{"id":627,"date":"2020-09-07T13:47:08","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T20:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/seniorstudio\/?page_id=627"},"modified":"2022-08-29T10:25:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T17:25:47","slug":"unit-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/seniorstudio\/unit-1\/","title":{"rendered":"UNIT 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-627\" data-postid=\"627\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-627 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                            <\/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                            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tb_x72w70\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col2-1 tb_c8zo71 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                    Unit 1            <\/span>\n\n    \n    <span class=\"sub-head tf_block tf_rel\">\n                    Taking an Artistic Inventory            <\/span>\n    <\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module fancy heading -->\n        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col2-1 tb_xut771 last\">\n                    <!-- module box -->\n<div  class=\"module module-box tb_rbjp67 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <div class=\"module-box-content ui  tb_default_color\">\n                <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\"><h4><strong>Unit Overview:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Gather images of all the artwork you&#8217;ve made over the past three years into a single folder on your desktop.<\/li>\n<li>Browse through the options for reflecting on your creative process: Good Time Journal, Creative Autobiography or the Ignatian Examine. Select one to be your guide for the inventory process<\/li>\n<li>Read the PDF for your chosen guide and complete the reflection exercise<\/li>\n<li>Read through the artist manifestos, note the language that resonates with you<\/li>\n<li>Watch the film <em>Manifesto<\/em> by german artist <a title=\"Julian Rosefeldt\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Julian_Rosefeldt\">Julian Rosefeldt<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module box -->\n        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_sh6z637   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During my graduate fine arts training I absorbed an idea that there was a right way to be an artist. The \u201cright\u201d way required going into the studio every day and working alone for 6-8 hours and producing work to hang in galleries. This worked okay for me when I was in school, in fact I loved it. I was surrounded by professors who challenged me and artist colleagues who were a source of constant inspiration. But it was a different story once I had graduated and was out on my own trying to live this solitary artist life. It didn&#8217;t seem to fit. I envied filmmakers and theatre artists who got to work in teams and support one another. It was then that I started to find other artists to collaborate with; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">people to spur on my creative practice and push my work in interdisciplinary directions. I began to explore performance, I worked on a theatre production with a performing arts collective and I began to expand my ideas of what a creative practice could look like. I followed what gave me life and it led me to some surprising places!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week\u2019s exercises are an invitation to get to know yourself and your creative practice better. What creative practices &#8220;nourish&#8221; you?\u00a0What drives you? What discourages you? <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to cultivate a sustainable creative practice we have to get to know ourselves, to figure out what makes us tick, what motivates us to work, what stops us in our tracks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module box -->\n<div  class=\"module module-box tb_p4j877 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <div class=\"module-box-content ui  light-purple\">\n                <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\"><h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Making the work you want to make means finding nourishment within the work itself.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-Bayles &amp; Orland<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module box -->\n        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_middle tb_col_count_2 tb_ip9c245\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-2 tb_4ttj247 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_vqb3824   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We come up against a lot of roadblocks when creating. These roadblocks can be internal or external. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes the roadblock is discomfort with uncertainty\u2014not wanting to start a project unless we know it will work out. Sometimes it\u2019s materials not behaving the way we expect. Sometimes it\u2019s comparing ourselves to others. Sometimes it\u2019s getting a discouraging critique. Sometimes too much praise puts up a block. <\/span><b>In order to have a sustainable creative practice we need to learn to identify and\u00a0 move through these blocks.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week you are invited to reflect and take stock of the past three years of your art and design training here art TWU (and beyond if you like!) Set aside a generous amount of time this week to dig into this reflection. Make space for it. This is important! Reflection is essential in times of transition change. As you prepare to take your next big steps I invite you to honour your learning over the past years and to discover the directions that your practice might be leading you in the coming year and beyond.