map of the United States

MAP to every building

Thanks to the New York Times… for this article and a MAP to every building in the United States!

map of the United States

MAP to every building

Thanks to the New York Times… for this article and a MAP to every building in the United States!

Artists + Dioramas

Here are a few more artists who use dioramas in their work: Derrick Lin Daniel Shipp Irma Gruenholz (previously hereand here) Nix+Gerber   Allison May Kiphuth Musée Miniature et Cinéma, a 5-story museum containing over 100 miniature film sets in Lyon France. Hari &

Artists + Dioramas

Here are a few more artists who use dioramas in their work: Derrick Lin Daniel Shipp Irma Gruenholz (previously hereand here) Nix+Gerber   Allison May Kiphuth Musée Miniature et Cinéma, a 5-story museum containing over 100 miniature film sets in Lyon France. Hari &

manifestos

We continued our discussion today that started with What are the Bounds of Art? and Who is in my Art Family Tree? Now we ask What is my Art Manifesto?  

manifestos

We continued our discussion today that started with What are the Bounds of Art? and Who is in my Art Family Tree? Now we ask What is my Art Manifesto?  

Art Family Tree

Continuing the questions that we explored via the Zineum project: Who is in your ArtFamily Tree?

Art Family Tree

Continuing the questions that we explored via the Zineum project: Who is in your ArtFamily Tree?

The Island of Art

Through discussion, mapping and listening we explored the bounds of the art, the contemporary conversation and where our practices are located. 

The Island of Art

Through discussion, mapping and listening we explored the bounds of the art, the contemporary conversation and where our practices are located. 

Beating the Bounds

The award-winning artist Grayson Perry asks whether it is really true that anything can be art.

Beating the Bounds

The award-winning artist Grayson Perry asks whether it is really true that anything can be art.

Final Proposal

In this course you have created works that explore conceptual art through the themes of the self, idea generation, mapping, place, context and collection. Your final project will be a self-directed project that extends one of your assignments or that

Final Proposal

In this course you have created works that explore conceptual art through the themes of the self, idea generation, mapping, place, context and collection. Your final project will be a self-directed project that extends one of your assignments or that

Zineum

Zines at the Museum Assignment

Zineum

Zines at the Museum Assignment

Zines 101

Oh it might be other things as well, but simply put a zine is a quick, hand-drawn booklet that is easy to copy and cheap to distribute. It is a self-publication, motivated by a desire for self-expression and sharing.

Zines 101

Oh it might be other things as well, but simply put a zine is a quick, hand-drawn booklet that is easy to copy and cheap to distribute. It is a self-publication, motivated by a desire for self-expression and sharing.

Inflatocookbook!

Check out this wonderful resource from Ant Farm. it will give you tons of ideas and ways to go about making your own inflatable artwork. inflatocookbook by Ant Farm Thanks to Jessica Simorte and Ellen Mueller for all the great

Inflatocookbook!

Check out this wonderful resource from Ant Farm. it will give you tons of ideas and ways to go about making your own inflatable artwork. inflatocookbook by Ant Farm Thanks to Jessica Simorte and Ellen Mueller for all the great

Monday meetings!

Monday we are having 1-1 meetings. You each signed up for a 15 minute time. You only need to show up for that time. For the rest of class time please work on your 1 collection / 5 contexts assignment.

Monday meetings!

Monday we are having 1-1 meetings. You each signed up for a 15 minute time. You only need to show up for that time. For the rest of class time please work on your 1 collection / 5 contexts assignment.

2 Collecting Fieldworks

In class we explored collections. We asked what is a collection? How many makes a collection? Who collects? And when is a collection art? 

2 Collecting Fieldworks

In class we explored collections. We asked what is a collection? How many makes a collection? Who collects? And when is a collection art? 

Derive

In our class Monday we used a walk, inspired by the Situationist derive, to learn more about the relationship between the city and our selves.

Derive

In our class Monday we used a walk, inspired by the Situationist derive, to learn more about the relationship between the city and our selves.

Map & Place Artists

For your assignment MAP, MEMORIAL, TOUR, and SOUVENIR you were asked to look up two artists for inspiration. Here is a list of artists to jump-start your research:

Map & Place Artists

For your assignment MAP, MEMORIAL, TOUR, and SOUVENIR you were asked to look up two artists for inspiration. Here is a list of artists to jump-start your research:

MAP, MEMORIAL, TOUR, & SOUVENIR Assignment

Pick ONE assignment from below MAP, MEMORIAL, TOUR, or SOUVENIR.

MAP, MEMORIAL, TOUR, & SOUVENIR Assignment

Pick ONE assignment from below MAP, MEMORIAL, TOUR, or SOUVENIR.

Wonder Where You Have Been?

You can track your movements and even the times that you have crossed ‘geofences’ or a virtual perimeter around a location. In fact, your iphone is collecting this information all the time—unless you decide to turn it off. Think about how you

Wonder Where You Have Been?

