Assignment Unit
Art in Isolation
Art in Isolation is about you right now::your Thoughts, your views, how you find comfort, how you exercise your creativity, fantasize or document this time. What can you create to document your thoughts of isolation. Explore ways others have done that below.
DEADLINES listed on Teams:
4/24. Post your idea.
5/1. Post pic of work/progress
5/8. Post Project. Explain
THINK about you in ISOLATION:
What do I go to for comfort? What do I appreciate more fully?
What is the simplest thing that now gives me joy?
What is causing me anxiety and how can I create art to combat that? What do I hope will be better? What do I miss? Fantasize?
Is my cabin fever an inspiration for creating art?
Can I use art to help during this time?I
What do you find humorous? Improv masks, TP, memes
how can I document this point in time? What do I wish to remember?
REDOURCES below show how you could use art to express your thoughts
DEADLINES listed on Teams:
4/24. Post your idea.
5/1. Post pic of work/progress
5/8. Post Project. Explain
THINK about you in ISOLATION:
What do I go to for comfort? What do I appreciate more fully?
What is the simplest thing that now gives me joy?
What is causing me anxiety and how can I create art to combat that? What do I hope will be better? What do I miss? Fantasize?
Is my cabin fever an inspiration for creating art?
Can I use art to help during this time?I
What do you find humorous? Improv masks, TP, memes
how can I document this point in time? What do I wish to remember?
REDOURCES below show how you could use art to express your thoughts
Pinterest resource for ideas
https://pin.it/75wh4x3
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
Kadir Nelson. After the Storm.
What part of the normal world is he missing the most? What part of the pandemic as he focusing on? What is the meaning of the artwork “after the storm”
How do you think the future will be better?
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200422-how-has-coronavirus-helped-the-environment
How do you think the future will be better?
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200422-how-has-coronavirus-helped-the-environment
I CAN USE HUMOR
to show what I’m thinking about without all the stress ?
Prompts are everywhere. Look at a meme. Use the words as your art prompt. Replace the image with your idea.
I CAN USE FANTASY TO IMAGINE THE REST OF THE WORLD handling being isolated or abandoned.
With videos of animals taking themselves into the cities. I start to think about the relationship between a natural world on her own. We start to look at our place in a bigger picture. You could do a drawing that shows an urban area being taken back by nature. It could even be dark, I know you’re a teenager, you could even think about I am legend will smith style.
Article with links
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/magazine/quarantine-animal-videos-coronavirus.amp.html
Article with links
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/magazine/quarantine-animal-videos-coronavirus.amp.html
I CAN BE CREATIVE
and interact with things in my home to create art.
Paint on the windows to interact with what you see through them
Interact with objects such as popcorn or shadows to create an image
Skotch Tape Portraits.
Wes Naman
http://www.fronterasdesk.org/file/536907 Audio interview 4min
Distort your face using scotch tape. Perhaps you’re over exaggerating an emotion or an expression. Have someone ready to camera for you as you try to remove the tape by just using your facial muscles. You’re bound to get a few giggles with this one
Distort your face using scotch tape. Perhaps you’re over exaggerating an emotion or an expression. Have someone ready to camera for you as you try to remove the tape by just using your facial muscles. You’re bound to get a few giggles with this one
I CAN MAKE ART OUT OF THINGS NOW SIGNIFICANT TO ME.
DOCUMENT ITEMS THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT more so now.
Doug Russells Toilet paper drawing has more significance now in our current world than it did before.
( please visit https://www.instagram.com/dougrussellart/ to see more of this great drawing style)
( please visit https://www.instagram.com/dougrussellart/ to see more of this great drawing style)
Photo yourself surrounded by items that have comforted you during isolation.
Segal it’s about documenting people. In this he has taken photos of immigrants and surround them with the contents of their backpack they used from their journey. What would you surround yourself with that has given you comfort during isolation? His photos are cv taken from above. The items stress laid out on a design. Check out his work if interested. Google Gregg Segal
How can I document my family, neighborhood?
Porch portraits
You could document your own family. Call ahead have them dress in what is typical for this time. Post them on the porch. Or take the photo through a window ! Maintain a safe distance of 10 feet. Take photo,leave,edit, email.
How can I document my routine?
Document your day with your clones.
Combine images to share what’s literally on your mind, or where you’d rather be.
Document your life with your clones.
Your camera Hass to stay still!
Plug in your headphones and set your camera settings to 10 second self timer. Prop it up to include the background. Press the volume button on your headphones and do you have 10 seconds to get into position before the shutter clicks. Repeat this for each pose that you want in the same background. Then go on Snapseed use double exposure it will be one background with all of your clones sharing the space.
Your camera Hass to stay still!
Plug in your headphones and set your camera settings to 10 second self timer. Prop it up to include the background. Press the volume button on your headphones and do you have 10 seconds to get into position before the shutter clicks. Repeat this for each pose that you want in the same background. Then go on Snapseed use double exposure it will be one background with all of your clones sharing the space.