Course Guide: VART 3690 Workshop 3 & VART 3692 Workshop 5 (co-taught)
Lecturer: Matthew Tsang
Course Coordinator: –
Day: Thursday: 1/2/2024 – 2/5/2024
Time: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Delivery mode: –
Location: Hong Kong Art School
This course brings together the technical skills required for model making for site-specific work. The technical skills you will develop in this course relate to a range of sculptural materials that can be used in model making including sheet materials such as card, wood, metal and foam core, shaping and modelling materials such as polymer clay and materials that can be cast such as plaster, concrete and resin. Models (or maquettes) are traditionally used in sculpture to aid in the visualisation of a final work but may also be shown or collected as artworks in their own right. Artists use them to develop ideas for exhibition and as an aid in exhibition applications. They are also often used in the development of public projects where an artist may produce a scale model during selection for a large-scale project. In this workshop, you will consider the model in the broadest sense and work with a site of your choice. You will develop experimental models to scale and will be expected to research your site (gallery or public environment) thoroughly through site audits, collecting samples and research. You will also develop skills in drawing, documenting your models and presenting your research.
image caption: Matthew Tsang, Before Collapse, 2018