Information Distribution Systems: Religions

Roadside shrine to Difunta Correa

Prompt Paper question (due TBA ): What role do relics, shrines and ceremonies play in religious information distribution systems?

Assignment (due: TBA): Students will create an assemblage, installation, shrine or ceremonial performance informed by their response to the prompt question.

Guidelines:

• This is not to be an opinion-oriented piece.
• This is intended to be a respectful homage.
• I suggest you research a religion other than your own.
• You are to reference an actual religion, not a made-up one.
• Ceremonial performance pieces must be archived (video taped, etc.)

Rationale paper (due: TBA) Must be word-processed.

Day of the Dead Suitcase Shrine

Information Distribution Systems: Family Values

This is a lead book by Anselm Keifer, which is the height of an adult human.

Prompt Paper question (due Thursday, 12/11/08 ): What kind of information is valued within your family structure and how is it distributed?

Assignment (due: TBA): Students will create a “book” informed by their response to the prompt question. This is to be a constructed book, not an altered book.

Guidelines:

• Single period students will have a minimum of 5 “pages”
• Double period students will have a minimum of 10 “pages”
• 1 page equals both sides of a binding (like in our sketchbooks)

Rationale paper (due: TBA) Must be word-processed.