Google Art Project

This assignment counts for two assignments. You are to choose any ONE painting from the Google Art Project website and analyse it according to the conventions we studied in class.

8 secrets of success

We'll go a tad bit off topic for this week, but I think it's an important enough subject. 

I'd like you to listen to the 8 secrets of success researched and brought to you by Richard St John.

1.Which are the 8 secrets of success according to him?

2. Choose any one 'secret' that you think is your secret to success. Giving suitable examples, explain why you think so, in no less than 200 words. 

Have fun!

How art gives shape to cultural change

I would like everyone of you to do this exercise as I'm making it compulsory. Since it is a little long to do, I am going to give you TWO weeks to do this. So THIS EXERCISE will be calculated as TWO assignments instead of one. Make sure you work hard and that you follow the three steps I'm asking you to take while watching the video I am proposing for this week.

1. Watch the speech entitled "How art gives shape to cultural change" by Thelma Golden without the sound. Concentrate ONLY on the the images you see (paintings, photos, art in general) and choose any one work of art that interested you from all those that you watched in the video.

Explain the work of art shortly in your own words (mention the exact time the work of art appears in the speech) and then tell us why you liked it or didn't like it. I would like to see a short neat paragraph and NOT three lines !

2. Now watch the speech with the sound as many times as you want to answer the following questions -

a. How do images work, according to Thelma Golden ?

b. Which questions does she raise about the role a museum plays in a society ?

3. Golden says : “Think about artists, not as content providers,.... but again as real catalysts (for change).” . Would you agree with her point of view ? Why or why not ? Again, I'd like to see a short neat paragraph and NOT three lines !

Happy working !

What is art ?

To raise the quintessential question, leading up to our class next week. It's quite a simple question, isn't it ? 

Colours of India

Sunset

Karni Mata Temple or the Rat Temple

An Indian sadhu

Photos taken by my friend Nehal in Rajasthan, India

What, according to you, is ART ? Do you have a personal definition of art, a quotation from a celebrity describing art, a video you liked that speaks about it, a photograph that defines it best ..... ??

Be creative!! Tell me in the best way you can, what you think is art. You can use photos, videos, quotations, just about anything you like. Make sure you explain why you think it is art ....

Have fun !!!

Craft

Watch this extremely interesting video on a card-making process

Clip-shot from the video

1. Through which steps does Suzanne Dean take us through in order to make a card?

2. Write the process of the making of any one form of Art and craft that you know of or that you may have used yourself. It could be another idea for making a card or even some other form of craft like Quilting or Calligraphy (120 words at least).

Natural process

Select any one natural process of your choice.

Using the transition vocabulary that you studied in class today, create a short text and/or a text and a diagram describing this process in your own words.

You should use a minimum of about 120 words to express yourself.

Cool places to hang out in Grenoble

The view from my balcony

As this is my first year in Grenoble, I dont know many places to hang out. I would like to visit this city that I am still not very familiar with. Could you recommend a nice place to me? 

This place could be a nice restaurant (not very expensive, please!), or an interesting museum (I don't like museums much, so make sure it is worth a visit!) or any other thing in Grenoble that would make my life in this city a little more exciting...

I am a student, just like you are, with minimum funds at my disposal, so please do not recommend some fancy 5-star restaurant or an extremely boring museum. I like walking, greenery, music, art (to an extent!), reading, cooking and eating (I love French food!) ....

Please do NOT copy-paste some random place you found on Wikipedia! I can do that myself. I am more interested in a place that is well-known and one which is visited....   Let it be a place that YOU KNOW, that YOU LIKE and somewhere YOU HAVE BEEN..... a nice restaurant perhaps? ;-)

Make it as interesting as you can (you could upload a photograph that you have taken yourself or a video that you have shot) with precisions on how to get there (directions), price, why you think I should visit it and anything else that you would like. Your article should be no less than 120 words!