Course Syllabus

Rothstein_Sp'24 Adv VI Syllabus_240115_FIN.pdf

IMPERMANENT ARCHIVES: Liminality, Entropy, Indispensability

"The realization of impermanence is paradoxically the only thing we can hold onto,
perhaps our only lasting possession."   - Sogyal Rinpoche

Times of civilizational uncertainty require posing and pursuing radical questions, commensurate with the challenges and opportunities we discern. Fresh, critical thinking offers the potential to transform ossified conditions and catalyze new networks of repair.  

Initial student research will be fueled by individual curiosity and motivation, to inform the nature and capacities of an impermanent archive - an infrastructure simultaneously negotiating ephemerality and accumulation. Projects will explore tensions of coexistence across scales, themes, and durations, including positions on:   What we should value.  Where we can reflect.  Who, what, and when will we remember?  How do we prioritize?  Why do we collect?  How will we manifest remembrance?

TRAVEL:  Iceland

See 8-page PDF Linked  Above ◊  for full studio description 

FLOW:

WEEK 00 Studio Lottery<>Prologue  

WEEKS 01-02 Research<>Reciprocity

WEEKS 03-04 Position<>Proposition

WEEKS 05-06 Validate<>MIDTERM  

WEEKS 07-08 Travel<>Research

WEEKS 09-10 Synthesis<>Development

WEEKS 11-12 Refinement<>Consequence

WEEKS 13-14 Reveal<>FINAL REVIEW  

WEEKS 15-16 Archive<>Exhibition<>Graduation

Rothstein_Sp'24 Adv VI Syllabus_240115_FIN.pdf