Task #8: Design, Research & Propose for the City of Tucson a New Equestrian Statue in a New Site and Location.
Your task is to propose the design and location for a new equestrian statue in Tucson. Your statue can represent Kino or Villa or another historical figure appropriate to the context of Tucson. Oh, and money is no object. Your completed proposal will include two parts that the Tucson Committee on Public Monuments has asked for: a short written presentation and a compact, informative visual presentation. You will submit two documents, one for each part. In this assignment, you bring together all of the work you have done for the course so far.
You must demonstrate that you understand the significance of equestrian monuments — that is what you have learned about equestrian monuments in Mexico, Tucson, and more generally, in art history. Put what you have learned to work! Imagine that your presentation is being made in public (your job depends upon it) — you need to make it smart and articulate.
Label your files: Part one: lastnamet8p1 and Part two: lastnamet8p2. If you do not use these file names, I will deduct 2 points from your assignment grade! Example: widdifieldt8p1 and widdifieldt8p2 You must include your name in both the Word doc or pdf for part1 and the visual presentation in part 2. If you do not include your name, I will deduct 5 points from your grade. Ouch!
Part One: a concise and articulate written proposal, In 3 – 3 1/2 double-spaced, typed pages, write a proposal for the committee. This should be clear, organized and meet the writing standards listed below. Format for submission: pdf or word document.
1. Writing: clear, grammatically correct, logically organized, employing proper, precise, and effective vocabulary, correctly spelled.
2. Content: content — responses to all questions and prompts –demonstrates thoughtfulness and is clearly based in the required research and assignments of the class.
Add a title page with your name, project title, class, and date. Address each item in turn – you do not need to include the question per se, but make sure the committee knows what the point of each item is! (this can be a simple, but good looking, word document, or a brochure format — you can be creative when laying out text!)
1. Describe the existing statues of Kino and Villa; this should include a brief biography of each man a well as a description of the statues themselves.
2. Explain why the current Villa and Kino statues are not effective and need replacing: you should be very concrete and specific about this. The committee will want to know exactly what the problems are (the reputation of the person? the site, location size, materials, pose, position, etc.) You will want to think about the controversies surrounding the statues (review the Task # on the Controversy) when they were inaugurated as well as their presence in Tucson today.
3. State in concrete terms what you would change: who would be represented, how, where, etc. (Hint: do a Google search for images of Kino and Villa —— what is the overall picture you get of each one from this search? does it match up with the images created by the statues?) What kind of horse should it have?
4. Explain concretely why an equestrian portrait is still useful and effective for promoting Tucson and its history and relationship to Mexico.
5. Do you have an artist in mind: you have some leeway here — you can teleport somebody in who is no longer living —— but you need to make a case for that person’s reputation and style. Hint: have a look at your textbook or consider artists who have done other equestrian monuments throughout history (you have some idea of this from Task # 2 “What is an Equestrian Portrait”!)
2. Part Two: Create a compact, well-designed visual presentation. In this part, you have been asked to make your argument using images (with minimal text to identify what you are presenting), visually making the case you just presented in written form using any of the following (whatever you choose, it will be posted to the D2l Dropbox for this assignment):
• Power Point: you can think of this as an infographic, poster session, or an instructional (teaching) presentation. Format for submission: ppt. file or save as a PDF. (Do not use Keynote or WPS!)
• Website. Format for submission: Word Doc or PDF with your name, project title, and a link to your website (double check that the link works!)
You absolutely do not have to be a visual artist to do this — you do not have to draw you statue! But you do have to give us some visual information, some point of reference for understanding how the statue would look. You can, for example, illustrate your ideas by including an image that is similar to what you want (noting adjustments you would make to yours).
Note: Make sure your images are the highest resolution you can get (always credit your image sources! — right click for image info and/or check the image source page!)
