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Category Archives: 2009 Fall Courses

Week 15: Fall Semester 2009 Wrap Up

Monday, December 21, 2009

Apologies for not updating much this past week. I was busy with the final week of classes. I’m shocked at how quickly the first semester flew by.
So…reflections on the semester?
I appreciate having a weekend. A little imposed structure is nice, particularly after the nebulous lifestyle of a freelance photographer.
I don’t agree with a lot of [...]

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Exotic Art School Courses (via Artnet)

Saturday, December 19, 2009

THE COURSE LOAD
Dec. 16, 2009
Art schools have considerable allure — the teachers, the studios, the promise of a bohemian life. But the true siren call of art instruction is the course list, those compendia of exotic classes that promise to convey esoteric skills and mysterious knowledge. The contemporary art world is full of secrets, and [...]

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MFA Application Portfolio Editing

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

It’s MFA application time of year and I’ve been receiving quite a few emails asking for advice on how to edit an MFA portfolio submission. I’ve only applied once, which means I’m no expert. Rather than feel in any way responsible for anybody’s future, I turned to Randy West, artist, teacher and Director of Operations [...]

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Week 14 Course Update: Africa

Friday, December 11, 2009

The last week of the semester is here. While most class time is now devoted to working on and presenting essays and final projects, Past Tense, Present Tense was packed solid with good photography this week. The subject was Africa, presented by guest lecturer Kunbi Oni. It had never really occurred to me just how [...]

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Week 13 Course Update: Stuff, Other Stuff, Porn

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Digital Imaging: We continued working on our final projects in class.
Critical Theory: Cancelled but for next week, we have to read:
Jean Baudrillard’s essay “The Conspiracy of Art”
“Baudrillard and some cultural practices” from An Introductory Guide to Post-Structuralism and Postmodernism by Madan Sarup
Baudrillard “New York” excerpt from America.
Lighting: Next week we have to bring in a [...]

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Week 12 Course Update: Mo’ Pomo, Subjectivity & Bananas

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving!
Things feel like they’re starting to wind down this semester.
In Digital Imaging, we continue to work on our final projects.
In Critical Theory, we watched a little bit of a documentary about Derrida. We also checked out examples from past years of final projects. The project should be a computer-based (Dreamweaver, PowerPoint…) that explores an [...]

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Week 11 Course Update: Hip-Hop, PoMo & Dags

Saturday, November 21, 2009

It seems like these week updates are happening more and more frequently. I think I’ve just been very busy and the days are really rolling by quickly right now.
In Digital Imaging, we’re now starting to work on our final projects for the semester. The general idea is to produce 8-11 images using the various things [...]

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Photo Reading List

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Here’s a list of 26 readings with which a teacher said we should be familiar:
LINK
The list is also linked to on the home page on the right hand side.
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Week 10 Course Update: Tools, Phalluses and Long Time

Sunday, November 15, 2009

I know, I know. I’m late posting this week and you’ve all been sitting anxiously at your computers waiting for my exciting update. Well, the wait is over, but it’s another brief one this week:
Week 10. Into double digits!
In Digital Imaging this week, we looked at the tools in Photoshop: clone, heal, patch, burn, dodge, [...]

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Week 9 Course Update: Masks, Webcams and Nudes

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Digital Imaging: This week we played around more with various masks but in particular we worked with quick mask mode. I think it’s going to be a pretty useful little tool.
This quick mask video is helpful for Photoshop:

This quick Mask video is not helpful for Photoshop:

Sadly I wasn’t in Crit & Theory on Tuesday but [...]

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