UCSD professor has students take art final in the nude or risk failing
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[quote]SAN DIEGO - A UC San Diego professor is reportedly requiring that his students take their final exam for a visual arts class completely in the nude.
Associate Professor Ricardo Dominguez has been teaching Visual Arts 104A: Performing the Self for 11 years.
"The class that focuses on the history of body art and performance art in relation to the question of the self or subjectivity," Dominguez told 10News by phone Friday.
A mother of a woman in his class claims that her daughter was forced to perform nude for her final in the class, or risk getting a failing grade.[/quote]
[url]http://www.10news.com/news/mom-outraged-her-daughter-is-asked-to-perform-naked-for-ucsd-art-class-final-050915[/url]
Ars gratia artis!
[quote]"The class that focuses on the history of body art and performance art in relation to the question of the self or subjectivity,"[/quote]
Suuuuuure. He just wants to see people in their late teens/early twenties naked.
What a creepy weirdo
If somebody doesn't want to publicly expose themselves then fuck off, it's not like performance art is done nude by principle or anything
[QUOTE=BuffaloBill;47708637]Suuuuuure. He just wants to see people in their late teens/early twenties naked.[/QUOTE]
Probably doesn't realize that the internet has invented free porn to do just that but without the scandal.
If this is legit it would have been highlighted brighter than the sun within the first 10 minutes of the first class, and probably before that. You wouldn't do a subject with that at the end without explicitly knowing that it was a requirement. Universities don't work that way.
fake edit:
[quote="Chair of UCSD visual department"][B]“Removing your clothes is not required in this class.[/B] The course is not required for graduation.
“VIS 104A is an upper division class that Professor Dominguez has taught for 11 years. It has a number of prompts for short performances called “gestures.” These include "Your Life: With 3 Objects and 3 Sounds" and "Confessional Self," among others. Students are graded on the "Nude/Naked Self" gesture just like all the other gestures. S[B]tudents are aware from the start of the class that it is a requirement, and that they can do the gesture in any number of ways without actually having to remove their clothes.[/B] Dominguez explains this – as does our advising team if concerns are raised with them. [B]There are many ways to perform nudity or nakedness, summoning art history conventions of the nude or laying bare of one's "traumatic" or most fragile and vulnerable self. One can "be" nude while being covered.[/B]
“There are many comments from former students that are visible online. These comments clarify the matter quite directly. It is important to listen to students who have actually taken the class. Again, the concerns of our students are our department's first priority.”[/quote]
yeah this is complete sensationalist bullshit
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;47708644]Probably doesn't realize that the internet has invented free porn to do just that but without the scandal.[/QUOTE]
He has had the class do this for the past 11 years and it is supposedly even on the syllabus for the class.
Everyone in the class was aware of this and you are technically not even needed to strip down, but rather can portray yourself in a vulnerable or weakened situation as well.
You didn't even read your own article and posted a blatantly false title as a result.
Majoring in art
hahahahahah like really? people seriously do that?
[QUOTE=AlexDeviant;47708704]Majoring in art
hahahahahah like really? people seriously do that?[/QUOTE]
There are two kinds of degrees art degrees and science degrees, guess what programming falls under?
[QUOTE=deadoon;47708706]There are two kinds of degrees art degrees and science degrees, guess what programming falls under?[/QUOTE]
art
[QUOTE=deadoon;47708706]There are two kinds of degrees art degrees and science degrees, guess what programming falls under?[/QUOTE]
Science? I'm doing computer science atm, it's in the name.
[QUOTE=Occlusion;47708734]Science? I'm doing computer science atm, it's in the name.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=G-Strogg;47708727]art[/QUOTE]
Yep, computer science(the programming one) is an art degree, the other computer science which is less commonly available has a little more focus on the hardware side of things and is a science degree.
Fun isn't it?
[QUOTE=deadoon;47708754]Yep, computer science(the programming one) is an art degree, the other computer science which is less commonly available is the hardware side of things and is a science degree.
