Material Culture for Performance Design
Introduces art, architecture, and clothing history to prepare students for performance design, focusing on social and economic influences on material culture.
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What you’ll be able to do
Synthesize research and knowledge learned about global material cultures for its significance, potential application, and understanding of its relationship to the time/culture in which it was created.
Facilitate and contribute to a discussion around a material culture different from their own or new to them.
Review evidence and hypothesize how an object’s impact might be changed by re-contextualizing for use in performance design.
Synthesize research and knowledge learned about global material cultures and apply that within a design process to devise a culturally competent historical world for use in performance design.
Source: UW Guide
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Course mapTHEATRE 130,ART 100, or DS 120
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Introduction to art, architecture, interior design, objects, and clothing history, including social and economic factors that influenced development. Through research and critical thinking, demonstrate knowledge of historical and contemporary art movements, architecture, and clothing for application in performance design.
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Topics
- Art, architecture, interior design, objects, and clothing history
- Social and economic factors influencing design development
- Application of historical knowledge in performance design
Skills
- Apply knowledge of art, architecture, and clothing history to performance design
- Synthesize research on global material cultures and their cultural context
- Hypothesize how re-contextualizing objects changes their impact in performance design
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