Remake/Sleeveface
Hello everyone!
Welcome to Week Three of the SHS Visual Art Online Program of Studies.
Each week's activity will be a broad activity that should allow students flexibility to use what is on hand. Additionally, any student that wishes to produce something different of their own choice is free to do so and submit on the due date with a project documentation worksheet (students following the assigned activity will fill out this worksheet as well).
Here are several important links that you should continue to refer to periodically:
WEEK THREE PROJECT/SCHEDULE AND EXPECTATIONS:
REMAKE/SLEEVEFACE:
This week, we will be having some lighthearted fun recreating famous works of Art and Album Covers. You will be asked to photograph (nothing fancy, use what you have - camera phone, point and shoot camera, etc.) people (in costume) and/or objects you find to arrange in order to recreate (copy) famous paintings, sculptures or album covers. Special attention should be paid to the elements of SPACE, COLOR, EMPHASIS and CONTRAST. We will discuss these elements on Monday during the ZOOM meeting, but you may access them anytime HERE. It is the first presentation on the page (page password is spartan).
A number of years ago, Adobe and booooom.com partnered to create and sponsor a competition for students across the U.K. to recreate famous works of Art using only photography (with no Photoshop or heavy editing involved). You can read more about this project and view examples HERE. This idea has recently experienced a bit of a resurgence with so many people staying at home during the COVID crisis. The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles (among many other world-famous museums) challenged their followers in early April to recreate famous works of Art. You can read more about this and view examples HERE. Additionally, please review each of the resource links below to find examples of work collected from various collections on the internet.
A slightly different approach to this week's activity is called "Sleeveface." Sleeveface refers to when one or more individuals obscure or augment the bodies or environment of their subject(s) with a record sleeve in order to create an optical illusion. You can read about the phenomenon HERE or at any of the posted links below.
Your task this week is to recreate five to ten unique and different examples of Artwork/Album recreations or Sleeveface combinations. Be creative and have fun with this. These can be as serious or goofy as you want. You can use man made objects or natural objects found outside in nature. As you arrange your environment, be mindful of what you are arranging and how you are arranging it. How are you using SPACE? Is there a COLOR theme to your arrangement? How are you using Emphasis to create CONTRAST?
I have posted several links below to articles, blogs and websites that should give you great examples and inspiration for your own projects. USE THEM. Also review the professional examples I have included in the gallery below.
20 Modern Remakes of Famous Paintings
Getty Museum Challenge
Sleeveface: Internet Trend of People Posing With Old Vinyl Sleeves
Sleeveface.com
Remember to continue to use your visual journal this week in the development of your ideas.
The expectations for your journal/project submissions this week are as follows:
Seniors Should have All of the required coursework for this program submitted no later than the end of the day on Wednesday, May 13. This will include:
Week Three ZOOM meeting:
Overview and last thoughts:
Welcome to Week Three of the SHS Visual Art Online Program of Studies.
Each week's activity will be a broad activity that should allow students flexibility to use what is on hand. Additionally, any student that wishes to produce something different of their own choice is free to do so and submit on the due date with a project documentation worksheet (students following the assigned activity will fill out this worksheet as well).
Here are several important links that you should continue to refer to periodically:
WEEK THREE PROJECT/SCHEDULE AND EXPECTATIONS:
REMAKE/SLEEVEFACE:
This week, we will be having some lighthearted fun recreating famous works of Art and Album Covers. You will be asked to photograph (nothing fancy, use what you have - camera phone, point and shoot camera, etc.) people (in costume) and/or objects you find to arrange in order to recreate (copy) famous paintings, sculptures or album covers. Special attention should be paid to the elements of SPACE, COLOR, EMPHASIS and CONTRAST. We will discuss these elements on Monday during the ZOOM meeting, but you may access them anytime HERE. It is the first presentation on the page (page password is spartan).
A number of years ago, Adobe and booooom.com partnered to create and sponsor a competition for students across the U.K. to recreate famous works of Art using only photography (with no Photoshop or heavy editing involved). You can read more about this project and view examples HERE. This idea has recently experienced a bit of a resurgence with so many people staying at home during the COVID crisis. The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles (among many other world-famous museums) challenged their followers in early April to recreate famous works of Art. You can read more about this and view examples HERE. Additionally, please review each of the resource links below to find examples of work collected from various collections on the internet.
A slightly different approach to this week's activity is called "Sleeveface." Sleeveface refers to when one or more individuals obscure or augment the bodies or environment of their subject(s) with a record sleeve in order to create an optical illusion. You can read about the phenomenon HERE or at any of the posted links below.
