AMST 101 - Artists Respond to Dangerous Times

Institution:

Williams College

Subject:

American Studies

Description:

This introductory video production course focuses on how contemporary artists engage their historical moment. We will look ways in which the moving image can be used to reckon with the force that historical events and conditions have on us as art makers, and the ways in which we might hope to have force on historical events. We will focus on U.S. makers and events in the present and recent past, with comparative attention to international and transnational work. The course will give special consideration to particular forms of artist-made film and video: the essay film, activist/grassroots/social media, and performance-based and narrative media that reflect on historical events and the ongoing present. We will look at work by Adam Curtis, Adele Horne, The Yes Men, Anna Deveare Smith, Patty Chang, Peter Watkins, Haskell Wexler, Adam McKee, Catherine Bigelow, and collectives including Asco, TVTV, ACT UP, and Occupy Wall Street. Readings will include work by Meg McLagen, Gregg Bordowitz, George Lipsitz, Kimberle Crenshaw and Gary Peller, Judith Butler, David Graeber, George Lipsitz, and others.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Studio

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Institution Website:

www.williams.edu

Phone Number:

(413) 597-3131

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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