Honors

HNRS 122-01: Performance/Action Art

This honors studio art course will be an exploration about storytelling with the language of artistic actions and gestures. The theme for this exploration will be the Narratives of Space or quoting Michel de Certeau’s Spatial Stories with the example of the actual history of Violence in Colombia. de Certeau says: “Every story is a travel story --a spatial practice.” Students will be researching their theme (Spatial Story) and be exposed to a wide range of artistic performances. We will be working on the approach to art practices from the production of meaning and the relationship between art and life. This class will collaborate and share resources with the Honors class Colombia: Narratives of Violence taught by Professor Eduardo Jaramillo.

“Narration created humanity.”

Pierre Janet, L’Evolution de la mémoire et la notion de temps, 1928, p.261

Spring Term: 2008

Credits: 4

Fulfills: GE Requirement in Fine Arts (A) and Oral Communication (R)

Cross-listed: ARTS-267-01

Meeting times: 10:00-11:20 TRF

Instructor: Micaela Vivero

Open to: First-years/Sophomores/Jrs/Srs

Note: HNRS 122-01 and HNRS 173-01 are constructed in a fashion that the two sections work well together. Both courses will share classes at the begining of the semester as well as various activities and a symposium at the end.