A Personal Field Trip to a Public Art Project Conduct a personal field trip solo or with a friend. Locate public art. In most every town and city there are numerous examples
of historic public art and monuments.
Take pictures and try to research the nature of the monument or art. Many are commemorative
pieces remember wars, conflicts, soldiers and heroes. Research what these events were and who the people were.
Try to find public-private art. If you go into corporate office, mall, airport or some related structure, you will find examples
of art, maybe even digital art. Today, the ‘lobby’ has become the new public gather space, so investigate and see what
you find. For this project you will:
Create and submit a visual essay
Use powerpoint or some other related presentation software
You may use anything you wish such as Photoshop or Illustrator. Sometimes hand done collages and high-quality scans work
very well to.
Prepare a 10-12 slide presentation, each slide should have the perfect layout and visual information
Along with visuals add a narrative voice-over, use select captions and text when necessary
You may include a soundtrack and other effects
You may include digital art such as a piece of music, video, motion glitch art, URL links or other distortions to create your
analysis
The combined effect should be both a
critical analysis of the art (primarily)
and your personal visual interpretation of the art (secondarily)
Personally liked or disliked, a viewer should take away an appreciation of the art, its origin, its purpose and
intent and be able to communicate a professional critique in writing.
ILS 4130 Digital Art
Public Art Project
Conduct a personal field trip solo or with a friend. Locate public art. In most every town and city there are numerous examples
of historic public art and monuments. Take pictures and try to research the nature of the monument or art. Many are commemorative
pieces remember wars, conflicts, soldiers and heroes. Research what these events were and who the people were.
Try to find public-private art. If you go into corporate office, mall, airport or some related structure, you will find examples
of art, maybe even digital art. Today, the ‘lobby’ has become the new public gather space, so investigate and see what
you find. For this project you will:
Create and submit a visual essay
Use powerpoint or some other related presentation software
You may use anything you wish such as Photoshop or Illustrator. Sometimes hand done collages and high-quality scans work
very well to.
Prepare a 10-12 slide presentation, each slide should have a perfect layout and visual information
Along with visuals add a narrative voice-over, use select captions and text when necessary
You may include a soundtrack and other effects
You may include digital art such as music, video, motion glitch art, URL links or other distortions to create your
analysis
The combined effect should be both a
critical analysis of the art (primarily)
and your personal visual interpretation of the art (secondarily)
Personally liked or disliked, a viewer should take away an appreciation of the art, its origin, its purpose and intent and be
able to communicate a professional critique in writing.
