Cindy Sherman
Project Description: Create a seamless image in which a normal, everyday scene everyday scene exhibits a magical or fantastic intervention. Utilize real-world norms of perception in order to suggest the magic in our world and express a larger theme.
Remember: You are not creating a new world, you are tweaking the world that already exists. This should not be a totally surreal image ala Dali. It can be an image that evokes a surreal mood, but exists in probable space, such as you see with Cindy Sherman. Or it can be an element that intrudes on the normal, making the familiar strange. If you have ever seen Twin Peaks, or any David Lynch film, he is an excellent example of an artist utilizing magical surrealism.
Requirements:
1. You may create one image or several. You should experiment with ideas at first, brainstorm, sketch. Beware of going with your first idea. Or if you do, post it to the blog so you can get feedback.
2. You may not use Photoshop to create your 'intervention' (use it to color correction and clean as usual)
Presentation: You may choose your own size and the way you want to show your image. But please do not leave this as an afterthought, try to present your image in a way that supports its meaning. A nice print spray-glued on board is the default, it is acceptable, but I would encourage you to go further.
TODAY IN CLASS:
Work with a partner or alone (you will need a camera). Make the familiar strange on campus in a single image. Bring back 30 minutes before end of class.
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