What are the materials of your practice? Where do they come from? What stories, wisdom, histories, traumas, relationships and associations emerge when considering the origin and future of the Earthly stuff that physically makes up your body of work?  In this weekly seminar, we will explore different sites that offer a multitude of fascinating materials including recycling centers, flea markets, botanical gardens and scrap yards. We will discuss the political, spiritual, poetic and environmental implications of materials, objects and 3d models. We will consider the role of Animism- a supernatural power that organizes and animates the material universe and question what it means to be a Sculptor in the Anthropocene era. This will be a field trip heavy class and students should be prepared to provide their own means of transportation. There will also be a studio component to the class that will involve mold making, 3d modeling/printing/scanning and disassembly of found objects. At the end of the semester, students will have the opportunity to run their own booth at the Berkeley Flea Market.Fine Arts Seminars are intended to broaden and clarify students' perspective on contemporary art practice. Each semester these seminars shift in focus and subject matter. Seminars may concentrate on art from the perspectives of art history, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, psychology, and so forth, or may take the form of a discipline-based critique focusing on the history, theory, and practice of painting, sculpture, and photography, among others.

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