Your task this week is to recreate five to ten unique and different examples of Artwork/Album recreations or Sleeveface combinations. Be creative and have fun with this. These can be as serious or goofy as you want. You can use man made objects or natural objects found outside in nature. As you arrange your environment, be mindful of what you are arranging and how you are arranging it. How are you using SPACE? Is there a COLOR theme to your arrangement? How are you using Emphasis to create CONTRAST?
I have posted several links below to articles, blogs and websites that should give you great examples and inspiration for your own projects. USE THEM. Also review the professional examples I have included in the gallery below.
20 Modern Remakes of Famous Paintings
Getty Museum Challenge
Sleeveface: Internet Trend of People Posing With Old Vinyl Sleeves
Sleeveface.com
Remember to continue to use your visual journal this week in the development of your ideas.
- You should plan on filling 5-10 pages in your sketchbook each week, depending on our project. These pages should include research for your projects, notes, sketches, free drawings and journaling/reflection. Images of your sketchbook/journal pages will be submitted EACH WEEK with your weekly projects and will be part of how I assess whether or not your work is "COMPLETE" for the week. If you have less than 5 pages or if your pages are not filled and do not contain the relevant research, sketches of your projects, and reflection, you will receive an "INCOMPLETE" for the week. If you do not submit sketchbook/journal images, you will receive a "MISSING." Please note: Students will only receive a "PASS" for this course if ALL WORK is marked "COMPLETE."
The expectations for your journal/project submissions this week are as follows:
- Submit five to ten images of Art Recreations or Sleeveface Arrangements. Look at the images below and research other examples online (please include images of any research you find online on your project worksheet).
- Fill a complete page with brainstorming ideas for your arrangements. List or outline format, please.
- Fill two to three pages of your journal with free drawing. This could be anything you want. If you are stumped for things to draw, refer to THIS LINK for 63 ideas!
- Continue researching an artist for the Art History presentation that you will be expected to submit during the last week of the program. The format and expectations for that presentation are listed below.
- Images of your journal and a completed copy of your Project Worksheet (linked above) are due in my email no later than midnight this Friday. Please email me your submissions with images and worksheets as attachments IN THE SAME EMAIL.
- In addition to submitting your work via email, please post images of your work on my Padlet wall HERE so that other students can see your work.
Seniors Should have All of the required coursework for this program submitted no later than the end of the day on Wednesday, May 13. This will include:
- Project and Project Worksheet submissions for Weeks 1, 2, 3 and 4.
- Completed Art history presentations.
- Gallery Forum Response from Week Two.
- Course Reflection (this will be assigned next week).
Week Three ZOOM meeting:
- Students should receive an email with a link to our Monday ZOOM meeting this weekend. Parents will NOT receive that email as participants are limited to 100 people. If parents wish to join, please look on with your student on the same device.
- These meetings will be 30 minutes and take place every Monday at 1pm. They are NOT mandatory. They are intended to provide clarification on the weekly projects if needed.
- I will be reserving the last 10 minutes of each meeting to give a part of the elements and principles of design presentation so that students have that information to use for critiques. If you have already taken an Art class and know this information, you do not need to watch again. If you are unable to join the ZOOM meeting, the presentation is posted HERE (password: spartan). In the future, I will look into recording the ZOOM meetings, but again, they are not required and I will be available to answer questions during office hours.
Overview and last thoughts:
- Please make sure to review all of the expectations in this post and the linked documents. This information is important to ensure that work is submitted correctly, complete and on time.
- By midnight Friday, students should have submitted images of their work and project proposal/worksheet to my email. Be sure to save your project worksheet as a PDF and submit with the images of your work IN ONE EMAIL. Neglecting to follow this instruction may result in work being marked as "Missing" or "Incomplete."
- Do not overthink the Project Worksheet. It is simply documenting what you did over the course of the week. Fill it out with the relevant information. You are not expected to write paragraphs worth of reflection. Just review what you have done.
- If you have a question, ASK. I will be checking my email regularly.
- My office hours are listed in the syllabus as M-F 1pm - 2pm. I will do my best to stick to that and be available during that time. I am at home with little kids, so sometimes my schedule can be upended at a moment's notice. I will respond to you as soon as I can.
- If you did not submit your project and/or worksheet for Week One or Two on time and received an incomplete or missing, make sure that you do so before midnight this coming Friday in order receive a "Complete" score.