This is an exercise in learning to "see" and to
"describe." This assignment has three parts. Right now you can see
only part one. Once you complete and submit your answer to this, part two will
become available for you to view. Once you complete and submit your answer to
part two, then part three will become available to you. You may choose to
complete them all in one session or to spread them out over a few days.
Assignment part one:
Your assignment is to describe Barbara Kruger's 1983 photograph, "Untitled
("Surveillance is your busywork").
Description is a data-gathering process. In analyzing a
visual image, the first task you have is to make sure you have looked at the
piece carefully and fully. This assignment is a simple exercise in description
or establishing the internal context of an image. You are not to interpret the
image or to give your personal opinion of it, merely to describe. For
descriptions to be meaningful, however, it is important to take note of
everything that has done or included in making the image. Try to create a
description that would help someone "see" the piece even if they were
not able to view it. Your answer should be in 5 paragraph essay format, free of spelling
and grammatical errors, and approximately 100-200 words in length.
Hold on to this for tomorrow's session!
Lesson Inspired by: Elsa Barkley Brown, Departments of Women's Studies and History, University of Maryland
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