Project 2: Hybrid. Homework Due Sept 25th. Final Project Due October 2nd

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

You will change three objects of your choice into something new by creatively dismantling and recombining the pieces. You must reuse ALL of the material in your existing objects, and combine them into a single unified work. This is not a collage (objects attached to a flat surface- you will go beyond Rauschenberg (see images below). We want you to physically join the parts of these objects together and create a new 3-D object.

Important concept:  UNITY = a sense of order or completeness. 


A + B + C = D. You are creating something new.

A + B+ C = ABC. You are not simply combining things.

Transformation is the goal. 

SCHEDULE

Homework- Due September 25th

1. Three objects- mostly disassembled. 

2. Two page response in Sketchbook: Please Research, and response, to the question, "What is a hybrid?" and "How does the idea of hybrid work in context to: culture and identity?

3. Two pages of sketches of the direction you want to go with your sculpture (also in sketchbook).

4. Any other supplies you would like to use while altering your object, such as glue, tape, sewing supplies, etc.

Note: Your response should be in your sketchbook and should include written elements and visual/material elements. This should take at least two pages in your sketchbook. Please don't waste the page by writing overly large, or by pasting things in the middle of an otherwise blank page.

Note on objects: Carefully choose three objects approximately 12" each that you feel comfortable changing. They should have enough visual and material interest to give you options. 

Think about your research on the concept of Hybrid: How can you address this is your piece? Please have ideas written in your sketchbook. 


NO ELECTRONICS

Project Due- October 2nd 

Projects is due at beginning of class for critique. All projects must be ready for presentation at start of class. 

INSPIRATION

Look at the following artworks by these artists for inspiration.:

Robert Rauschenberg, modernist painter (images below)

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Jean Tinguely (images below)

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Agathe Snow (images below)

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Sara Sze (images below)

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Click to see more of Yeesookyung's hybrid sculptures

Yeesookyung's ceramic hybrid sculptures made
with traditional Korean pottery shards. 

Example of Korean Joseon Ceramics

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Hybrid Sculptures by Satish Tang (images below)

Hybrid sculptures of ancient chinese ceramics, western pop icons, manga aesthetics and kitsch. TANG was born in Dublin, Ireland of Trinidadian parents, but currently lives & works in British Columbia, Canada.

Click here to go to the Tang's website

How do objects communicate meaning? How does meaning change when they are re-contextualized and merged into a single form? 

No electronics. If you want to know why, watch this video.