Wundermind/ Extending the Self

Interdisciplinary Core Foundation 165
Instructor Mimi Gellman

The task in this assignment was to create a sculptural head piece that honoured a favourite artist by doing an interpretation of an artist’s work that inspired them, as a head piece. The students were encouraged to explore any material and process in the making of their headpiece and to express their headpiece realistically or abstractly, metaphorically or symbolically. In creating their works, the class was asked to do preliminary concept drawings and to consider the colours, forms and structures of their chosen artist’s work, the qualities that they admired in their work, and what made their individual artist unique. The project was followed by a deep written reflection by each student on their process and the meaning that arose in creating their sculptural installations.