“Pyramids, cathedrals, and rockets exist not because of geometry, theory of structures, or thermodynamics, but because they were first a picture—a vision in the minds of those who built them.”

—Eugene S. Ferguson, The Mind’s Eye: Nonverbal Thought in Technology

In the course Subjectivity in Technical Drawing, we explore drawing as a fundamental tool for communication. The class delves into the history of technical drawing to understand how novel techniques developed into conventional standards that have shaped our dominant material culture. From there, we’ll examine artistic practices that challenge these conventions by incorporating alternative value systems such as idiosyncratic processes, subjectivity, projection, politics, and poetry.

Through a combination of reading discussions, writing, drawing, and performance, students in this class explore how the practice of drawing, in a broad sense, can inform their creative research.

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