The subject of this class will involve one aspect of a particular project. Although there will be specific direction, we will work together, with performance as basic structure to develop a final video installation (stage set with video). All aspects of the production will be shared by the participants: camera and other media in general developing the script, performing the different roles, building and designing a structure, deciding how and where to record the material, and transforming material in relation to. We will explore ways of incorporating media into architecture forms or fragments, use drawing as process of representation, and develop a device in relation to point of view.

Source material will be based on various texts relating to "Helen in Egypt" and the idea that the Trojan War was fought for an illusion. Helen, in Egypt instead of Troy was a phantom, a ghost, and a device. The real cause, perhaps was a trade war, or access to the east. The idea can be approached in many ways in relation to the present. Personal journals will focus on contemporary every day life in relation to historical metaphor.

While being involved in specific references students would be free to invent parallel works. We will consider the Brechtian idea of the epic, which was partly based on the use of radio and film. What would the equivalent be today?

Students will also be required to view examples of film and video weekly and to study certain texts that pertain to the project. [This class requires one mandatory field trip during the semester.]