Fun isn't it?[/QUOTE]
im majoring in cs for b.sc. and what kinda liberal arts hippie bullshit is this
[QUOTE=Jund;47708785]im majoring in cs and what kinda liberal arts hippie bullshit is this[/QUOTE]
Which CS and where? Both go through the programming sections, however the science degree is a bit more in depth, while the art degree focuses most on just the programming.
Oh your edit goes for the BS degree, you get a less generalized education and less elective capacity based on the few uni's i've seen vs the BA.
The BA or AA for computer science is a more general purpose degree than the AS or BS though due to the setup of class requirements.
Doesn't help that the college I go to only has the AA version, my area kind of sucks and the only full bachelors degree available is at a shitty college with no science courses.
Ah one place I found put it in a better explanation, the BS is for a computer engineer, the BA is for almost anyone else.
[QUOTE=deadoon;47708706]There are two kinds of degrees art degrees and science degrees, guess what programming falls under?[/QUOTE]
B.A. != art student dude
like comon you cant seriously be comparing an art major to a CS major
[QUOTE=Timebomb575;47708807]B.A. != art student dude
like comon you cant seriously be comparing an art major to a CS major[/QUOTE]
I know, but I like to complain about the classification and how people will call you out on being going for an art degree rather than a science.
And do please note that I said Degree.
yo fuck y'all im getting my BFA in animation/illustration
[QUOTE=AlexDeviant;47708704]Majoring in art
hahahahahah like really? people seriously do that?[/QUOTE]
People can pursue whatever they want
[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;47708979]People can pursue whatever they want[/QUOTE]
Yeah how about pursuing usefulness to the society?
[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;47708979]People can pursue whatever they want[/QUOTE]
and get crushed by the grey and merciless reality in the end. :v:
[QUOTE=AlexDeviant;47709037]Yeah how about pursuing usefulness to the society?[/QUOTE]
Art is an important and useful part of society. In a different way from an Engineer obviously, but inportant none the less.
[QUOTE=AlexDeviant;47709037]Yeah how about pursuing usefulness to the society?[/QUOTE]
[Quote]We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.[/quote]
And on who's right is it for you to dictate what people should study?
[QUOTE=AlexDeviant;47709037]Yeah how about pursuing usefulness to the society?[/QUOTE]
Society doesn't care about you, why should you pursue something that's useful to society?
[QUOTE=AlexDeviant;47708704]Majoring in art
hahahahahah like really? people seriously do that?[/QUOTE]
People who want to watch the world burn. Or, at least after they fail it.
[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;47709064]And on who's right is it for you to dictate what people should study?[/QUOTE]
How am I dictating anything to anyone? I'm just giving my opinion and pointing out stupidity when I see it.
[QUOTE=AlexDeviant;47709072]How am I dictating anything to anyone? I'm just giving my opinion and pointing out stupidity when I see it.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=AlexDeviant;47709037]Yeah how about pursuing usefulness to the society?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=AlexDeviant;47709037]Yeah how about pursuing usefulness to the society?[/QUOTE]
You do realize that certain art degrees are actually really important to a lot of jobs, right?
[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;47709077][/QUOTE]
Once again, how am I dictating anything to anyone?
Don't use words you don't understand thank you.
[QUOTE=AlexDeviant;47709105]Once again, how am I dictating anything to anyone?
Don't use words you don't understand thank you.[/QUOTE]
Well
[QUOTE=AlexDeviant;47708704]Majoring in art
hahahahahah like really? people seriously do that?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=AlexDeviant;47709037]Yeah how about pursuing usefulness to the society?[/QUOTE]
These have a very judgmental, shaming and dictating tone. If you can't see that you should take an english class.
[QUOTE=AlexDeviant;47709105]Once again, how am I dictating anything to anyone?
Don't use words you don't understand thank you.[/QUOTE]
You said yourself,
[QUOTE=AlexDeviant]Yeah how about pursuing usefulness to the society?[/QUOTE]
That implication itself is telling anyone that has contributed to art has set themselves as useless. You keep saying "I'm not dictating/telling anyone to do anything, I'm just [I]merely[/I] sharing my opinion", but you evidently are telling all art practitioners to fuck off.
If anything, it's [I]you[/I]​ who shouldn't be using words you don't understand.
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