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-2 tb_r227373 last\">\n                    <!-- module box -->\n<div  class=\"module module-box tb_cotk530 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <div class=\"module-box-content ui  purple\">\n                <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\"><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In large measure becoming an artist consists of learning to accept yourself, which makes your work personal <\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bayles &amp; Orland<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module box -->\n        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/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 text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_mj77789   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h3><strong>Personal Inventory Beginnings<\/strong><\/h3>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/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 col4-2 tb_j5j4402 first\">\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\"><p>The purpose of this exercise is theefold:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>To develop reflective strategies that will accompany you throughout your creative life\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>To help you reflect on the projects that have nourished you and allow those projects to point you to your next creative explorations.<\/li>\n<li>To help you identify what hinders your progress as an artist or designer. What blocks your sense of flow? This will allow you to make positive changes to support your creative work.<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/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                            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_m3i3755 last\">\n                    <!-- module tab -->\n<div  id=\"tb_mxvv495\" class=\"module ui module-tab tb_mxvv495 minimal  light-purple \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"tab-nav-current-active tf_hide\">\n\t\t<span class=\"tab_burger_icon_wrap\">\n\t        <span class=\"tab_burger_icon tf_rel\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n        <span class=\"tb_activetab_title\">\n            <span class=\"tb_tab_title\">Journal<\/span>\n                    <\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <ul class=\"tab-nav tf_clearfix tf_scrollbar\">\n                <li class=\"current\" aria-expanded=\"true\">\n            <a href=\"#tab-tb_mxvv495-0\">\n                                <span class=\"tb_tab_title\">Journal<\/span>                                            <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n                <li aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <a href=\"#tab-tb_mxvv495-1\">\n                                <span class=\"tb_tab_title\">Autobiography<\/span>                                            <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n                <li aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <a href=\"#tab-tb_mxvv495-2\">\n                                <span class=\"tb_tab_title\">Examine<\/span>                                            <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n            <div data-id=\"tab-tb_mxvv495-0\" class=\"tab-content tf_clear\" aria-hidden=\"false\">\n                            <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                    <h4>good time journal<\/h4>\n<p>Summary: Stanford design professors Burnett and Evans guide you through a reflective exercise that uses design thinking principles from human centred design to help you &#8220;design your life.&#8221; However, I think this exercise is just as useful for helping you design a senior studio project.<\/p>\n<p>Read the chapter &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/create.twu.ca\/seniorstudio\/files\/2020\/09\/Burnett-and-Evans-Wayfinding-1.pdf\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\"><strong>Wayfinding<\/strong><\/a>&#8221; from <em>Designing Your Life.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Access the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/designingyour.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DYL-Good-Time-Journal-Activity-Log-v1.1.pdf\">Good Time Journal Worksheet<\/a><\/strong> if you would like to print it out.<\/p>\n<p>If you choose this exercise, gather all your work, write down a list of all the classes you&#8217;ve taken and any other art and design experiences you&#8217;ve had. Then work through each of the experiences with the Good Time Journal worksheet. Pay attention to patterns of energy and engagement.<\/p>\n<p>For a great summary of Burnett and Evans&#8217; work on life design watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1Na-gjMv2Y4\"><strong>this<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n            <div data-id=\"tab-tb_mxvv495-1\" class=\"tab-content tf_clear\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                            <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                    <h4>Creative Autobiography<\/h4>\n<p>Here world-renowned\u00a0 choreographer Twyla Tharp offers a series of questions to help you form a &#8220;creative autobiography.&#8221; She even completes the questionnaire herself which is worth a read! Great insights into finding your voice!<\/p>\n<p>Read the chapter &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/create.twu.ca\/seniorstudio\/files\/2020\/09\/Twyla-Tharp-Your-Creative-DNA-1.pdf\"><strong>Your Creative DNA<\/strong><\/a>&#8221; from <em>The Creative Habit<\/em> and respond to questions on pages 8 &amp; 9.<\/p>\n<p>If you choose this exercise, gather all your work, write down a list of all the classes you&#8217;ve taken and any other art and design experiences you&#8217;ve had. Then work through the questions Tharp provides (and check out her answers too!)