Parsons the New School for Design - Integrative Studio I First Year Integrative Studio 1 Course Code: PUFY

1020 CRN: 7138 Fall 2013 | Tuesdays 12:10 5:50 | Room L 1108 Instructor: Jessica Cannon cannonj@newschool.edu | www.jescannon.com Office Hours: by appointment

Course Description In Integrative Studio I students explore a range of visual, analytical, and making skills while working on projects that that draw upon collaboration and cross-disciplinary investigation. The focus of this course is not only on the how of making things, but also the why. How is it that we make sense of our ideas, the information we collect, and our hunches and theories? And what can this inquiry tell us about why we make decisions as creative thinkers? Students work in teams on projects that encourage exploration through research and prototyping, and are expected to integrate learning from other first year courses and experiences into their work. This course shares a common theme with Integrative Seminar I and at various times in the semester, the two classes share ideas, concepts and assignments through bridge topics, in this way bringing together reading, writing and making in a manner that is essential to the creative work of artists and designers in every discipline. The Parsons Learning Portfolio is introduced and developed in this course type.

Class Description Memory is an action or process of commemorating, recollecting, or remembering a person, object, or event. How do these actions and processes shape identity and our understanding of the world? The only true memory is the one not recalled translated from Marcel Proust In Integrative Studio I we will examine ways that memory is expressed personally and collectively. How is memory constructed and then reconstructed, over and over again through images and texts? We will begin by examining personal experiences and then use those histories to inform a broader collaborative exploration of an event that took place in NYC. Students will rely on diverse skills in researching, thinking, and making to complete projects across design disciplines. Collaboration and self-reflection will be an integral part of this course. A note on the relationship between the Integrative Studio + Seminar: The reading / writing exercises in Seminar will support the Studio by helping students to: organize their ideas into narratives, explore the interview format, and engage with formal analysis of theoretical texts. The Studio course will support the Seminar through: visual presentations connected to readings, and narrative projects and formal analysis designed to reinforce the relationship between object, content, and context.

Parsons the New School for Design - Integrative Studio I Learning Outcomes By the successful completion of this course, students will be able, at an introductory level, to: 1. To demonstrate a capacity to bring writing and making together through critical thought. (Applies to the Studio and Seminar) 2. Demonstrate an understanding of the iterative and incremental making process, including experimenting, taking creative risks, developing scenarios, prototyping, testing and responding to feedback. (Studio) 3. Explore visual representations of abstract ideas (using 2-D, 3-D and/or 4-D media). Employ visual and perceptual thinking as a problem-solving tool across multiple art and design applications. (Studio) 4. Reflect on relationship of self to context, in the relation of individuals to groups, institutions, and socio-political entities such as Parsons, The New School, and New York City.(Applies to the Studio and Seminar) 5. Demonstrate reflection on creative skills learned, choices made, and connections fostered, through the ongoing documentation and archiving of assignments in an online learning portfolio. Students will use the portfolio to demonstrate an engagement with the idea of making as a form of thinking. (Applies to the Studio and Seminar) 6. Demonstrate an ability to work constructively with others in collaborative contexts, to understand the relationship of self to team, and to utilize tools for self and team assessment. (Studio) 7. Engage with art and design as a generator, embodiment and transmitter of cultural ideas. Demonstrate an understanding of value systems as social constructs. (Applies to the Studio and Seminar) 8. Demonstrate an ability to integrate concepts, material skills and techniques from other courses and experiences into project work. (Studio) Course Outline Topic Memoir Week + Date Week 1 08/27 Activity Introductions NYC Detournement Begin to develop a set of 3 experiential postcards from the detournement HW: Complete Detournement Postcards Review postcards Presentation + Discussion: Visual Chronologies Due Bring sketchbook, something to sketch with, and digital camera

Week 2 9/3

Detournement Postcards

Parsons the New School for Design - Integrative Studio I Intro to Accordion Zine Chronology HW: Create 3 accordion zine chronology mock-ups Week 3 9/10 Work in class on Accordion Zine Chronologies HW: Complete AZC Present: Accordion Zine Chronologies Presentation: Intro to blogging platforms Peer to Peer Blog project: 7 Days of [Creative] Dating Work with partner to organize content from 7 Days of [Creative] Dating into a blog. Presentation: 7 Days of [Creative] Dating Memory as a research tool Mind Map Individual NYC Memory Create a mood board and color palette for your memory. Presentation Individual Memories Multiple Perspectives: Work collaboratively to develop a fictional event based on elements of individual experiences HW: Storyboard collective NYC memory Present + Edit Storyboards Screening: Selections from Man on Wire, George Willig, The Science of Sleep Present Proposed Set Locations, Prop, Styling, Casting ideas Materials Studies and Making AZC Mock-ups

