CCOG for ART 119 Fall 2024
- Course Number:
- ART 119
- Course Title:
- Basic Design: 4D Foundations
- Credit Hours:
- 4
- Lecture Hours:
- 20
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 40
- Lab Hours:
- 0
Course Description
Addendum to Course Description
Basic Design series ART 115, 116, 117 and 119 may be taken in any sequence. ART 119 may be offered with a focus on Video, Sound, or Experiential modalities. If focus is offered it will be stated in Banner alongside class listing.
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon completion of the course students should be able to:
- Solve conceptual and process-related problems through appropriate use of the Principles of 4D Design.
- Express connections to personal and cultural experience through four-dimensional making and expression.
- Assess the value and quality of personal work in relation to the practices and standards of four-dimensional design.
- Communicate through design vocabulary in order to engage in critical conversations about art and design.
- Manage time and production processes efficiently and with consideration for the environment and community impact.
Integrative Learning
Students completing an associate degree at Portland Community College will be able to reflect on one’s work or competencies to make connections between course content and lived experience.
General education philosophy statement
The study of Visual Arts is essential to the development of the individual and one’s meaningful participation in society. At the heart of artistic practice is the ability to organize experience and recognize its meaning. The creation of artwork and appreciation of aesthetics is a source of great pleasure and also a valuable means to effective visual communication. Participating in Visual Arts is an important way for individuals to connect to the past and respond to the present with a stronger sense of engagement with culture and society.
Course Activities and Design
Primary course activities include: Technical and material demonstrations, lectures, group critique and one-on-one feedback and instruction.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
- Create appropriately crafted, challenging solutions to assigned projects.
- Develop ideas through creative research and preparatory studies.
- Evaluate design through written responses to artwork.
- Demonstrate consideration for responsible making (i.e. safe use of tools, equipment, and PPE, respect for the classroom community, audience, studio and environment).
- Participate in all class critiques and discussions.
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
Themes
- Visual Literacy
- Contextual Awareness
Concepts
- Principles of 4D Design
- Causality, Duration, Dynamics/Intensity, Interactivity, Tempo/Speed, Transition, Spatial Relationships, Simultaneity and Juxtaposition
- Stages of experience (Passive, Active, Interactive)
- Content and meaning
- Craft, technique and modality (sight, sound, experiential) choices
Issues
- Compositional Strategies and Concerns
- Process and modality limitations and possibilities
- Understanding of aesthetic choices in relation to artistic intent
- Presentation and Display Strategies
Skills
- Proficiency with the organizing principles of 4D Design:
- Causality, Duration, Dynamics/Intensity, Interactivity, Tempo/Speed, Transition, Spatial Relationships, Simultaneity and Juxtaposition
- Video strategies and techniques
- Audio and aural strategies and techniques
- Experiential (e.g. installation and performance) strategies and techniques
- Applicable understanding of 4D modalities and the context of their exhibition/display.
- Applicable understanding of community and audience in relation to one’s work.
- Applicable understanding of appropriation and it’s use.
- Ideation strategies (models, diagrams, scores, storyboards, etc.)
- Presentation strategies
- Critique and self-reflection strategies