Image Studio - ART 293

		Image studio explores the creation, use, and presentation of images and the theoretical discourse specific to such practices within a studio context. The studio incorporates uses of current image creation and presentation technologies.

			Enroll for Fall 2023 - CRN 31579
Course Syllabus
Instructed by: Paul Wittenbraker
T-TH 02:30 pm-05:00 pm

		NON-ART MAJORS WELCOME for real studio art learning–-there are no prerequisites. Does not require traditional art skills like drawing.

			experimental digital printingIn image studio we use high-end printing and explore a variety of obsolete, but still effective imaging technologies. We learn options for presenting images and develop criticality about their impact.  

			photoshopSoftware like photoshop has become ubiquitous in everyday culture. In Image Studio we learn to use Photoshop as a technical, cultural, and creative tool. 

			large-scale public projectionsFrom high-end video projectors to a candle and cut paper, public projections create dynamic experiences. In Image studio we learn how to use a variety of projection technologies and study the relationship between the materiality of images and the imateriality of light. 

			image mounting, framing, presentationImages that are created with digital processes are often presented as physical objects. In Image Studio we develop methods of mounting, framing, and presenting images in impactful ways. 

			representation, identity, powerMeaning is negotiated through the assertion and contestation of representations. In these visually dynamic times this happens in subtle and powerful ways through images.