05. Paper 2 (exhibit propsals for artists)

ASSIGNMENT BACKGROUND /  WHY WE’RE DOING THIS

In May, you will be staging your final exhibition as part of Senior Studio. Although many of us have already started thinking about what we might want to do, it can be challenging to conceptualize what the space and work might actually look like. This semester, we will be taking some of the guesswork out of the process by using this course to plan an exhibition and to experiment with concepts to determine what might be our strongest solution. Keep in mind that plans can and do change; although we may spend a lot of time fine-tuning a proposal this semester, inspiration may strike at any time and a project that seemed perfect yesterday may seem trite today.

We want to be as efficient as possible with planning and executing our exhibitions in order to save time and sanity. This project will require us to develop and critique a variety of exhibition concepts, giving us options as we continue forward.

///////// OBJECTIVES

By the time we’re done with this project, we will be able to do the following:

  1. Develop multiple concepts for possible exhibitions.
  2. Organize visual and verbal tools to present ideas.
  3. Develop a proposal for an exhibition space.

STEPS

  1. This assignment is very straightforward: develop 3 different concepts for what you might do in a gallery space for your final exhibition. Keep in mind that your proposal should be site-neutral — do not reference specific architectural elements; all of the available spaces are roughly equal in terms of wall surface.
  2. Although you are required to develop 3 distinctly different exhibition concepts, all three concepts can be in the same medium.
  3. Each proposal should be no more than 1 page in length, double-spaced with 12pt Times New Roman. This limits you to roughly one-page for each proposal — 3 pages in total.
  4. Make sure to clearly label each proposal. A simple numeric system such as Proposal 01, Proposal 02 and Proposal 03 will be sufficient.
  5. Your proposals must clearly answer the following questions:
    1. What is the concept? What theme or message that you are attempting to convey within your exhibition? What idea ties your work together?
    2. Who is your audience? Who do you want to reach with your show? To whom is your message directed? What type of person will get the most out of it?
    3. What is your goal? What is the purpose of putting the effort into this show? Just ‘having an exhibition’ is not worth the time that it takes to plan and stage a successful show.
    4. What will you create? What kind of work will you develop? This includes the scale, medium, how will it be displayed, is it archival or will it be destroyed at the end of the show, etc. Also include at least one sentence addressing how you will pack, transport and store your work off-campus after the exhibition. NOTE: Your work may need to fit through small hallways and doors or around corners during transport and install. This might affect what you create.
  6. As you are thinking about your concepts, find visual images that have inspired or enhance your ideas. Finding these images will be helpful in solidifying your ideas for work you haven’t made. You will include these images in your presentation (not in the written proposals).
  7. Finally, export your proposals as a single PDF.

NOTE: PRESENTING OUR IDEAS

  1. Each student will have 10 minutes to present their 3 concepts to the class. Your presentation must include relevant visual examples that will best illustrate your ideas. You can use images that have influenced / inspired you, sketches / drawings of the space or possible work, Photoshop mock-ups of what the installation might look like, etc. Any images that make it easier for the viewer to understand your ideas.
  2. Arrange your presentation in PowerPoint, with clear breaks between each proposal.
  3. Once your presentation is complete, it must be received via Blackboard by no later than 5:00pm. We will be using the presentations received at 5:00 — there will be no opportunities to submit revised presentations at the start of class.
  4. Presentations will be graded on overall presentation quality, including speaking ability and quality of visual elements.

GRADING

  • Submit your PDF and PowerPoint presentation on Blackboard
  • Proposals (PDF) (30 pts – 10 pts / proposal)
  • Presentation (PPTX) (20 pts)

///////// AUTOMATIC FAILURE

  • Required elements are missing within your submission
  • PowerPoint presentation does not work
  • Presentation is incomplete
  • Written proposals are more than a page each