<\/p>                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n            <div data-id=\"tab-tb_mxvv495-2\" class=\"tab-content tf_clear\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                            <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                    <h4>Awareness Examine<\/h4>\n<p>This is a practice that is dear to my heart. I first learned it in a course called the Ignatian spiritual exercises here at TWU where our homework was to pray for 30 mins a day! <em>Sleeping with Bread <\/em>is one of the best descriptions I know of of the process of Examine and why we do it.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Use this method if you are interested in contemplative spiritual practices. It is from Ignatius that we get the spiritual exercises and the practice of spiritual direction.<br><\/p>\n<p>Read &#8220;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/create.twu.ca\/seniorstudio\/files\/2020\/09\/01-bread-converted.pdf\">Part I: The Examen<\/a><\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you choose this exercise, gather all your work, write down a list of all the classes you&#8217;ve taken and any other art and design experiences you&#8217;ve had. Then pray through all of these experiences paying attention to consolation and desolation, what gives life and what takes life, high point and low point. Journal your observations.&nbsp;<\/p>                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<!-- \/module tab -->\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 text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_buwy333   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h3><strong>Artist Manifesto<\/strong><\/h3>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/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 col4-2 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\"><p>The artist manifesto has been a hallmark of modern art movements throughout the twentieth century. The practice of writing artist manifestos has largely gone out of fashion in the twenty-first century. Their bold, sweeping statements smack of modernist hubris. However, writing a manifesto can be a great way to get in touch with your core beliefs about art and design practices in language that is direct and unapologetic. Writing a manifesto can help you answer the &#8220;so what?&#8221; of your work.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Julian Rosenfeldt&#8217;s brilliant film and video installation <em>Manifesto<\/em> captures the power of the language of twentieth century artist manifestos.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at some excerpts from important art manifestos below. Pay attention to the language that resonates with you.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.royalacademy.org.uk\/article\/ten-game-changing-manifestos\">&#8220;10 Game Changing Manifestos&#8221; from\u00a0<em>The Royal Academy of Arts <\/em>Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.widewalls.ch\/magazine\/art-manifestos\/scum\">&#8220;10 Inspiring Art Manifestos&#8221; from <em>Widewalls<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t shy away from powerful language. For some great advice on writing a manifesto read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/entertainment\/archive\/2014\/06\/manifestos-a-manifesto-the-10-things-all-manifestos-need\/372135\/\">&#8220;Manifestos: A Manifesto&#8221; from\u00a0<em>The Atlantic<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module box -->\n        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_2ffp692 last\">\n                    <!-- module video -->\n<div  class=\"module module-video tb_xumf468 video-top  \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n                    <div class=\"video-wrap-outer\">\n            <div class=\"video-wrap tf_rel tf_overflow\">\n                                    <noscript><iframe data-no-script src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sOA6ramO1aw?pip=1&#038;playsinline=1\" allow=\"accelerometer;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture;fullscreen\" class=\"tf_abs tf_w tf_h\"><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n                                <\/div>\n            <!-- \/video-wrap -->\n        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/video-wrap-outer -->\n                    <div class=\"video-content\">\n                \n                                    <div class=\"video-caption tb_text_wrap\">\n                        View full Manifesto film by Julian Rosenfeldt on Amazon Prime, Apple TV or YouTube.                    <\/div>\n                    <!-- \/video-caption -->\n                            <\/div>\n            <!-- \/video-content -->\n            <\/div>\n<!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_k1mz685 image-overlay   active-caption-hover tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smithsonian-institution\/cate-blanchett-dons-13-guises-daring-art-installation-180972722\/\" class=\"lightbox-builder themify_lightbox\">\n                   <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/create.twu.ca\/seniorstudio\/files\/2020\/09\/manifesto-installation.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"596\" alt=\"Installation version of Manifesto at the Smithsonian\u2019s Hirshhorn Museum.\">        <\/a>\n    \n    \n        <div class=\"image-content\">\n                        <div class=\"image-caption tb_text_wrap\">\n            Installation version of Manifesto at the Smithsonian\u2019s Hirshhorn Museum.         <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-caption -->\n            <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n                <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unit 1Taking an Artistic Inventory Unit Overview: Gather images of all the artwork you&#8217;ve made over the past three years into a single folder on your desktop. 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