The Wall Building Crew hard at work in the Super Shop! Photos by Alex Olson.
Monday, February 26, 2007
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
You CAN Build a Wall!
The intrepid teaching duo, Liz Glynn & Saul Alvarez, are currently in Week 3 of the Wall Building Workshop in the Super Shop of CalArts. The walls will be part of the EA&ER exhibition. The workshop was intitally inspired by Judy Chicago's 1970 wall building workshop at the Feminist Art Program at Fresno State College (now California State University, Fresno). It's all about artist empowerment, folks. Check out the workshop syllabus:
You CAN Build a Wall!
Basic Construction, Wall-Building, and everything
Week 1: Intro
- Safety Review
- Tools of the trade
- Materials & Standard sizes (drywall, wood, metal, screws, nails, etc.)
- Practice: the drill, the miter saw
- ? Building Code ?
Week 2: Framing I (wood)
- Basic Design Principles (16” spacing, where to join the walls, etc.)
- Wood vs. Metal Studs
- A review the EAER design
- Pre-drilling, leverage, and how to drive a screw without stripping it
- Measuring and cutting down to size
- Framing Practice – Wood
Week 3: Framing II (metal)
- Cutting metal studs
- Attaching metal studs
- Finish framing
Week 4: Drywall
- Drywall material review
- Placing the drywall
- How to cut drywall using a drywall T-square
- Attaching the drywall panels
- Taping a wallboard joint
Week 5: Finishing
- A discussion of the final assembly
- Sanding Safety
- Sanding
- Painting for even coverage
You CAN Build a Wall!
Basic Construction, Wall-Building, and everything
Week 1: Intro
- Safety Review
- Tools of the trade
- Materials & Standard sizes (drywall, wood, metal, screws, nails, etc.)
- Practice: the drill, the miter saw
- ? Building Code ?
Week 2: Framing I (wood)
- Basic Design Principles (16” spacing, where to join the walls, etc.)
- Wood vs. Metal Studs
- A review the EAER design
- Pre-drilling, leverage, and how to drive a screw without stripping it
- Measuring and cutting down to size
- Framing Practice – Wood
Week 3: Framing II (metal)
- Cutting metal studs
- Attaching metal studs
- Finish framing
Week 4: Drywall
- Drywall material review
- Placing the drywall
- How to cut drywall using a drywall T-square
- Attaching the drywall panels
- Taping a wallboard joint
Week 5: Finishing
- A discussion of the final assembly
- Sanding Safety
- Sanding
- Painting for even coverage
"The Feminist Future" at MoMA
http://www.wps1.org/include/shows/moma.html#feminist_future
Follow the link above to listen to recordings from the January 26-27, 2007 symposium at MoMA, "The Feminist Future: Theory and Practice in the Visual Arts."
Speakers included: Lucy Lippard, Coco Fusco, Guerrilla Girls, Marina Abramovic, Martha Rosler, Connie Butler, Griselda Pollock, Helen Molesworth, and Wangechi Mutu.
Follow the link above to listen to recordings from the January 26-27, 2007 symposium at MoMA, "The Feminist Future: Theory and Practice in the Visual Arts."
Speakers included: Lucy Lippard, Coco Fusco, Guerrilla Girls, Marina Abramovic, Martha Rosler, Connie Butler, Griselda Pollock, Helen Molesworth, and Wangechi Mutu.
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
EA&ER on MySpace
Dear Rupert Murdoch,Thank you for helping us spread the feminist gospel far into the outer reaches of the web networking universe via our new MySpace page: www.myspace.com/exquisiteacts.
Love,
EA&ER
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