When I took intermediate photography with Desiree Devirgilio this assignment really helped me just expand... I'm hoping that people in the photo club shoot for this "assignment" and come to the peer critique on Nov. 15th Tuesday at 10am in FA-4 room 108a. This would be a good opportunity to learn advanced critiquing methods. Hope everyone participates!
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(Taken from Desiree Devirgilio's class)
What are your limits? Social Limits? Physical limits?
Think about a limit you have established for yourself, challenge it through a performative act, and use photography as a way to communicate this new experience to your audience.
Think about the different ways photography can be used to demonstrate, document, or generate a new experience outside your comfort zone. Identify your own understanding of the difference between these functions while pushing the limits and create a relationship between your photographs and the performative act. Try not to be symbolic about your resistance. While illustration can be a powerful tool in photography, in this assignment, instead think about how the meaning arises out the methods by which you have chosen to push your limits.
Concepts to research and or think about; documentation, performative act, the boundary between art and life (is there one?), demonstration...
Please bring at least 3 prints. Shoot as much as it takes...if you want bring at least 3 printed images and contact sheets of anything you have shot.
Due: Nov. 15th on Tuesday 10am (FA-4 room 108a)
Have a good weekend!
-Eric Omori / Jake Chapline
