Listed in: Art and the History of Art, as ARHA-162
Ohan Breiding (Section 01)
This interdisciplinary introductory course focuses on water as a poetic and political space of exploration. Through the discussion of critical and creative texts, visual and cinematic analysis, and a direct engagement with water, we will examine water as a material for making, a healing practice, a site of ecological consciousness, a messy and contaminated place, and a medium/form of physical and psychic reorientation. The course content is informed by queer- and feminist-making practices, as well as contemporary environmental thought and aesthetics. Together we will speculate on new practices of intimacy, kinship, and care-based relations through the lens of water and fluidity. Throughout the semester, students will make individual works using varying media including: drawing, performance, photography and video.
Fall Semester. Limited to 14 students. Visiting Artist in Residence Ohan Breiding
How to handle overenrollment: Art and History of Art majors, then seniors, then preference will be given to American Studies majors, Black Studies majors and Sexuality, Women's & Gender Studies majors.
Students who enroll in this course will likely encounter and be expected to engage in the following intellectual skills, modes of learning, and assessment: Final project
Section 01
W 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM FAYE 317