You can track your movements and even the times that you have crossed ‘geofences’ or a virtual perimeter around a location. In fact, your iphone is collecting this information all the time—unless you decide to turn it off. Think about how you

Kanarinka

kanarinka, a.k.a. Catherine D’Ignazio, is an artist, software developer and educator. She is the Director of the Institute for Infinitely Small Things, and formerly led theExperimental Geography Research Cluster at RISD’s Digital+Media program. S The Institute for Infinitely Small Things

Kanarinka

kanarinka, a.k.a. Catherine D’Ignazio, is an artist, software developer and educator. She is the Director of the Institute for Infinitely Small Things, and formerly led theExperimental Geography Research Cluster at RISD’s Digital+Media program. S The Institute for Infinitely Small Things

Google Search Creativity

If you use google and search Creativity WILL, IS, CAN, MAKES, look what comes up!  

Google Search Creativity

If you use google and search Creativity WILL, IS, CAN, MAKES, look what comes up!  

Land Art

Land art masterpieces such as Robert Smithson’s “Spiral Jetty” and Michael Heizer’s “Double Negative” captured by director James Crump Read the full feature on NOWNESS: http://bit.ly/1gXFSM0

Land Art

Land art masterpieces such as Robert Smithson’s “Spiral Jetty” and Michael Heizer’s “Double Negative” captured by director James Crump Read the full feature on NOWNESS: http://bit.ly/1gXFSM0

Species of Spaces

Georges Perec, Species of Spaces and Other Pieces.

Species of Spaces

Georges Perec, Species of Spaces and Other Pieces.

The Self & Idea Assignment

Over the last week you have been asked to create research about the self (see below). Using what you have learned, create an art work that communicates an aspect that you discovered.

The Self & Idea Assignment

Over the last week you have been asked to create research about the self (see below). Using what you have learned, create an art work that communicates an aspect that you discovered.

Situationists, Derives, Psychogeography

The Situationist International (SI) was an international organization of social revolutionaries made up of avant-garde artists, intellectuals, and political theorists,

Situationists, Derives, Psychogeography

The Situationist International (SI) was an international organization of social revolutionaries made up of avant-garde artists, intellectuals, and political theorists,

More Mapping

Check out the following for loads of info that explore art, artists and mapping.

More Mapping

Check out the following for loads of info that explore art, artists and mapping.

Hand-drawn Map Association

Check out this public archive of hand-drawn maps.

Hand-drawn Map Association

Check out this public archive of hand-drawn maps.

Street With A View

Street With A View introduces fiction, both subtle and spectacular, into the doppelganger world of Google Street View.

Street With A View

Street With A View introduces fiction, both subtle and spectacular, into the doppelganger world of Google Street View.

Mining Ideas: Thought Sheet

You are creating an artwork that says something about yourself. You will be encouraged to use materials that reinforce that concept.

Mining Ideas: Thought Sheet

You are creating an artwork that says something about yourself. You will be encouraged to use materials that reinforce that concept.

Daily Practice/Idea Mining

Assignment #1  Daily Practice/Idea Mining You have just used text, chance, memory, visualization, brainstorming, discussion and list-making as ways to learn, reveal and ‘notice’ more about yourself.

Daily Practice/Idea Mining

Assignment #1  Daily Practice/Idea Mining You have just used text, chance, memory, visualization, brainstorming, discussion and list-making as ways to learn, reveal and ‘notice’ more about yourself.

Memory Object

In class you wrote a detailed description of an important object from your past. The descriptions were put in a pile and redistributed. You now are in possession of a detailed description that is not your own.

Memory Object

In class you wrote a detailed description of an important object from your past. The descriptions were put in a pile and redistributed. You now are in possession of a detailed description that is not your own.

List Love

Create 10 lists that tell us something about you. 

List Love

Create 10 lists that tell us something about you. 

Erwin Wurm

Erwin Wurm is an Austrian artist born in Bruck an der Mur, Styria, Austria in 1954.

Erwin Wurm

Erwin Wurm is an Austrian artist born in Bruck an der Mur, Styria, Austria in 1954.

Learn to Crochet!

Here’s a great site to learn to crochet.

Learn to Crochet!

Here’s a great site to learn to crochet.

Temporary Services

Temporary Services is Brett Bloom and Marc Fischer. We are based in Ft. Wayne (IN) and Chicago. Salem Collo-Julin worked with us from 2001-2014. We have existed, with several changes in membership and structure, since 1998. We produce exhibitions, events,

Temporary Services

Temporary Services is Brett Bloom and Marc Fischer. We are based in Ft. Wayne (IN) and Chicago. Salem Collo-Julin worked with us from 2001-2014. We have existed, with several changes in membership and structure, since 1998. We produce exhibitions, events,

Pasquino

The talking statues of Rome provided an outlet for a form of anonymous political expression in Rome.

Pasquino

The talking statues of Rome provided an outlet for a form of anonymous political expression in Rome.

Jon Rubin

Jon Rubin is an interdisciplinary artist who creates interventions into public life that re-imagine individual, group and institutional behavior. His projects include starting a radio station in an abandoned neighborhood that only plays the sound of an extinct bird, running a

Jon Rubin

Jon Rubin is an interdisciplinary artist who creates interventions into public life that re-imagine individual, group and institutional behavior. His projects include starting a radio station in an abandoned neighborhood that only plays the sound of an extinct bird, running a