Week 10 | 04.17.12
BFA: Status
Disucssions:
Year Levels > Types of work to be display + size > Display Strategy
BFA 1 (13)
13 Object iteration –cards various size less than 1’ x1’ > free –standing units
13 Books > free-standing with table top
13 Posters > on wall
BFA 2 (14)
Atlases big!! > wall
Packaging sm > corner unit
Timelines >
BFA 3 and BFA 4
Will have to be determined
Display Units Types
Wire units
Approx. 3’ x 6’
Rigid rod 3’ x 1/8” (or wire rope)
Glue into drilled hole in wood bar?
How do they stand upright? Sand-bags or?
Painted wood to identify year levels
Variations: Can be used freestanding, horizontally, wall, corner
Projection Unit
Hanging Paper Unit
Seating units
Wood plank with cinderblock
Entrance Wall and Identifying Work Strategy
Entrance wall:
If–– then ---
[things can be collaged to fill in the in___ then_____
(like collage posters – word “if” panel; blank panel; “then” panel; blank panel)
“interactive” in some way
Didactic will be on left wall – color coded
Identifying Work:
(if Jazmyn then [pine]
Materials
Wood
Wire rope
???
Week 10 | 04.17.12
MFA: Status
Physical Exhibition Design
Barrier around the "widgets" containing work
Different views denotate year levels: Entrance view MFA 2; opposite sides PMFA or MFA 1
Back sides of MFA boards will have process
Section titles on sides in viewplane
Lighting on peripheries dim
Inside area variations of lighting
Vibe of quietude and intensity
Gathering Work
Get snaps and sizes in advance
Get on Monday of show
Pinterest of physical exhibition design. Everyone is invited to add examples.
BFA + MFA Decisions.
Undergrad show title! If____ then_____
Grad show title: Point at it: Lenses of Intention or (Lenses of Intent)
URL: gdshow2012.calarts.edu
Grad/undergrad publicity: Will be handled seperately with some exceptions: e-blasts, press release, splash page
Grad/undergrad budget: each gets $2k
Four available iPads will be shared
BFA show will have a voculary of display units that can be used in different ways to show different types of work
MFA show will use viewing direction to indicate year-level of work; "widget" will contain work
BFA Prep for next week (04.24.12):
Physical exhibition
Resolve exhibition layout (what goes where)
Determine vocabulary of display units and number of units of each type required
Determine construction of display units and create prototypes
Determine treatment for give-away area
Design entrance wall treatment
Confirm work to be included from each year level and display strategy on units
Work out color palette and how it will be applied to identify each year level
Work out strategy and design for labels, project descriptions, and identification of year levels
Publicity
Posters
Complete mail list (physical and e-mail)
Set up Mail Chimp
Blast Template designed
Splash page set up (work out with MFAs)
Wayfinding strategy
MFA Prep for next week (04.24.12):
Overall
Title "Point at it" — Determine how it is now meaningful given design. How title used in gallery and in poster/publicity
Curatorial statement: tweek as needed
Outline budget
Publicity
Work with BFAs on plan for Press Release, e-blasts, web splash page AND lists being developed for mailing and blasts
Resolve design of poster/book to integrate/align with show's current conceptual/visual vocabularies
Determine budget !!! (note BFA budget in Google docs)
Online exhibition
Confirm who will develop the site
Align site design with current physical design concept
Determine plan for how work and caption info will be gathered
Resolve wireframe and visual design approach
Inferface with Augusto about Splash page!!
Physical exhibition (3-d)
Determine display unit sizes, materilas and construction method (Nick Rodriguez as consultant)
Determine how work will be hung on "widgets"
Determine number of display units needed to accommodate projects to be shown
Create display strategies different types of projects
Decide whether color will be used to identify different year levels
Design lighting strategy
2-D exhibition elements
Design exhibition title treatments (distortion as a possible device) including curatorial statement
Design strategy for identifying year levels and didactic
Determine label content and design, including printing method
With BFAs
Finalize Press Release
Plan Party together