ART 320 - Contemporary Theory and Practice

A truly interdisciplinary course that will examine advanced problems in creative practice and production that respond to and incorporate relevant contemporary social and cultural theory. With a focus on the relationship between the author/producer and the audience/reader, we will investigate notions of truth, the real, the spectacle, the authentic, the utopian, and the post-human. We will contemplate the meaning and purpose of our own practice in a post-structural society through reading presentations and the production of a personal body of work. This course is open to students working in a variety of disciplines, and a body of work extends to include writing in all forms from political essays to poetry as well as varieties of media in the arts from performance to new media. Course Typically Offered: Every year.

Prerequisite(s): Junior standing.

Credits: 3