Today we watched the first part of a film called The Five Obstructions and discussed the nature of the project that the two filmmakers have embarked upon. We will continue to watch this movie over the next several classes as a companion to your process/progress in developing work for Project 1.
Project 1: Iteration x Evolution x Reincarnation
“a little gem that we are now going to ruin” – the five obstructions
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Project One involves obstructions or iterative directives for the re-imagining of a drawing.
Detailed instructions will be introduced for each iteration as we come to it.
The new ‘drawing(s)’ re-imagine a first drawing: your “original”.
* Please keep all components of everything we make during the course of this project.
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Iteration:
- the repetition of a process or utterance.
- repetition of a mathematical or computational procedure applied to the result of a previous application, typically as a means of obtaining successively closer approximations to the solution of a problem.
- a new version of a piece of computer hardware or software.
Reincarnation:
- the religious or philosophical concept that the soul or spirit, after biological death, can begin a new life in a new body. This doctrine is a central tenet of the Hindu religion. It is also a common belief of various ancient and modern religions such as Spiritism, Theosophy, and Eckankar, and is found as well in many tribal societies around the world.
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First Reincarnation : Increased Scale/ Prescribed Actions
Step One: Select one of your 3 drawings to serve as your “original.”
Step Two: Re-draw your “original” as is or with slight alterations, on the large paper provided (19x26" or 22x30” Rives BFK).
This should be a primarily tonal drawing. By this I mean that you should use a range of value in your drawing. This can be modeled tonality based on lighting and/or simple value shapes assigned to distinguish planes and surfaces from each other.
* Expect that this drawing will change over time in response to new “prescribed actions” that I will distribute in subsequent classes. Don’t get too attached or fussy at any given moment. Leave this “open” and don’t spray it with fixative yet.
DUE: The enlarged charcoal version of your "original" is due Wednesday, Sept. 10.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Where: CANVAS > Assignments Unit 1
When: Digital Documentation Submissions are due Weds., 9/10/24 by 9:00am. Bring your large charcoal drawing and the erasure with line exercises with you to class.
File size/dimensions: 72 dpi. 1500 pixels on the longest dimension. Jpeg.
File naming: Please use the following format for designating your files.
LastNameFirstInitial_Project1FirstRE_SubmissionNumber
For example: HeadT_Project1FirstRE_01.jpeg
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