Peer to Peer

Week 4 9/17

AZC

Week 5 9/24

All 7 Days of [Creative] Dating materials

Multiple Perspectives

Week 6 10/1

7 Days of [Creative] Dating Blog

Week 7 10/8

Mood Board + Color Palette

Week 8 10/15

Collective Memory Storyboards

Research

Week 9 10/22

Production Plan: Set Location Photos, Prop, Styling, Casting Ideas

Week 10 10/29 Week 11

Filming

Digital Cameras + Shoot Plans Footage loaded onto external

Tutorial: Video Editing

Parsons the New School for Design - Integrative Studio I 11/5 Response Week 12 11/12 Week 13 11/19 Post Production hard drive or laptop Video in process

Post Production

Video in process

***NO CLASS Tues. 11/26*** Week 14 12/3 Week 15 12/10 Screenings: Almost final drafts of collective memory films Film Poster Design Film Screenings + Final Exhibition of Works in Studio Final Collective Memory Film

Final Collective Memory Film Film Poster Design Bring all works completed this semester for final exhibition

Assessable Tasks Assessable Tasks are activities, assignments, projects that satisfy the course's learning outcomes. Blogging as a way of recording your exploration of memory and reflecting on your process (fulfilling Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 4, 5, 7) Visualizing emotional / invisible / abstract ideas (fulfilling Learning Outcomes 3, 8) Applying formal art and design skills (such as color, composition, proportion, craft, etc.) to conceptual projects (fulfilling Learning Outcomes 3, 8) Collaborating on research, concept generation, shooting, and post-production of a short video (fulfilling Learning Outcomes 2, 3, 6) Acquiring English language skills related to art, design, and memory (fulfilling Learning Outcomes 1, 4, 5, 7) Engaging in a constructive and critical dialogue about your work and the work of your peers (fulfilling Learning Outcomes 1, 4, 5, 6) The Parsons Learning Portfolio The Parsons Learning Portfolio is an ongoing, cumulative repository for each students experience across courses, and across years. It archives individual students processes of reflection, productive failure, skills learned, and interdisciplinary connections made, as well as final finished work. The Parsons Learning Portfolio is key to the Integrative Studio and Seminar I courses. It will serve as a bridging mechanism to facilitate conversation and access to projects and writings across the seminar and studio. It is within the Integratives in particular that the Learning Portfolio will be introduced and fostered as an active part of critically reflective learning, thinking, writing and making. Required Reading/Additional Resources Scott Berkun How to Give and Receive Criticism http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/35-how-to-give-and-receive-criticism/

Parsons the New School for Design - Integrative Studio I Some readings will be shared with your Integrative Seminar class and will be specified by your instructor. Materials and Supplies X-acto Knife with at least 3 blades 2 sheets of cold-press single ply illustration board Color Media of your choice Assorted Paper (will be dependent on project concept) Assorted materials related to film shoot (will be dependent on project concept) MetroCard (as needed) **Additional supplies may be needed as projects develop Grading and Evaluation Students ability to meet the courses learning outcomes will be evaluated based on the following criteria: evidence of the ability to solve problems, both creative and technical through an iterative process evidence of the understanding of the project assignments and course material evidence of research in the development of projects engagement in the cross-course exploration that occurs between the Integrative Studio and Integrative Seminar participation in class discussion and online discussion participation in collaborative work including self and peer assessment improvement in technical, creative, and problem solving abilities quality of work as evidenced in in-class exercises, final projects, sketchbook exploration and the learning portfolio attendance in class and the timely completion of projects Final Grade Calculation 20% Class participation, attendance and collaboration (collaboration as evidenced in team assessments, blog entries, and team participation in class) 15% Short assignments, exercises and work in progress 20% Demonstration of research (as evidenced in your sketchbook, blogs and pin ups) 45% Final projects 100% TOTAL

Grading Standards A [4.0; 96100%] Work of exceptional quality, which often goes beyond the stated goals of the course A- [3.7; 91 95%] Work of very high quality B+ [3.3; 8690%] Work of high quality that indicates substantially higher than average abilities

Parsons the New School for Design - Integrative Studio I B [3.0; 8185%] Very good work that satisfies the goals of the course B- [2.7; 7680%] Good work C+ [2.3; 7175%] Above-average work C [2.0; 6670%] Average work that indicates an understanding of the course material; passable Satisfactory completion of a course is considered to be a grade of C or higher. C- [1.7; 6165%] Passing work but below good academic standing D [1.0; 4660%] Below-average work that indicates a student does not fully understand the assignments; Probation level though passing for credit F [0.0; 045%] Failure, no credit Grade of W The grade of W may be issued by the Office of the Registrar to a student who officially withdraws from a course within the applicable deadline. There is no academic penalty, but the grade will appear on the student transcript. A grade of W may also be issued by an instructor to a graduate student (except at Parsons and Mannes) who has not completed course requirements nor arranged for an Incomplete. Grade of WF The grade of WF is issued by an instructor to a student (all undergraduates and all graduate students) who has not attended or not completed all required work in a course but did not officially withdraw before the withdrawal deadline. It differs from an F, which would indicate that the student technically completed requirements but that the level of work did not qualify for a passing grade. The WF is equivalent to an F in calculating the grade point average (zero grade points), and no credit is awarded. Grades of Incomplete The grade of I, or temporary incomplete, may be granted to a student under unusual and extenuating circumstances, such as when the students academic life is interrupted by a medical or personal emergency. This mark is not given automatically but only upon the students request and at the discretion of the instructor. A Request for Incomplete form must be completed and signed by student and instructor. The time allowed for completion of the work and removal of the I mark will be set by the instructor with the following limitations: [You should include one the following standards, depending on the level of your course]. Undergraduate students: Work must be completed no later than the seventh week of the following fall semester for spring or summer term incompletes and no later than the seventh week of the

