{"id":7131,"date":"2016-07-19T17:56:41","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T21:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adht.parsons.edu\/?p=7131"},"modified":"2018-02-07T16:25:04","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T21:25:04","slug":"integrative-studio-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/integrative-studio-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Integrative Studio 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Integrative Studio 1, students explore a range of visual, analytical, and making skills while working on projects that are collaborative and cross-disciplinary. The questions that underpin the learning process are: How do we make sense of our ideas, the information we collect, and our hunches and theories? What can this inquiry tell us about why we make certain decisions as creative thinkers? <\/span><\/p>\n

Integrative Studio 1 integrates learning from other first year courses, especially in thematic links to Integrative Seminar 1.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Studio as Circus<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Alexander Calder-esque fashion, two of Derek Haffar\u2019s Integrative 1 Studios created and staged their own circuses. In this year\u2019s iteration of the Integratives circus, students worked collaboratively to design characters, write scripts, and perform the event for live audiences. Students were asked to work with pedestrian materials so as to maintain Calder\u2019s aesthetic.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Magic of Collaboration<\/strong><\/p>\n

Polina Budilina, who captured much of the event\u2019s magic, explains, \u201cThe circus was an eye-opening experience. I didn\u2019t even think it would be possible to make basic wire sculptures come to life. This project made all of us come up with solutions that we would not usually think of.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Studio students prepare for characters’ live performances beneath the big tent.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Zoey Sun\u2019s circus aerialist, photo by Polina Budilina<\/p><\/div>\n

Yasemin Varlik\u2019s Aerialists<\/strong><\/p>\n

First year student Yasemin Varlik created aerialists for the group circus. She reflects, “The character making process for this circus was very different from other projects because these characters had to be moving<\/em> figures. The figures had to somehow come into contact with each other and swing from the same rope.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter brainstorming, I had the idea of using magnets with divergent strengths to make the lady figure somehow let go of her own rope and attach to the man via the strong magnets on her feet.\u201d<\/p>\n