COMMAND X: EXPLORE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHOTOGRAPHY AND COLLAGE AND SPECIFICALLY HOW THE UTILIZING FOUND IMAGES CAN BE A TOOL TO COMPLICATE PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY AND CONTEMPORARY MASS CULTURE. TO FURTHER EXAMINE OUR IMAGE BASED SOCIETY, STUDENTS WILL EXPERIMENT WITH A VARIETY OF TECHNIQUES, INCLUDING: APPROPRIATION, DIGITAL MONTAGE, PHYSICAL AND IN CAMERA COLLAGE, THE ACT OF COLLECTING AND BUILDING OF A PERSONAL ARCHIVE. WE WILL DISCUSS WORK BY BOTH PROMINENT CONTEMPORARY AND WESTERN ART HISTORICAL ARTISTS WHO HAVE USED COLLAGE AS A SUBVERSIVE ACT. THIS CLASS WILL CONSIST OF BOTH IN CLASS AND AT HOME COLLAGE EXPERIMENTATION, READINGS, AND DISCUSSION.