Parsons the New School for Design - Integrative Studio I following spring semester for fall term incompletes. Grades of I not revised in the prescribed time will be recorded as a final grade of WF by the Office of the Registrar. Divisional, Program and Class Policies Responsibility Students are responsible for all assignments, even if they are absent. Late assignments, failure to complete the assignments for class discussion and/or critique, and lack of preparedness for inclass discussions, presentations and/or critiques will jeopardize your successful completion of this course. Participation Class participation is an essential part of class and includes: keeping up with reading, assignments, projects, contributing meaningfully to class discussions, active participation in group work, and coming to class regularly and on time. Attendance Faculty members may fail any student who is absent for a significant portion of class time. A significant portion of class time is defined as three absences for classes that meet once per week and four absences for classes that meet two or more times per week. During intensive summer sessions a significant portion of class time is defined as two absences. Lateness or early departure from class may also translate into one full absence. Blackboard or Canvas Use of Blackboard may be an important resource for this class. Students should check it for announcements before coming to class each week. Delays In rare instances, I may be delayed arriving to class. If I have not arrived by the time class is scheduled to start, you must wait a minimum of thirty minutes for my arrival. In the event that I will miss class entirely, a sign will be posted at the classroom indicating your assignment for the next class meeting. Academic Integrity This is the universitys Statement on Academic Integrity: Plagiarism and cheating of any kind in the course of academic work will not be tolerated. Academic honesty includes accurate use of quotations, as well as appropriate and explicit citation of sources in instances of paraphrasing and describing ideas, or reporting on research findings or any aspect of the work of others (including that of instructors and other students). These standards of academic honesty and citation of sources apply to all forms of academic work (examinations, essays, theses, computer work, art and design work, oral presentations, and other projects). It is the responsibility of students to learn the procedures specific to their discipline for correctly and appropriately differentiating their own work from that of others. Compromising your academic integrity may lead to serious consequences, including (but not limited to) one or more of the following: failure of the assignment, failure of the course, academic warning, disciplinary probation, suspension from the university, or dismissal from the university. Every student at Parsons signs an Academic Integrity Statement as a part of the registration process. Thus, you are held responsible for being familiar with, understanding, adhering to and upholding the spirit and standards of academic integrity as set forth by the Parsons Student Handbook.

Parsons the New School for Design - Integrative Studio I Guidelines for Written Assignments Plagiarism is the use of another person's words or ideas in any academic work using books, journals, internet postings, or other student papers without proper acknowledgment. For further information on proper acknowledgment and plagiarism, including expectations for paraphrasing source material and proper forms of citation in research and writing, students should consult the th Chicago Manual of Style (cf. Turabian, 6 edition). The University Writing Center also provides useful on-line resources to help students understand and avoid plagiarism. See http://www.newschool.edu/admin/writingcenter/. Students must receive prior permission from instructors to submit the same or substantially overlapping material for two different assignments. Submission of the same work for two assignments without the prior permission of instructors is plagiarism. Guidelines for Studio Assignments Work from other visual sources may be imitated or incorporated into studio work if the fact of imitation or incorporation and the identity of the original source are properly acknowledged. There must be no intent to deceive; the work must make clear that it emulates or comments on the source as a source. Referencing a style or concept in otherwise original work does not constitute plagiarism. The originality of studio work that presents itself as in the manner of or as playing with variations on a particular source should be evaluated by the individual faculty member in the context of a critique. Incorporating ready-made materials into studio work as in a collage, synthesized photograph or paste-up is not plagiarism in the educational context. In the commercial world, however, such appropriation is prohibited by copyright laws and may result in legal consequences. Student Disability Services In keeping with the Universitys policy of providing equal access for students with disabilities, any student with a disability who needs academic accommodations is welcome to meet with me privately. All conversations will be kept confidential. Students requesting any accommodations will also need to meet with Jason Luchs in the office of Student Disability Services, who will conduct an intake, and if appropriate, provide an academic accommodation notification letter to you to bring to me. At that point I will review the letter with you and discuss these accommodations in relation to this course. Mr. Luchs office is located in 80 Fifth Avenue, Room rd 323 (3 floor). His direct line is (212) 229-5626 x3135. You may also access more information through the Universitys web site at http://www.newschool.edu/studentservices/disability/.