The 1st lesson of The Arts at SIS...

1. The Intention Criterion
TOK- The Arts (Lesson 1...or is it? Maybe we are
actually all part of an enormous mars bar the
size of the universe!
Sunday, February 15, 2009

2. Group Task
Split into groups. Rate the items in your pack
from most artistic potential to least artistic
potential and explain why. What was the
rationale behind your decisions?
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3. Stay in those groups!
Imagine that your group is part of a drama
company employed by an art gallery to bring
alive, the least artistic item from your
previous discussion. Persuade your audience
in a brief role-play how this item has artistic
merit.
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4. Podcast
Listen. Is this art? Discuss...
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5. Advertising & art?
Does selling a product through advertising
invalidate art? Jot down your reaction to the
following three adverts in your journal. (We
will revisit later)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC-wPteyl6U
www.youtube.com/watch?
v=qY1T4YAzs14&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=Uj6G1C6c0uw
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6. Sony Bravia Advert
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7. Levis Advert
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8. Levis 2 Advert
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9. Documentary Filmmaking
as Art?
Watch a short clip from Night & Fog (d. Alain
Resnais, 1955) http://hk.youtube.com/watch?
v=7IYVkJCfPwc
Representational aesthetic theory suggests
that the more accurately reality is depicted,
the better art is.
To what extent does Resnais provide an
objective, unmediated view of reality?
How much is the director trying to engage
with your emotions? Does this matter?
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10. Night & Fog
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11. Cubist Expression
How does film editing, framing and the
subjective view of the ‘artist,’ influence the
work of and our interpretation of that work?
How clearly have Resnais & Picasso conveyed
reality in their two pieces of art?
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12. What does the textbook
say?
Van de Lagemaat’s definition of
the intention criterion:
‘According to the intention
criterion, something is a work of
art if it is made by someone with
the intention of evoking an
aesthetic response in the
audience.’(p.331)
Sunday, February 15, 2009

13. Peter Jackson- Adapting
The Lord of the Rings
Watch the short clip taken from The
Fellowship of the Ring (Extended Edition...yes,
the knower- Mr Williamson- is very sad
indeed!) www.youtube.com/watch?
v=yD4ozRWRXnE
Pair work: Is it possible to use the intention
criterion when a film director is attempting
to adapt work? If so, what are the problems?
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14. Lord of the Rings Clip...
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15. JRR Tolkien & Allegory...
Read Tolkien’s viewpoint on possible
interpretations of The Lord of the Rings as
allegory. (http://www.btinternet.com/
~p_cooper/foreword.html)
Juxtapose with Stephen King’s view, that
Sauron (the villain) in the book is nothing
less than a ‘...thinly veiled Hitler in drag.’
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16. The Ring Community
Allan Lee’s
artwork...
Is Tolkien’s world
collaborative?
/
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17. Writing communities...
How do we make sense of the ‘intention
criterion’ when considered in relation to
writing communities like Wikipedia?
www.livejournal.com is an online community
website designed for users to evaluate one
another’s art.
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18. Student led
Investigation (Group)
Choose one famous piece of art. How useful
is the intension criterion in evaluating this
piece of art? (Use social networking sites to
discuss this further outside of class time if
you like: http://avline.abacusline.co.uk/
pictures/jpeg/jpeg.htmwish...
What criticisms of this approach exist?
Provide a short 2-3 minutes presentation on
your findings.
Sunday, February 15, 2009

19. Potential Knowledge
Issues
How has the development of online writing
communities (like wikis) challenged traditional
definitions of art?
To what extent is art a valid AOK when only
one-third of students taking the IB Diploma
at SIS opt for an art based subject?
Sunday, February 15, 2009