16 Jan Requirements: Your journal entry

ART105 Introduction to Visual Art

Journal: Shirin Neshat — Photographer, Video Artist, Filmmaker

First, use the index to look up and read the passages on Shirin Neshat in your textbook (pg. 161-2) Then watch the documentary video Shirin Neshat: Expressing the Inexpressible. Keep the following questions in mind as you take notes on the film: What concepts does Shirin Neshat deal with in her work? What benefits does working in video, film, and non-traditional photography (i.e. painting on photographs) give her as an artist? How do these media allow her to express her ideas in a way that traditional mediums like drawing, painting, printmaking, or sculpture would not? Finally, how would the experience of viewing Shirin Neshat’s video and film installations in a museum context be fundamentally different than viewing her work in this video?

To view the video, click on the link below these instructions.

Requirements: Your journal entry should be a minimum of 300 words long. Journal responses must be proofread for errors and spell checked. Students who have obviously not proofread and/or spell checked their entries or have not followed the above instructions will lose points

How to hand in your work:

Be sure you have saved your work with a file name that includes your last name. Then, click the ” Assignment: Journal: Shirin Neshat — Photographer, Video Artist, Filmmaker” link above. Type in your name in the “Comments” text box and attach your work as a Word document file. If you do not have Microsoft Word, you may copy and paste your work into the “Comments” box. Click “Submit” to hand in your work.