Assignment

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Exhibition Group Project
Each group will create an exhibition dealing with the life and works of a particular theorist. For the exhibition you are free to imagine the space, its layout, arrangement, what will be on display and how it will be displayed, etc. You must create a visual representation of this exhibition space, which will include smaller sections showing a particular display(s).

Each group will present its exhibition to the seminar. This entails showing us the visual representations of your exhibition as well as explaining the decisions you made in constructing it. You must incorporate information from your research on the particular theorist/philosopher into the exhibition design, that is, you must be able to explain your design choices by referring to particular ideas or concepts from the theorist/philosopher. [This is a crucial point and will be a key factor in your grade.]

Accompanying the exhibition design, each group must produce a research document.

This ten-page document has the following parts:


 * Table of Contents


 * Biography


 * Overall importance in twentieth-century thought


 * Importance for the study of art and art history


 * A summary of one key essay/chapter by the theorist/philosopher. Ideally the one that most informed the decisions you make in the exhibition design.


 * Bibliography [in Chicago style]

The entire document is to be ten pages long; therefore, each group can divide this work accordingly. However, for each section one person from the group will be responsible. The name of the person responsible for each section must be listed in the table of contents. This person will field the questions about his/her particular section during the presentation.

You are to be very conscious of your writing and editing in the preparation of this document. It is as much a writing assignment as an exhibition design. Note: do not make the same errors that I corrected on your earlier writing assignments.

Each group must meet with me at least once before the presentations begin.

Group Members
Karly Wighton

Timothy Boettcher

Jocelyn Stevens

Therese Vano

Brim Soh

Valerie Justice

Suje Garcia