Contemporary Queer Art and Visual Culture
Examines queer art and visual culture through appropriation and subversion of conventional practices. Case studies span film, performance, comics, video games, and fine art. No prior art experience required.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2013: 3.78 GPA, 96.6% A/AB (n=29 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Engage in critical discourse on the concepts, themes and strategies key to queer art and visual culture.
Demonstrate a working knowledge of influential practitioners and texts in the field.
Analyze and apply text- and studio-based practices to generate projects that respond to or participate in a dialogue on queer theory.
Synthesize course content with your individual academic research and thesis interests.
Conduct additional research to make a critical or creative contribution to the study of queer art and visual culture
Source: UW Guide 1· UW Guide 2
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2013: 3.78 GPA, 96.6% A/AB (n=29 letter grades).
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Topics
- Activism, documentation, abstraction, archives, craft, camp, and drag
- Film, performance, comics, video games, and fine art
- Means of production, formal properties, and conditions of reception
Skills
- Critical discourse on queer art concepts, themes, and strategies
- Working knowledge of influential practitioners and texts
- Applying text- and studio-based practices for project generation
- Synthesizing course content with individual research and thesis interests
- Conducting research for critical or creative contributions
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