Thinking about Themes

Terah led us on an improvised gallery exploration of a theme.  First we discussed what a theme can be and brainstormed a list of ideas in the studio.  After some very (un)scientific voting, we landed on a theme to explore together: BLUE.  Amanda suggested Ed Ruscha's City for a starting point.  As our conversations in the gallery went on, each student wrote notes, words, and associations on post-it notes, which we compiled on a collective poster.  Three students were designated photographers, and they collected images to document our walk and the works we considered.  Ultimately, our improvised stops and the conversations we had at each work provided the kind of elements that we could use to develop our next project: digital story collages.