PSAM
3703

xStudio:

Parsons School of Design: School of Art, Media, and Tech

Non-Liberal Arts
Undergraduate Course
Degree Students
xStudio: Art and Exhaustion
Spring 2025
Taught By: Fields Harrington
Section: C

CRN: 3304

Credits: 3

In this course, we will delve into themes of extraction, rest, and exhaustion in the context of the earth's depleted resources, the culture of burnout, and the relentless push toward data exhaustion. We will engage with questions such as: What if a work is created with its expiration in mind? What if its purpose is to rest? What materials could we use for decomposition and degrowth? How do we perform exhaustion for the camera? Can resistance to the exploitative nature of capitalism manifest as naps, encampments, and rest? We will explore extraction, exhaustion, and rest as starting points for non-production, slow production, degrowth, and what it means to expire a practice. Through this lens, we will critically engage with the pressures of hustle culture, the impact of bromaxxing, pre-workout supplements, metabolic rift, drinks for energy, drinks for rest, planetary mining, and delve into what Byung-Chul Han labels as auto-exploitative behaviors. This course will be composed of exercises, readings, a research presentation, and a final project.

Open to: All University undergraduate students. Some seats have been reserved for BFA Fine Arts students.

College: Parsons School of Design (PS)

Department: School of Art, Media, and Tech (AMT)

Campus: New York City (GV)

Course Format: Studio (S)

Modality: In-Person

Max Enrollment: 15

Add/Drop Deadline: February 3, 2025 (Monday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: April 15, 2025 (Tuesday)

Seats Available: Yes

* Seats available but reserved for a specific population.

Status: Open*

* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 7:04am EDT 10/14/2024