Color: Counter-current reflections and appropriation through practice

Professor : Raquel Santana de Morais

Deconstructing in colour

The course will be a laboratory of aesthetic experiments inspired by contemporary artistic practices that :

- question Eurocentric and patriarchal visions/theories in art,

- use colour as an expressive-poetic tool in their practices.

Objective:

Through artistic practice, the course aims at the free appropriation of different strategies of colour use, proposing an active deconstruction of the gaze and inviting the participants to a personal, critical and potentially transgressive approach to colour.

Concretely:

Inspired by the works of artists from different backgrounds, we will carry out a series of practical exercises.

The course also offers a space for discussion where participants can contribute with their own references and/or current artistic practices. Exercises during the year

Each "thematic exercise" will include:

-the analysis / observation of a work of art,

-A time for discussion, and possible contributions of critical texts that will help in the understanding of the work.

-an artistic experiment inspired by the work analysed

-A time for group presentation and discussion.

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