{"id":1685,"date":"2022-01-04T11:56:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T19:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/seniorstudio\/?page_id=1685"},"modified":"2024-01-10T18:13:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T02:13:58","slug":"sp-visual-cultural-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/art411412\/sp-visual-cultural-research\/","title":{"rendered":"SP Visual Cultural Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1685\" data-postid=\"1685\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1685 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_yi2m920 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_pvsl921 first\">\n                    <!-- module fancy heading -->\n<div  class=\"module module-fancy-heading tb_bd3o124 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <h1 class=\"fancy-heading\">\n    <span class=\"main-head tf_block\">\n                    Visual Cultural Research            <\/span>\n\n    \n    <span class=\"sub-head tf_block tf_rel\">\n                                <\/span>\n    <\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module fancy heading -->\n        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_uhs3457 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_psoy458 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_sh6z637   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><em>Material semiotic research is supplemented with research into contemporary art and visual culture. Students contextualize their practice within contemporary visual culture and discourse by studying artists and attending artist talks and exhibitions. Students also conduct research through developing a reading list of texts that are relevant to their body of work. These texts deepen their understanding and bring complexity and nuance to their artistic research.<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_0k1u467 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_v9ap469 first\">\n                    <!-- module menu -->\n<div  class=\"module module-menu tb_zotd577  mobile-menu-overlay\" data-menu-style=\"mobile-menu-overlay\" data-menu-breakpoint=\"0\" data-element-id=\"tb_zotd577\" data-lazy=\"1\" data-sticky-active=\"{&quot;d&quot;:{&quot;unstick&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;builder&quot;}}}\">\n        \n    <div class=\"module-menu-container\"><ul id=\"menu-visual-cultural-research-sp\" class=\"ui tf_clearfix nav tf_rel tf_scrollbar fullwidth light-green\"><li id=\"menu-item-1785\" class=\"menu-item-custom-1785 menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-1785\"><a href=\"#ArtistInfluences\">Artist Influences<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1790\" class=\"menu-item-custom-1790 menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-1790\"><a href=\"#ExhibitionResponses\">Exhibition Responses<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1791\" class=\"menu-item-custom-1791 menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-1791\"><a href=\"#AnnotatedBibliography\">Annotated Bibliography<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<!-- \/module menu -->\n        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"ArtistInfluences\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-ArtistInfluences tb_nytq402 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_j5j4402 first\">\n                    <!-- module box -->\n<div  class=\"module module-box tb_14ni620 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <div class=\"module-box-content ui  tb_default_color\">\n                <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\"><h2><strong>Artist Influences<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Blog Categories: sr-studio, influences<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Add to your artist chart. You should already have a collection 10-15 artists whose work has informed your practice. By mid-term of the spring semester you should have at least 25 artists in your collection. Take into account feedback from last semester when researching artists.<\/p>\n<p>See the <b><a href=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/art411412\/conducting-research\/\">Conducting Research<\/a><\/b> page<b>\u00a0<\/b>for resources and further guidance.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.125em\">Make sure that you are selecting artists who are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0primarily contemporary (unless there is a clear reason for looking at historical work)<\/li>\n<li>receiving critical attention in the contemporary art\/design world (major museum exhibitions, credible publications etc.)<\/li>\n<li>connected to the learner&#8217;s practice and line of inquiry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><div class=\"more-text\" style=\"display: none\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> For each artist create a blog post including:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1-2 images from <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">each<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> artist. <\/span><\/li>\n<li>Artist\/designer\u2019s Name, <i>Title of the Work<\/i>, year created, media<\/li>\n<li>Source of image (URL)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Example:<br><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/create.twu.ca\/seniorstudio\/files\/2020\/09\/YayoiKusama.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-589\" src=\"http:\/\/create.twu.ca\/seniorstudio\/files\/2020\/09\/YayoiKusama-300x293.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/art411412\/files\/2020\/09\/YayoiKusama-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/art411412\/files\/2020\/09\/YayoiKusama.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br>Yayoi Kusama, <em>Eyes of Mine<\/em>, 2010, Acrylic on canvas<br>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/painterskeys.com\/studio-wonder\/\">http:\/\/painterskeys.com\/studio-wonder\/<\/a><\/p><\/div><a href=\"#\" class=\"module-text-more\">More <\/a><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module box -->\n        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_b5iq854\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col-full tb_vzr6857 first\">\n                    <!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_x1hp638 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion   light-green\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-x1hp638-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-x1hp638-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            <span class=\"accordion-title-wrap\">ARTIST INFLUENCES RUBRIC<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-x1hp638-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-x1hp638-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p><a href=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/seniorstudio\/artist-influences-5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1590\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1590\" src=\"http:\/\/create.twu.ca\/seniorstudio\/files\/2021\/09\/Artist-Influences.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"777\" height=\"769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/art411412\/files\/2021\/09\/Artist-Influences.png 777w, https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/art411412\/files\/2021\/09\/Artist-Influences-300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/art411412\/files\/2021\/09\/Artist-Influences-768x760.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/a><\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_m3i3755 last\">\n                    <!-- module box -->\n<div  class=\"module module-box tb_hhq3200 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <div class=\"module-box-content ui  black\">\n                <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\"><h4><strong>Assessment:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learner has included 10-15 artists\/designers<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Choice of artists\/designers is appropriate to the learner\u2019s research focus<\/li>\n<li>Artists\/designers are receiving critical attention from the contemporary art\/design world. Artists\/designers are primarily contemporary.<\/li>\n<li>Evidence of depth of research\u2014 learner has gone beyond artists and designers they are familiar with, they have accessed a variety of sources<\/li>\n<li>Images are properly labeled<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module box -->\n        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"ExhibitionResponses\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-ExhibitionResponses tb_x3s7748 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_6zah748 first\">\n                    <!