Mapping New York City
Art 380: Mapping New York City
Spring 2012, Monday May 7 – Thursday June 14
Anna Campbell / campbean[at]gvsu.edu
New York City continues to be one of the most important art centers in the world. Anyone interested in a career as an artist or in the visual arts would benefit immensely from the opportunity to experience the city, and to establish a foothold into its geography and culture. By establishing a focus on mapping – the process of committing experiential and physical knowledge to visual representation – students in this class will be able to refine their analysis of both the city as well as their particular experience.
Texts
You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination, Katharine Harmon
Delirious New York, Rem Koolhas
Artforum, May 2012Issue
The New Yorker, May 4th, 2012 issue
The New York Times, May 8th 2012 issue
Projects
-Map Project
Using your experience of arts culture in NY and knowledge about radical cartography, create a map that describes your experience in the city
-Journal
A collection of responses to the texts, exhibits, and institutions
Financial
Approximate costs, not including 3 credit hours in tuition.
Texts $70
Flight $250 – 300
Museum entrance fees $100 – 125
Metro Card $58
Food $50 – 150
Hostel $350 (to be paid as a course fee)
Total $878 – 1053
