Final assignment – Appropriation: re-using art and design from the past
Research Methods
Submission in final assessment in blackboard by December 15
Group project – 2 or 3 students working together as an art and/or design collective
Discuss the research report topic with each other
Develop a plan to create a new artwork or design based on works of art and architecture that you have researched for the research report.
Use 4-6 of them in a new work—base this appropriation on the ideas, rather than just visual elements. For example, don’t just take a motif from the inspirational work and paste it in your new work. Instead, think of why the artist or designer uses that motif in a conceptual way, and come up with your own.
Do additional research on the inspirational works – you have already done some research through the report but now you should do more to really understand the inspirational works
Discuss how to “appropriate” and transform the inspirational works in your new work of art or design
Develop creative ways to use inspiration – don’t just cut and paste, but if you do, then you must give a good reason for doing so
Create your new design or artwork through any medium by hand or digitally – the new work must transform the original works, but the original works should still be recognizable in the new work.
See three examples below that are the work of three artists who transform the original work into a new work. The Vik Muniz work takes the look of DaVinci’s Mona Lisa but the ways of doing things from the artist Andy Warhol. So, think about how your inspirational artists and designers work and use that as a way of developing your new work. I will be discussing appropriation and showing more examples so that you can understand the process of creating a work in this manner. You should not think of it like plagiarism.
Write a work statement to explain the plan for your design or artwork, describe the inspirational works, and how you have included the inspirational artworks in the planning of your new work (2400-3000 words; each student to contribute 800-1500 words). Include images of the work that inspired you. Include images of your new work of art or design.
Make sure that your process and decisions are presented – document what each student has contributed toward the development of the work and statement – share WhatsApp conversations, process drawings, discussions via email, division of work list, etc.
Make sure to follow the outline for the statement
Outline for statement:
I. Introduction to the project (250-300 words)
II. Description of each inspirational work of art or design – write about its history; describe how it looks; explain what is inspirational about it (500-600 words) – include images that are labeled properly
III. Description of the process of developing the new work – what were the ideas and images that your group considered and how were they developed and transformed into a new work – include process drawings with explanatory text (700-800 words)
IV. Description of the new work of art or design in detail that explains the concept – include images of the new work of art or design (700-800 words)
V. Bibliography of sources used for additional research on the inspirational works – at least 6
VI. Explanation of how each student contributed to the project (250-300 words)
Grades are based on implementation of research; creativity and clarity in your visual and written material; inclusion of the elements listed above; explanation of how each student contributed to the project in the statement; grammar and spelling