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UDIST-3000-11: LIGHT: Illumination and Social Dynamics in Art and Design

Spring 2022

Subject: Upper Level Interdisciplinary Studio
Type: Workshop
Delivery Mode: In-Person
Level: Undergraduate

Campus: San Francisco
Course Dates: January 18, 2022 — May 08, 2022
Meetings: Mon/Thu 12:00-03:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - W2
Instructors: Amy Campos, Margo Majewska

Units: 3.0
Enrolled: 14/15 Waitlist

Description:

Upper Division Interdisciplinary Studios extend a student's cross-school experience from Core Studio up into their upper division years. 3 units of Interdisciplinary Studio are required of all majors and must be completed in the junior or senior year. This advanced level studio is thematic in nature. Technical demonstrations are paired with thoughtful readings, seminar discussions and ambitious projects. Collaboration, experimentation and presentation skills are developed in concert with critical thinking.Section Description: The relationship between light and space affects social interactions, productivity, sleep, and every aspect of our daily lives. Good lighting fosters connectivity, spatial atmospheres, promotes safety & security, and improves performance. The course focuses on the broader relationship of social impact and creativity through the specific lens of LIGHT as a material for making. Regardless of discipline, a process of research and creativity will engage aesthetic outcomes as well as socio-economic, environmental, political, and scientific values and impacts. The course is structured into three modules that begins with parallel streams of technical and historical lectures. This research then builds into the creation of an art or design proposal using light at the primary material. Developed with their proposals is a student-defined list of social, political, environmental impacts. Proposals could include large scale interventions (site specific installations, public art, educational exhibits, outdoor community spaces), products or scientific applications of lighting technology.

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