Please suspend your work on the presentation today, and work on this project.
Visit the site of photographer Chris Jordan (link) and visit the exhibit "Intolerable Beauty: Portraits of American Mass Consumption.
Also view this link from The Dallas Morning News (link). View the gallery. Pay special attention to:
jet flights (link)
soda cans (link)
plastic bags (link)
cell phones (link)
Spend about 15 minutes answering these questions:
What do these pictures represent?
What do these images convey to us?
How are these images supposed to make us feel?
Why do you think that the artist chose to create these photographs?
How hard do you think that it was to create the photos?
Spend about 15 minutes writing about one picture, and describe the problem that you think that it represents.
With a partner, discuss possible solutions for this problem. After about ten minutes, describe some possible solutions.
Please use assigned duties to be sure that computers are inspected during your class period, and that your work area is clean and neat when you leave. Thank you for your help.
