Carla Rae Johnson Art 212: 3D Design SUSTAINABILITY

Rewrite departmental syllabus for 3D Design: sustainable design as a learning outcome

LESS PAPER/PAPER-LESS  Blackboard for delivery of all course materials  Simplified rubrics for assessment/grading  Selected on-line readings replace textbook

READINGS & VIDEOS Wendell Berry Mary Oliver Thomas Berry Rachel Carson Walt Whitman Buckminster Fuller Hildegard of Bingen Andy Goldsworthy The Reverend Billy Maya Lin Willie Cole Mel Chin Muriel Ukeles David Hammons

THE WASTELAND

“What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow Out of this stony rubbish? Son of man, You cannot say, or guess, for you know only A heap of broken images, where the sun beats, And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief, And the dry stone no sound of water…” T.S. Eliot Tara Donovan

THE WASTELAND Cooperate with three others at your table Brainstorm on landscapes and geological forms: valleys, craters, canyons, hills, mountains, cliffs, deserts, plains, plateaus, reefs, etc. Use “roofing felt,” and recycled corrugated cardboard to construct a landscape-relief on a square of plywood.

ECO-DEFENDERS

ECO-DEFENDER’S ARMOR You are, hereby, designated as a defender of the earth and its eco- systems! Using recycled computer/copy paper to construct sections of “armor” you can wear to cover 80% of your body. Go forth to protect and defend!

ECO-DEFENDERS

PLASTICS: ABOVE AND BEYOND

Construct a 360x360 degree hanging sculpture of transformed, recycled plastics (bottles, carry-out-containers, straws, etc.) Collection of recycled plastics Cutting, Shaping and Dying Designing and joining

PLASTICS: ABOVE AND BEYOND RECYCLE/REUSE

PLASTICS: ABOVE AND BEYOND

SUSTAINABILITY BY THE BOOK

Use only recycled paper to design and construct a pop- up book. Your book should tell a compelling story of a sustainable future or suggest a necessary “paradigm shift” for humanity. Use words, metaphors, forms, and/or images to tell this story.

BY THE BOOK

BIO-BUILD

Andy Goldsworthy

BIO-BUILD ASSIGNMENT: This assignment will be collaborative: teams of two. Build/construct an enclosure from natural materials. Use the work of Andy Goldsworthy as your “point-of-departure,” but make the vision unique & your own.

BIO-BUILD

A CASE FOR 20/20

Design an “assemblage” within an enclosed space, a valise or suitcase you can carry into the year 2020: your 20/20 vision for the future. Use/reuse found objects for this assemblage. You may think of this as a “ Kit. ”What things will be needed and how shall they be organized?

A CASE FOR 20/20

SHELTER

RECLAIMING THE LANDSCAPE FINAL EXAM ASSIGNMENT

WENDELL BERRY “The complexity of our present trouble suggests as never before that we need to change our present concept of education. …Its proper use is to enable citizens to live lives that are economically, politically, socially, and culturally responsible. This cannot be done by gathering or "accessing" what we now call "information" - which is to say facts without context and therefore without priority. A proper education enables young people to put their lives in order, which means knowing what things are more important than other things; it means putting first things first.” ― Wendell BerryWendell Berry

THE BEGINNING