PITTED AGAINST THE WILDERNESS WEEK 1: INTRODUCTION
Still from “Shining Girls,” AppleTV, 2022
ASSIGNMENT 1
Familiarize yourself with the library provided in the studio. Select one or more readings/excerpts/songs/poems and create 5 “sketches” that evoke the images of Chicago presented to you in that material. These sketches can be literal, figurative, surreal, narrational, collaged, analog, digital, or hybrid. They are not limited to hand-drawing, but should be quick studies capturing your initial thoughts, feelings, and inspirations while reading/listening.
Keep in mind, this is an exercise in translation and representation. Your images do not need to be architectural in a literal sense, but should evoke the sentiments and/or structure of the texts.
DUE FOR PRESENTATION Monday, January 23 in class (upload to Box before 12PM)
TEXT EXCERPTS
Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City
William Cronon, Nature’s Metropolis
EXAMPLES / REFERENCES
Zaha Hadid, Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art
Daniel Libeskind, Micromegas
Bernard Tschumi, The Manhattan Transcripts
Aneesha Dharwadker, MisReading the City
Ashley Bido, University of South Florida SACD
Trevor Cuthbert, University of South Florida SACD
Zheng Xu and Yingyi Mo, RISD
Hallie Black, Cornell University