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Index of Topics on Site Preparations and Discussions for Week 7

  1. Readings:

    1. Conceptual Drawing
    2. Conceptual Drawing, Using units of visual composition, repeating them from different angles, different sizes, different parts of them, much as Brahms would do with units of musichal compositon in a sympony.
    3. Things That Matter See the Deconstruction Quilt by Lois Shawver, under References, below.

  2. Flag Drawings

    We'll take time to compare and discuss flag drawings.

  3. Units as Drawing Tools:

    • Odd-shaped units: Oddly shaped unit of Arnold's hair. jeanne's conceptual drawing of unit - Arnold's Hair.

    • Flag units: Maria's Flag Page for Exhibit Catalog. Maria's conceptual drawing of flag.

    • Triangle units: jeanne's conceptual drawing with triangle units. jeanne's conceptual drawing with triangle units.

    • Pat's first version of copper plate.
      Pat's first version of copper plate.

    • Flower units:jeanne's conceptual drawing with flower units.

    • Mother Goddess units: jeanne's drawing of ancient Japanese goddess in Seattle Museum.
      Can function as a doll unit. See doll units below.

    • Doll units: jeanne's first version of live out loud doll.

  4. Concepts We Need to Know
    1. focal things - things that matter. See Things That Matter The importance of keeping your eye on the ball if you find yourself in a shell game.
    2. deconstruction - Derrida. Refers to discovering new perspectives from which to understand differences.
    3. differeand - Derrida. Refers to the fact that human intelligence seems to be able to see only one pattern at a time. If one pattern is familiar to us, we tend not to see others that may well be there, but they blend into the background for us.
    4. All these concepts are essential to understanding how technology and instant access to information through mass media has the potential to focus us on issue, like a pattern, so that we don't see the other major issues at play. Essays up shortly. This weekend had to go to art techniquest and catching up those who were lost in the beginning. jeanne

    Discussion Questions

    1. Is there theory to explain why Congressman Foley's criminal misadventures got more media play than world crises?

      Yes. I'll get the essays up on Thursday, I hope. jeanne

    References:

    • The Deconstruction Quilt by Lois Shawver. Helpful in understanding Derrida and deconstruction, and that's essential to Things That Matter, one of our readings for the week. jeanne

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