-- module box -->\n<div  class=\"module module-box tb_fjya604 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <div class=\"module-box-content ui  tb_default_color\">\n                <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\"><h2><strong>Exhibition Visits<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><b>Blog Categories: sr-studio, review<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Review exhibitions on display in Metro Vancouver and select<strong> two<\/strong> exhibitions to attend. Select exhibitions that are of particular relevance to you art practice, visually, materially or conceptually.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1yvlNo5cPFyUT0cVE32V8AqVosPrk7TB9btQZxjoQNN8\/edit?usp=sharing\">Check out this list of Vancouver Galleries<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photograph the exhibitions you attend and present a 5 minute \u201cshow and tell\u201d on your highlights for the class on February 8. This will allow everyone in the class to be exposed to a diversity of art and artists.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module box -->\n        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_qi68716 last\">\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"AnnotatedBibliography\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-AnnotatedBibliography tb_przg464 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_q4it466 first\">\n                    <!-- module box -->\n<div  class=\"module module-box tb_lv42859 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <div class=\"module-box-content ui  tb_default_color\">\n                <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\"><h2><strong>Annotated Bibliography<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><b>Blog Categories: sr-studio, bibliography<\/b><\/p>\n<p>For spring semester you are required to list <strong>four <em>more <\/em>sources<\/strong> on your annotated bibliography. Please refer to instructor feedback for guidance on moving forward with your bibliography.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Create a new blog post for <em><strong>each<\/strong><\/em> bibliography item. Your annotated bibliography should have at least eight sources for the year. Four sources for the fall semester and four for spring semester.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Your bibliography may include books, journal articles, films, podcasts etc. Pay particular attention to the quality of the sources and how the sources relate to your project. Consult with the instructor regarding your sources. For further resources and strategies see the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/art411412\/conducting-research\/\">Conducting Research<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>resource page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ask yourself, does this source: <br><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">deepen my understanding of the topic I am considering?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">help me contextualize my work in contemporary art\/design discourse?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">help me develop language to articulate what I&#8217;m doing in my project?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">help me theorize my project?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><div class=\"more-text\" style=\"display: none\"><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h5><strong>Use the following format for your Annotated Bibliography posts:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<div><b><i>Note that the format has been revised from last semester<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<p>REFERENCE<br><b>Clement Greenberg, &#8220;Avant Garde and Kitsch,&#8221; in Pollock and After: The Critical Debate. Ed. Francis Frascina (Harper and Row, 1985) 48-59.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>SUMMARY<br><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What are the supporting ideas that support the thesis? (3-4 sentences maximum; <\/span><b>written in your own words; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">include the key concepts\/words the author uses for these ideas<\/span><b>)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>2 KEY QUOTATIONS<br><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis just says it all\u201d or \u201cI loved this sentence\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>CONNECTION<br><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis reminds me\u2026\u201d \u00a0 How do the ideas in this reading intersect with other texts you\u2019ve engaged with in your own research or other classes. <\/span><b>How does it connect to your senior studio project?\u00a0<\/b>How does it extend or deepen your thinking about your project? (4-5 sentences for each quotation)<\/p>\n<p>QUESTION (optional)<br><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Does this raise any questions that you would like to explore in further research?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999\">Annotated bibliography format is adapted with permission from Dr. Helma Sawatsky, Trinity Western University<\/span><\/p><\/div><a href=\"#\" class=\"module-text-more\">More <\/a><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module box -->\n<!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_ohnf605 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion   light-green\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-ohnf605-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-ohnf605-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            <span class=\"accordion-title-wrap\">ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY RUBRIC<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-ohnf605-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-ohnf605-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p><a href=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/seniorstudio\/annotated-bibliography-6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1593\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1593\" src=\"http:\/\/create.twu.ca\/seniorstudio\/files\/2021\/09\/Annotated-Bibliography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"772\" height=\"615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/art411412\/files\/2021\/09\/Annotated-Bibliography.png 772w, https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/art411412\/files\/2021\/09\/Annotated-Bibliography-300x239.png 300w, https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/art411412\/files\/2021\/09\/Annotated-Bibliography-768x612.png 768w, https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/art411412\/files\/2021\/09\/Annotated-Bibliography-416x331.png 416w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><\/a><\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_2ffp692 last\">\n                    <!-- module box -->\n<div  class=\"module module-box tb_76gn368 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <div class=\"module-box-content ui  black\">\n                <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\"><h4><strong>Assessment:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Quality of sources:<\/strong> Learner has included a minimum of 4 academic sources.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Choice of sources support learner&#8217;s research focus. Learner clearly articulates connection.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Depth of research:<\/strong> learner has gone beyond familiar texts and has accessed a variety of sources<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reference is correct and uses consistent citation style<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Summary is accurate and concise<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module box -->\n        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visual Cultural Research Material semiotic research is supplemented with research into contemporary art and visual culture. Students contextualize their practice within contemporary visual culture and discourse by studying artists and attending artist talks and exhibitions. Students also conduct research through developing a reading list of texts that are relevant to their body of work. 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