Class Territory Drawing

In this curricular unit we intend to approach territory as a general theme, using drawing "in a broad sense" as the main expressive or explorative resource. The territory and its specificities (either a geographical place, identity/community or a brand) can be the starting point for the construction of creative responses. The projects will consist of the development of: Research as  practice Cartographic and urban Illustration, with analytical and experimental drawing techniques, Historical and experimental practices of drawing geographic location in the world and on/of the body( mapping, drifting, sensory walks, tactile and bodily knowledge etc. Implementation of drawing practices into design solutions and visual communication of concepts addressing territories. Providing students with an approach to creative thinking in real context of work/artistic production. When possible, to experience the development of a Design Project and/or Art/Research in dialog with real community and spaces.

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Drawing exercises and techniques address the acquisition skills for the expression of Territory - subject areas include: Use and Occupancy: Communities, social and urban spaces - Psychogeography: Sensory and bodily research at differnet scales - Marking territories: representation of landscapes, ownership, access and communication of presence - Intervention:Graphic language as sign, icon and instruction at differnet scales Representation and exclusion/inclusion; - Space, knowledge and drawing: the body as vessel for thinking and drawing. - The cosmological state: building territories, building identities Sketchbook and Dossiers of collected research and documentation of interventions as a modes of registration and presentation. Classes will be accompanied by visits to exhibitions and other professional events, when available. 

In the CU innovative methodologies are at the forefront of the teaching-learning process. Expanded drawing and experimental practices are in themselves innovative processes. This CU give historical contexts  and the students are encouraged to learn from this and devise their own processes of investigation and experimentation. This is done through a methodology of research, site specific fieldwork, installation and field testing.

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