PUFA
3230

Core Studio 2: Topics in 3D

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

Non-Liberal Arts
Undergraduate Course
Degree Students (with Restrictions)
Topics 3D: Antimonumental
Spring 2025
Taught By: Jonah Groeneboer
Section: B

CRN: 11679

Credits: 3

This class explores sculpture’s capacities as anti-monumental, ephemeral, and performance-based using non-traditional materials and structural methods. These investigations are framed within the broader context of the role traditional sculpture has played in marking political and social power in the public sphere, as well as recent calls for monument removal. We visit sites around the city where sculptures have been removed, counter-narratives installed, and where hidden histories are embedded in seemingly innocuous works. Within this context, we use modes of construction such as tension, gravity, balance, time, and contingency. These forces are examined by creating artworks with non-traditional and ephemeral materials (rope, magnets, fog, and ice). We will create artworks that undergo change over time: degrading or solidifying. With these techniques, we delve into sculpture’s expanded possibilities. Related artists and writers include: Senga Nengudi, Gego, Ruth Asawa, Felix Gonzales-Torres, Eric N. Mack, Kellie Jones, Karen Barad, David Getsy, and Julietta Singh.

Open to: Bachelors degree in Fine Arts majors, others by permission of the Fine Arts program. Pre-requisite(s): PUFA 2200 Core Seminar 1, PUFA 2230 Core Studio 1: 3D, and at least one of the following: PUFA 2220 Core Studio 1: 2D or PUFA 2240 Core Studio 1: 4D.

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: 12

Repeat Limit: 8

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: 7:44pm EST 11/5/2024

Meeting Info:
Days: Thursday
Times: 9:00am - 2:40pm
Building: TBD
Room: TBD
Date Range: 1/23/2025 - 5/8/2025
Topics 3D: Translating a Copy
Spring 2025
Taught By: Pooneh Maghazehe
Section: A

CRN: 5240

Credits: 3

How can resurrecting an image or object empower, debase, or contradict? This studio class critically examines these questions, exploring themes from the power dynamics and policing in cultural appropriation to the freedoms of ownership in image culture. We will investigate cloning and copying processes to understand how resurrected images or objects may change in value, be surveilled, and which qualities are retained or lost. In-class workshops and demonstrations will introduce students to techniques linked to the concepts of repetition and permutation, such as mold making, 3D printing, and laser printing. Readings and class discussions will provide a range of historical and contemporary perspectives on these issues. Classic texts by influential writers such as Jean Baudrillard on Simulacra and Simulation and Jacques Derrida on Hauntology will be examined alongside contemporary insights from writers like Simone Browne and Ken McLeod. Case studies, including Tupac's post-mortem appearance at the 2012 Coachella festival and the evolution of deepfakes and AI in daily life, will be considered. The works of artists such as Sondra Perry, Cecile B. Evans, Liz Magic Laser, Samson Young, and Harun Farocki will be explored to illuminate the understanding of reproduction, representation, and reality in the digital age.

Open to: Bachelors degree in Fine Arts majors, others by permission of the Fine Arts program. Pre-requisite(s): PUFA 2200 Core Seminar 1, PUFA 2230 Core Studio 1: 3D, and at least one of the following: PUFA 2220 Core Studio 1: 2D or PUFA 2240 Core Studio 1: 4D.

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: 12

Repeat Limit: 8

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

Online Withdrawal Deadline: April 15, 2025 (Tuesday)

Seats Available: No

Status: Closed*

* 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: 7:44pm EST 11/5/2024

Meeting Info:
Days: Wednesday
Times: 9:00am - 2:40pm
Building: TBD
Room: TBD
Date Range: 1/22/2025 - 5/7/2025
Topics 3D: Omni Maker
Fall 2024
Taught By: Adam Brent
Section: A

CRN: 1958

Credits: 3

This course fuses the digital to the real world. Making sculptures that range from small-scale objects to both proposed and realized installations, students will utilize 21st-century means of drawing at the intersection of the Parsons Making Center. Through Computer Aided Drawing (CAD), rendering, rapid prototyping, and a headfirst dive into the E4 metal shop, students will make their way through their concepts while exploring a range of artists and practitioners who employ similar literacies. This course will examine the work of Baseera Khan, Grace Lee Lawrence, David Howe, Jonathan Brand, David Hammonds, The Ben Keating Foundry, Maker Space NYC, as well as many others.

Open to: Bachelors degree in Fine Arts majors, others by permission of the Fine Arts program. Pre-requisite(s): PUFA 2200 Core Studio 1: Sign & System, PUFA 2230 Core Studio 1: 3D, and at least one of the following: PUFA 2220 Core Studio 1: 2D or PUFA 2240 Core Studio 1: 4D.

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: 12

Repeat Limit: 8

Add/Drop Deadline: September 9, 2024 (Monday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: November 17, 2024 (Sunday)

Seats Available: Yes

Status: Closed*

* 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: 7:44pm EST 11/5/2024

Meeting Info:
Days: Wednesday
Times: 9:00am - 2:40pm
Building: Parsons 2 W 13th
Room: 811
Date Range: 8/28/2024 - 12/4/2024
Topics 3D: Materials & Methods
Fall 2024
Taught By: Miggy Buck
Section: B

CRN: 14451

Credits: 3

This studio course explores how materials and fabrication techniques can tell a story. Utilizing various materials, such as up-cycled, found, or traditional, we'll delve into narration, place, and time, literally and metaphorically. Throughout the course, we will be honing practical skills and delving into various materials and media through shop time, discussions, readings, and critiques. Our focus will be on materials and contemporary topics. Students leave the course with enhanced technical skills, a deeper appreciation of materials, and their ability to communicate. We will look at artist such as: Felix Gonzales-Torres, Subodh Gupta, Ai Wei Wei, Lygia Clark, Nick Cave, Do Ho Suh, Simone Leigh. Tehching Hsieh, Cildo Meireles, Janet Cardiff, Rachel Whiteread, Kristen Lucas, Meret Oppenheim, Wolfgang Laib.

Open to: Bachelors degree in Fine Arts majors and minors, others by permission of the Fine Arts program. Pre-requisite(s): PUFA 2200 Core Studio 1: Sign & System, PUFA 2230 Core Studio 1: 3D, and at least one of the following: PUFA 2220 Core Studio 1: 2D or PUFA 2240 Core Studio 1: 4D.

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: 12

Repeat Limit: 8

Add/Drop Deadline: September 9, 2024 (Monday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: November 17, 2024 (Sunday)

Seats Available: Yes

Status: Closed*

* 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: 7:44pm EST 11/5/2024

Meeting Info:
Days: Wednesday
Times: 9:00am - 2:40pm
Building: Parsons 2 W 13th
Room: 901
Date Range: 8/28/2024 - 12/4/2024