Wunderkammer

PART TWO: Building Your Cabinet

By the end of class today:

Use your images to create the first draft of your cabinet. Your cabinet should unfold to have sides that are at least 18 inches, but the dimensions other than that are up to you - ie. it may be square or rectangular.

1. Create a sketch of your plan for your cabinet. Will it be symmetrical? How will the collections be arranged: side by side, intermixed, by shape, size, color, meaning? Will you have one or two large images and many small ones, or images of equal size with some objects cut out with the pen tool? Will objects overlap? Is one collection subordinate to the other? Will there be a unified background? What exists in the space between objects? Is this collection contemporary or nostalgic? Will you borrow from the language of other collections you've seen - ie. fashion, automotive, gallery, etc.? How does your arrangement reflect the meaning and purpose of your collections?

2. Use a grid as a starting point. Arrange your images according to your sketch. Hang by 10:15. Can be tiled. Indicate areas where you need to reshoot your images, or where you have decided to add new content

NOTE: Formulate your ideal audience. This should consist of 3-5 people whose opinion you value and trust, whose taste you admire, whom you seek to interest and impress. Check in with yourself now and then to evaluate whether your cabinet would interest this select audience of few.

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HW

due next week:

1. Reshoot as necessary. I expect you to reshoot some of your images as you formulate your cabinet. If you do not reshoot that indicates that your project is not evolving. Consider the suggestions we made in class

2. Rearrange and revise your cabinet. Consider the folds - how will the cabinet unfold - what is the progression? This should be a similar thought process as in ordering your slideshow. Is there a moment of revelation?

3. Black and white full-size printout hung at the beginning of class next week (bring all files to class)

PS YOU MUST POST YOUR SLIDESHOW TO THE BLOG BY FRIDAY