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GDES 491, SPRING SEMESTER ’21

VCUarts’ Word Work / Doing Language (GDES 491) was a Spring ’21 course that formed an integral part of the ICA’s Doing Language : Word Work project initiated by Assistant Professor Nontsikelelo Mutiti and Egbert Vongmalaithong, Assistant Curator for Commerce and Publications at the ICA. 

This course brought together students working across disciplines with a range of skills to research modes of production and transmission that foreground language embodiment and consider the velocity at which information circulates. Through this course, students collaborated with contemporary artists working in the field to conceptualize, research, and fabricate a limited edition artist object.

 

 

At the beginning of their coursework, each student sent a self portrait of their hands to the artist they'd be collaborating with over the semester. This early gesture allowed the artists to become familiar with the hands that would help shape their final work.

STUDENT WORK

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Image by Andy Caress.
Image by Angelica Credle.
Image by Archerd Noel Aparejo.
Image by Allie Watts.
Image by Caroline Barry.
Image by Erin Jhi.
Image by Theo Haggins.
Image by Isabelle Roque.
Image by Lila Washa.
Image by Nicole Orsolini.
Image by Sam Schneider.
Image by Sydni Stearns.
Image by Velvet Canfield.
Image by Xinyu Na.
Image by Max Bell.