Performing Craft (FIB-0162)

Spring 2024 · FIB 0162 · Tufts University · 4 credits · Undergraduate

Craft is inherently performative in that there are traces of labor — the act of making — in the finished piece. There is also kind of performance that the object itself takes on through use, even when use is obstructed the performance is still implied. This course will explore the performative nature of textiles, through creating public works and using textile based practices as performance. This class will operate as a workshop for sampling and building on ideas while exploring the meaning embedded in materials and processes. Students will explore the resurgence of textile crafts in contemporary art in relationship to their past. Non-SMFA students and MAT Art Education students will receive a letter grade.

Course codes: FIB-0162, FIB 0162, FIB0162, FIB-162, FIB 162, FIB162

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