Project 1 Guidelines

ARTD 471 | Fall 2010

PROJECT 1 GUIDELINES
“Augmenting the Absence”

Title: Augmenting the Absence

Project Overview: Instead of taking the usual tack of manipulating 3D Imaging to show an augmentation of reality (super heroes, special effects, fantasy landscapes, etc), the first project will be about revealing the ABSENCE of something real.  Allow your attentive gaze to fall upon a conceptually intriguing issue and use the 3D visualization toolset to reveal either the underpinnings of the issue or the vulnerability of the said issue when a key element is missing.

It is suggested that you choose one of the following themes to tackle:

·      Power Figures

·      Larger organizations (corporations, universities, political machines)

·      Embodied Energy

·      Food item – (biology, politics, chemistry, anatomy)

Why this approach? The purpose of the first project is get you as creators to use this powerful tool of 3D imaging in new and unexpected ways. Creation instead of emulation is the name of the idea – especially allow the IDEA to supersede the product.  Let metaphor play a role in this project instead of falling back on the easier diagrammatic and literal approach to 3D.

Images/artworks/references will be shown in class.