Glass as Information: Memory
For the last section of the course, we will be interpreting “glass as information” in the context of memory and how this might relate to conceptual themes in our work and/or material behavior. Draw from the reading to initiate a point of entry for yourself—memory as haunting, the memory image, the memory object, deja vu as a meeting point between hallucination and fiction, memory association, all-things-Oliver Sacks, collective memory, pre-memory, repetition, memory failure . . . I will offer a few hotshop tricks that address the act of memory in material as another potential starting point. Your project is open to whatever materials/medium suits your practice, but the work must in some way relate back to the subject matter of memory.

Memory Reading: Discussion on Wed., 4/16
Instructions for reading:

• Read the handout
• Look up words you don’t know and write their definition down on the reading.
• Look up pieces you don’t know; you should identify at least 3 pieces you respond to in the context of memory, or find other references that contribute to your entry point into a conversation on memory.
• Identify passages of text you relate to or respond to—positively or negatively.
• Prepare some notes of ideas, comments, responses, or reactions to the reading.

Working Critique, Wednesday, 4/23
By 4/23, prepare to share with the class the following items:
an idea for your final project ten sketches of different possible manifestations of this project some actual work—material investigations or maquettes or the makings-of your work-in-progress. By 4/23, you will have been exposed to Tracy’s lathe demo, Michael Endo’s painting demo, and numerous hotshop tricks (folding, trick punties). This being an intermediate/advanced course, I am trusting you to be self-motivated enough to absorb this information and run with something you find engaging vs. being motivated by the grade for a technical assignment. Show me evidence of you either trying out a new technique or generating actual work to respond to. It is fine if your technical explorations do not sync with your conceptual pursuits at working crit stage; understanding your general explorations and potential for connections is our goal.

Final Crit, Monday, May 5
This project will be evaluated on the following metrics:

• 1 point: conceptual development – strength of the idea; willingness to take risks
• 1 point: project development and execution – is the work clearly evidence of a healthy dialogue between making, thinking, experiencing, incorporating feedback, etc.
• 1 point: Title and supporting information included with work- this is only so heavily weighted because not a single one of you has upheld this standard to date.
• 1 point: Ability to treat final critique in a formal context, presenting exhibition-ready work that does not depend on the decoder ring of the student standing next to their work, explaining their work

Final Clean-Up, Wednesday, May 7
This is not optional. This is a required clean-up for this class. Missing this will gravely impact your grade for the semester.