ARTS 336 - Do it Wrong on Purpose

Credits: 4

Students learn sculpture, movement, improvisation, and community-engaged art techniques as ways to analyze dominant processes in other fields and industries. The course is built on lessons from diverse cultures including Brazil (Augusto Boal) , Costa Rica (Rogelio Lopez), Taiwan (Tehching Hsieh), and Cuba (Guillermo Calzadilla), among others. By focusing on the process of movement and their interactions with the structures they build, students gain analytical and perceptual skills that can be utilized in any field, material, or media. This includes project-based strategies, dynamic group-interaction, self-discovery, reflection, analysis, observation and merging artistic practices into problem-solving processes. Restrictions: Junior or Senior Standing. Offered in spring.