THEA 391
Fall 2026
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This course combines seminar-style survey with studio-style making to explore the power and potential of site-specific and social practice performance works. Student work will be informed and contextualized by encounter with architect Maya Lin's Vietnam Veteran's Memorial; social practice practitioners Paul Ramirez Jonas and Mammalian Diving Reflex; activist performance artist Tania Bruguera; sculptor Felix Gonzales Torres; among others. Throughout the semester students will practice reading performance as a set of relationships to participate in rather than a product to consume. The class culminates in either a final paper or final, sited project (individual or collaborative) on campus or in Middletown. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA THEA |
| Course Format: Studio | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
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Miwon Kwon, ONE PLACE AFTER ANOTHER
Maya Lin, BOUNDARIES
Nato Thompson, LIVING AS FORM
Phil Smith, SITE SPECIFIC THEATER
Shannon Jackson, SOCIAL WORKS
Claire Bishop, ARTIFICIAL HELLS
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Examinations and Assignments:
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Weekly responses and regular sharing of embodied work (live or documentation). Short written mid-term and final to complement culminating paper or significant project, individual or group. |
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| Instructor(s): Pearl,Katie Times: ....R.. 09:00AM-12:00PM; Location: TBA |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 14 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 14 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 2 | FR: 0 |
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