DIVST300 Public Art Comm Collaboration

This workshop will deal with the territory of the migrant. How can art and design, operating physically and metaphysically, within the fields of collaborative arts practice, digital communications, wearable media, performance, sound, and architecture, help sustain the viability and presence of the migrant? Essential to this is an understanding of the tools, architecture, time, and theory relating to migrancy. Participants will, through collaboration and individual exploration, be expected to create objects/ devices / spaces that can be utilized by migrants. In the course of the semester, students will explore and discuss both the practical aspects and the theoretical literature on art design /technology in relation to migrancy. Participants should plan on bringing their own extensive cross-disciplinary experiences and expertise to bear on this topic.