# Introduction to Three-Dimensional Art Work: Textiles, Fashion, and Performative Art (Spring 2024)

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Instructor
:   Laura Anderson Barbata

TA
:   Iris Yuting Zeng

Units
:   U / G

Lab Fee
:   Per-term $75 fee after Add Date; SMACT students are exempt

Credit
:   3-3-6 U / 3-3-3 G

Schedule
:   R 2-5pm | F 9:30am-12:30pm

Location
:   E15-235

Explores three-dimensional art work, including sculptures and installations, from design to model to finished piece. Addresses challenges associated with design and fabrication, process, context, and relationships between objects, the body, and physical or cultural environments. Lectures, screenings, field trips, readings, and debates supplement studio practice.

The class will introduce students to the foundations of volume and sculpture centered around the human body and embodied experiences. Through research and design experiments, the class will explore structures, design and movement for the body inspired by nature (ie. flora, leaves, wings and insects).

Students are invited to propose subjects and themes to develop individually and collectively.

Activities are based on core elements in the creation of a performance and will be categorized into the following four program activity areas history and research; presentation design: costume/garment/wearable sculpture design and construction, and movement vocabulary; production design: theater and performance strategies with visual arts; and strategic planning: site specific logistics.

The project will focus on 4 areas (listed below) and will develop specific activities based on those areas.  Participants will develop innovation and creativity skills, develop and implement collaboration strategies, develop thematic design skills, and learn costume/garment construction skills.

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