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Artists Collect & Synthesize

stuff and things

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Objective:

Create a meaningful work of Art

by Synthesizing a Collection

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Part One: Artists Collect

stuff and things

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Can Art be Made

Simply by

Collecting Things?

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Lenka Clayton

43 Wishes -

a stack of pennies retrieved from a fountain

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Alphabetic Shopping -

receipt documenting a weekly grocery shopping trip paid for in alphabetical order

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Lenka Clayton:63 Objects Taken From My Son’s Mouth

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Lenka Clayton:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgHsYOybXa0&t=25s

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Part Two: Artists Synthesize

stuff and things

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What is Synthesizing

and

How Do Artists Do That?

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Andy Goldsworthy

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Andy Goldsworthy

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Beach

Trash Art

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Beach

Trash Art

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Washed Ashore

The Video

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Today’s Artists

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Tara Donovan

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Tara Donovan

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Tara

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Tara Donovan

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Tara Donovan

Tara Donovan Interview: Sculpting Everyday Materials

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KETC | Living St. Louis | Tara Donovan

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Project

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Create a meaningful

work of Art

by Synthesizing

a Collection

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Student Examples

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Create a meaningful

work of Art

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Project Ideas

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Turn yard stuff into insect

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW804tc_wm4&t=4s

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4 Plastic Fork or Spoon Projects

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5kvPQ1qtc8&t=241s

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Piglets from plastic bottles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sbgquJgKzM

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