4.360 Performance Workshop

Working with the medium of video and the materials of sound, light, and time, this workshop will involve the construction of performative works in found and imagined spaces. An introduction to the history of this discipline will include a consideration of Happenings and the Situationists from the 1950s and 1960s. In a parallel study of form we will look at structuralist films made in the 60s and 70s. However, in relation to content, the basic subject of the workshop will involve an exploration of deep sea life. To begin we will look at the poetic films of Jean Painleve who recoreded the movements of aquatic life forms. We will also view the films of Charles and Ray Eames. Students will be involved in this subject and related problems as each develops a theme for a final project.

Fall 2008
Instructor: Joan Jonas
Meets T 2:00-5:00P
N51-337
Graduate Level Subject
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Units: 3-3-6