What I have in mind also ties in with the DU Sesquicentennial: a series of wood cut prints (reduction prints), or photos (cyanotopes, salt prints, palladium prints, or ambrotypes using wet plates) that honor DU's Evans Professors in a new way. Some image that captures their work/ideas/creativity. The easiest one would be a print of Professor Ricardo Iznaola playing the guitar, presumably a closeup of his hand on the guitar, perhaps capture percussive motions. How to do the rest is harder and would require a dialogue with the professors. Background: DU honors our most successful faculty members with awards for teaching, research, etc. The Evan's Professor is DU's highest honor, where:
"Selection as an Evans Professor is granted in recognition of national and
international distinction for outstanding research or other creative,
scholarly, achievement
that has significantly affected his/her field."
Past awardees (web page is missing the last two) are:
- 1990-1991: Marshall Haith, Psychology and David Murcray: Physics & Astronomy
- 1991-1992: Ved Nanda,Law
- 1992-1993: Thomas Drabek, Sociology and Susan Harter, Psychology
- 1993-1994: J. Donald Hughes, History and Steve Carpenter: Physics & Astronomy
- 1994-1995: Frank E. X. Dance, Human Communications
- 1995-1996: Sarah M. Nelson, Anthropology
- 1996-1997: Joint Award—Sandra S. Eaton, Chemistry & Biochemistry and Gareth R. Eaton, Chemistry & Biochemistry
- 1997-1998: Aaron Goldman, Physics & Astronomy and Bruce Pennington: Psychology
- 1998-1999: not given:
- 1999-2000: Donald H. Stedman, Chemistry & Biochemistry
- 2000-2001: Alan Gilbert, The Josef Korbel School of International Studies
- 2001-2002: James C. Wilson, Engineering
- 2002-2003: Stanley Gudder, Mathematics
- 2003-2004: Ricardo F. Iznaola, Music
- 2004-2005: Wyndol Furman, Psychology
- 2005-2006: Maciej Kumosa, Engineering
- 2006-2007: Bin Ramke, English
- 2007-2008: Barry Hughes, The Josef Korbel School of International Studies
- 2008-2009: Andrei Kutateladze, Chemistry & Biochemistry
- 2009-2010: Jack Donnelly, The Josef Korbel School of International Studies
- 2010-2011: Mario Lopez, Mathematics and Computer Science
2 comments:
Hey Scott - this is a big idea and an honorable endeavor.
Just thinking, it might be a bit more about design and public work than individual research?
Aren't your personal ideas worth as much (internally) as an outward honoring of others?
If your BFA goal involves a DU public piece (i.e. a Blurb book for the folks you're mentioning, that's interesting) - but in terms of your internal thoughts and goals, it might take a couple of iterations…
take a deep breath - this will be a great ride!
I would agree with Catherine, and since you're following a different track than the other BFAs, it might be nice to jumpstart this year with a reinvestment in your personal work, vs. something more "external" like the design and public work (although they may become one of the same). I think this year is really about greater focus, and since there were some loose conceptual ends last year, it would be good to focus your energies there.
Certainly a tie-in to your current role on campus makes sense since it occupies so much headspace, but think about your overall artistic practice and what may happen once that role ends in the weeks/days you're counting.
More soon,
Sarah
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