Performing+the+Principles

=** Performing the Principles **=

Throughout the semester, we have been creating works focusing on various elements and principles of design. We have used line, shape, color, form, space, proportion and repetition to create interest and drive the viewers eye across a work.

In this assignment, you will create a short video of a principle of design being performed. Deconstruct your principle and describe it’s primary properties. What are the ways in which the term can be described?

While the parameters of the assignment are to perform the principles, the “art”, or how you will do this is up to you and your partner. Think about your surroundings, props, and actors. What elements do these things add to a reading of your short video. Could your work be read as being about relationships, architecture or modern culture? How much information are you giving your viewer.

Performance art is different from T.V. and movies. There doesn’t need to be a story ark and the work does not necessarily have to be visually exciting or even beautiful. If the work leads the viewer to consider some of the relevant information, allows for a personal identification and leaves the viewer with something to ponder, then the piece is working.

Remember, let the work out, in this venue, strange combinations and excessiveness can combine to create interesting things. Weirdness is your ally.

=** Requirements: **= In this short assignment, you will work in groups of 2. Video should contain at least 1 prop and at least one member of your group. Video should be at minimum 1 minute long. No narrative elements. No titles, outtakes, or non-project related elements in video.

You will upload your video to youtube.com/atimidmule And post the video in a wiki page along with a statement describing your video and principle. Don’t forget to put your names with the video. In addition, bring the video in its highest quality on a cd or dvd.

Video and statement should be uploaded and viewable for critique on exam day.

=** Principles: **=


 * Balance, repetition, rhythm, emphasis, economy, proportion, variety **

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