This course is intended for students who wish to deepen their investigations of concepts, methods, and materials in contemporary sculpture practice. Students will complete projects in response to a range of current issues and concerns within the field, which may include: memory and (counter) monuments; site-specificity and locational practice; collecting and repurposing materials and objects; material vitality and thing theory; kinetic objects; sustainability; and media/time-based approaches. Students will be assessed in the development of ideas and contextual research, as well as in technical processes and related materials. Students will be introduced to the Metal Shop, Wood Shop, Flexible Materials/Mold-making Shop, Soft Shop, and/or the Digital Fabrication lab. Through selected demonstrations, students will have the chance to deepen their engagement with technical and material processes related to these Shops, which may include mold-making and casting a range of materials and forms, experimenting with surface applications for built forms, sandcasting metal in the Foundry, working with textiles, and/or developing 3-d work through digital output such as the CNC. Students will continue to refine their critical vocabulary through presentations, readings, group discussions, and critiques.

This course is subject to priority rules; see here.