What is the medium of memory? In this 14-week studio class, we will dig into this question through creative storytelling. Starting from a lens-based practice, this class will introduce traditional and bleeding-edge documentary methods to inform our own varied approaches to activating archival material. Through weekly \u201creadings\u201d (articles, podcasts, films), written reflections, and creative assignments, we\u2019ll explore:<\/p>\n
\u2022 how technology has impacted our relationship to memory;
\n\u2022 how visual interventions can can surface alternative narratives;
\n\u2022 how to make under- and unrecorded histories visible, and call into question the power dynamics embedded in \u201cofficial\u201d records; and
\n\u2022 how we might recast objects and sites of memory-keeping, like heirlooms, journals, and memorials, as a mode of engaged preservation.<\/p>\n
Mid-way through the course, students will identify either personal or collective histories to open up to their own individual creative reexamination, memorialization, or transformation\u2013\u2013each producing a final project with the technology and approaches of their choosing that serves to answer the question we started with\u2013\u2013what is the medium of memory?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"