Image, Narrative, Psychoanalysis (PHT-0149)

Fall 2026 · PHT 0149 · Tufts University · 4 credits · Undergraduate

Intermediate to advanced level course, open to students of any discipline, explores relationship of image-making to storytelling and our unconscious mind. Focus is on image-making exercises, free association, weekly readings, and creation of mid term and final project. The unconscious, as understood Psychoanalysis, houses memories and feelings that are hidden from our conscious, yet art making can reveal what is hidden from us. Our dreams are a direct link to our unconscious, made of fragmented images telling non-linear narratives consisting of symbols. How can we come to better understand our unconscious mind, to make more unique art with a personal voice? Parallels between the narratives we create in our art to the messages in our dreams, our memories and internalized experiences are explored. The nature of the material requires preparedness for introspection and maturity. Non-SMFA students will receive a letter grade.

Course codes: PHT-0149, PHT 0149, PHT0149, PHT-149, PHT 149, PHT149

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