Time is often not in one’s hand, as the clichéd saying goes. In fact, moments in time – in this case those represented by newspapers from across the world – frequently prove that time remains unpredictable. Though serene, even, and orderly in theory, time often betrays the hand from which it feeds.
The conceptualization of time as a singular event breaks with the rationalized conception of time as a linear progression. The event signifies the culmination of all time as one happening; a monstrous view of advance as eternity in a single totalized form. This concepts bears importance after the transition into modernity as man faces bodily abstraction by and through time, especially within the modern prison and factory systems. These functions as sites of the mechanization of the body and its abstraction from the organic into a constructed alterity.
DUE JAN 28
Make a 18 x 24 inch composition addressing the concept of time using the following method. Your composition must be black and white only.
1. Write down a word or two that describes your approach to the concept of time. This step is meant to get you thinking in a particular direction. Do it quickly, and move on to the next step.
2. Collect a series of 25 images that relate to your chosen approach. The original images can be print or digital. Make a set of black and white copies of your collected images. If your originals are from magazines, newspapers, etc., make a black and white photocopy of each image. If the originals are digital, make a black and white print of each image. You should now have two sets of the same 25 images, one color set and one b/w set.
3. Make composition related to your concept combining drawing and collage using the images that you collected in black and white. It is fair to use elements more than once by making multiple copies of a single image. You do not have to use all 25 collected images in your final composition.
Bring your compositions, original word/s, and remaining set of images to class on Jan 28. Be prepared to present your work during class.