Art 131-Erasure-Identity

Autumn Quarter 2003
M/W 8:30am-11:20am
Instructor: Karen Gutowsky

Erasure—Digital Self Portrait-Identity

Materials: Photoshop, digital photos, objects that define self

Objective: To understand concepts of erasure, exposure and sequence. To develop a series of images that present and reveal self. To explore subtraction of mark in conjunction with new mark making. To investigate relationships of self in context of time and space.

Technical Explorations:
– drawing in a raster environment
– erasure as a drawing vocabulary
– working with own photographic sources and found imagery
– expressions of self
– color
– layering

Process:
Start with images that communicate self such as: digital imagery, photos and found objects (poems, drawing postcards etc.). Build a series of three drawings based entirely upon taking information away. Combine and compose images that tell a story, communicate a space or reveal identity. Use erasure to reveal and expose both message and mark. Use color to create unity and focal point. Final frame is determined by artist, however sequence of three images must fit on 36” x 48” output (HP2800cp)

Timeline:
October 15th–Wednesday bring 4-6 digital photos of self in context of time and space. Bring additional objects that communicate identity.

October 20th–Monday bring two sequences of color sketches for critique at the beginning of class. (Six sketches)

October 290th–Wednesday large-scale color to fit on 36” x 48” output (HP2800cp).