Formlessness

This class is a place to explore the rethinking of
boundaries, unforming set notions of the way a
body, film, or artistic idea can exist, and
pushing one's practice into new territories. The
course is an interdisciplinary place for
experimental animators to explore specific themed
prompts in their animation practice, through drawn
animation as well as in any other mediums of their
choosing. The central touchstone of the course is
the book Formless: A User's Guide, written by
Rosalind Kraus and Yve-Alain Bois. We will have
readings, screenings, and project prompts on
subjects from this book such as Liquid Words,
Abjection, Gestalt, Very Slow, Pulse, and Base
Materialism. Students create works incorporating
and responding to a category concept, which we
then critique and further discuss as a group,
generating our own catalog of Formlessness.