Assignment #3 - Generative Photography

Experimental Photography
Assignment 3 - Generative Photography

Please hand in this sheet with your work in a protective envelope.

Assignment Description:
Devise a chance procedure intended to generate a body of photographs, and put that system in motion. Hand in a minimum of three photographs. Use whatever photographic process is most suitable to the idea.

Related Reading Assignment:
The Question of Originality from Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry by Jane Hirschfield.

Assignment Objective:
We will endeavor to examine the role the ego plays in making artworks, and try to short-circuit self-centerdness through the use of chance procedures or other conceptual strategies designed to create "a class of goals."

Suggestions:
Experiment with a variety of procedures until you find one you trust. Don't fear originality even if it puts you on uncertain ground. In other words, challenge convention.

Evaluation Criteria:
Craftsmanship
Aesthetic / Conceptual refinement (accomplishes assignment description and meets objective)
Risk and playfulness

Grade ___________

Student Name_______________________________

Teacher Comments:


	Experimental Photography Assignment 3 - Generative Photography Please hand in this sheet with your work in a protective envelope. Assignment Description: Devise a chance procedure intended to generate a body of photographs, and put that system in motion. Hand in a minimum of three photographs. Use whatever photographic process is most suitable to the idea. Related Reading Assignment: The Question of Originality from Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry by Jane Hirschfield. Assignment Objective: We will endeavor to examine the role the ego plays in making artworks, and try to short-circuit self-centerdness through the use of chance procedures or other conceptual strategies designed to create "a class of goals." Suggestions: Experiment with a variety of procedures until you find one you trust. Don't fear originality even if it puts you on uncertain ground. In other words, challenge convention. Evaluation Criteria: Craftsmanship Aesthetic / Conceptual refinement (accomplishes assignment description and meets objective) Risk and playfulness Grade ___________ Student Name_______________________________ Teacher Comments:
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