pblog: 23 March 2006

"we don't got no traction"

I'll talk more about this on Friday, but I'm concerned that "we got no traction". This means that the studio as a whole is not making progress in the ways that it should. We'll discuss what we can do as a group about it, but each individual should be reminded of the following:

You are expected to work 6 hours outside of class on image studio stuff. You are accountable to evidence this by what you have to show in class. If there have been weeks in which you've blown this off, then you have even more to do.
In general I recommend working on more than one body of studio work.
You are expected to have 6 hours of work with you to do in studio on Fridays and to make the use of this time in studio. (remember we are making images to be experienced, not only looked at on the computer. "get material, material")
Everyone is expected to post a studio status report every Wednesday by midnight.
Group contribution is a major part of the grading criteria. If you are not producing in the studio, it not only affects your performance, but it brings down the group.
Each of you will be required to write an integrative statement at the end of the course. In this you'll want to cite your studio work as an indication of new understandings you've gained around the course.

Let's dig in and get traction this week - and capitalize on the good work we've done thus far by evidencing it in some powerful images. -paul