipulated heavily through Photoshop or not manipulated at all, functioning as straight photographs. Images can be in color or altered to become black and white images.
The final project should consist of a series of prints that are printed to the best of your ability- be sure to adjust color balance, contrast, etc.
Please keep in mind the following important dates:
Friday, June 19: Project Idea Presentations, Initial Critique Session of Ideas
Monday, June 22: Work in Progress Critique
Friday, June 26: Final Critique (final projects and accordion book projects will be distributed in the residence before the group dinner)
It is essential that you have materials to show for the work in progress critique. If you do not participate in the critiques, you will receive a 0 for the day. Prints submitted for work in progress critiques do not have to be final prints- you won’t be handing anything in on these days. These critiques are for you to get necessary and helpful feedback for your project and are very important. Feel free to bring ideas/questions or anything that you need feedback on- whether it’s a conceptual concern, a technical concern- or just general advice.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Recommended Places to Buy Materials for Accordion Books
Places to Buy Materials for Accordion Book Project
Recommended Places to Buy Paper for the Book:
1. Zecchio: via dello Studio 19r (Duomo Neighborhood)
2. Rigacci: Via Dei Servi 71r (San Marco Neighborhood)
3. Bati: Via Verdi 67r (Santa Croce Neighborhood)
4. Stationary Store on Via Cavour. Head South on Via Cavour. Paper store the second one on the right hand side (El Papiro- actually a chain with locations throughout the city
5. Cartoleria: Via d Arazzieri. On South side of the street between Piazza San Marco and Via Santa Reparata
6. Archetipo: Via de' Ginori 13r
Recommended Places to Find Ephemera, Vintage/Antique Postcards, Found Photographs for Book Covers:
1. Antiques Flea Market in Piazza dei Ciompi. Opened Daily from 9:00-12:30; 4:30-7. Tons of old photos, postcards, etc.
Located between Via Pietrapiana, Via dell Agnolo, Borgo Allegri and Via Buonarroti
2. Stop in any of the Antiques or Old Bookstores in Town (there are many) and you will probably find something useful
3. Second Hand Shops can be found on Via Maggio, via de' Serragli and Via de' Fossi
4. The covers can be something you find anywhere- the above spots are just suggestions. Just don't use a new postcard- the kind that you see all over the place- and make sure the covers are thicker than the rest of the book pages. You could even use found items like food or cereal boxes.
Lace:
1. There is a store called Lampo which means both "zipper" and "flash of genius" in Italian. It is on Via Nazionale right around Via Guelfa. Make a right at Guelfa, a left on Nazionale and the store will be on the right.
2. Fancy candy stores such as Mignon (Via de' Calzaiuolo a block or two past the Duomo) or Dolceforte (Via della Scala 21- just past the Photo Museum on the same street) wrap their candy in Ribbon- multitask and buy yourself some candy...
3. Many of the 1 Euro stores sell ribbon.
Recommended Places to Buy Paper for the Book:
1. Zecchio: via dello Studio 19r (Duomo Neighborhood)
2. Rigacci: Via Dei Servi 71r (San Marco Neighborhood)
3. Bati: Via Verdi 67r (Santa Croce Neighborhood)
4. Stationary Store on Via Cavour. Head South on Via Cavour. Paper store the second one on the right hand side (El Papiro- actually a chain with locations throughout the city
5. Cartoleria: Via d Arazzieri. On South side of the street between Piazza San Marco and Via Santa Reparata
6. Archetipo: Via de' Ginori 13r
Recommended Places to Find Ephemera, Vintage/Antique Postcards, Found Photographs for Book Covers:
1. Antiques Flea Market in Piazza dei Ciompi. Opened Daily from 9:00-12:30; 4:30-7. Tons of old photos, postcards, etc.
Located between Via Pietrapiana, Via dell Agnolo, Borgo Allegri and Via Buonarroti
2. Stop in any of the Antiques or Old Bookstores in Town (there are many) and you will probably find something useful
3. Second Hand Shops can be found on Via Maggio, via de' Serragli and Via de' Fossi
4. The covers can be something you find anywhere- the above spots are just suggestions. Just don't use a new postcard- the kind that you see all over the place- and make sure the covers are thicker than the rest of the book pages. You could even use found items like food or cereal boxes.
Lace:
1. There is a store called Lampo which means both "zipper" and "flash of genius" in Italian. It is on Via Nazionale right around Via Guelfa. Make a right at Guelfa, a left on Nazionale and the store will be on the right.
2. Fancy candy stores such as Mignon (Via de' Calzaiuolo a block or two past the Duomo) or Dolceforte (Via della Scala 21- just past the Photo Museum on the same street) wrap their candy in Ribbon- multitask and buy yourself some candy...
3. Many of the 1 Euro stores sell ribbon.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Assignment Two: Travel Accordion Book
For this project, students will create an accordion book with pockets that will hold both images and artifacts gathered either from Florence, Fiesole, Cinqueterre or Pietrasanta. The booklet should have an overall theme or concept, and should not be a serious of pages documenting an overall experience- Remember, this is intended to be an art piece, not a scrapbook.
Students will learn to create the books during class time. Since this is an accordion book, it can be displayed so that all pages can be seen at once, therefore consider the impact and meaning of all images displayed together.
Each page should have at least one printed image and one related found object.
Basic materials will be provided, but students will need to purchase a piece of paper that is at least 30 inches in length. This shouldn’t cost more than 1-3 Euros. The cover of the book should be either a found object (it must be heavier paper than the paper that you are using for your pages), a vintage postcard, vintage photos, playing card, etc. But, it should be related to the theme of your book.
The book can be experimental, conceptual, poetic, graphic, or narrative. Examples will be given in class to help generate ideas.
Books Due: June 19
Students will learn to create the books during class time. Since this is an accordion book, it can be displayed so that all pages can be seen at once, therefore consider the impact and meaning of all images displayed together.
Each page should have at least one printed image and one related found object.
Basic materials will be provided, but students will need to purchase a piece of paper that is at least 30 inches in length. This shouldn’t cost more than 1-3 Euros. The cover of the book should be either a found object (it must be heavier paper than the paper that you are using for your pages), a vintage postcard, vintage photos, playing card, etc. But, it should be related to the theme of your book.
The book can be experimental, conceptual, poetic, graphic, or narrative. Examples will be given in class to help generate ideas.
Books Due: June 19
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