Light bulbs burn out rooms are rearranged, a coffee shop goes out of business, or a grassy field becomes a strip mall. The world around us changes rapidly.
Disappearing Spaces is a studio about time, change, and memory. Inspired by painting, photography, and documentary film, students will record their surroundings in order to understand change. What feels relevant now but may lose meaning over time? What stands out as necessary to preserve and share with future generations.
Using an approach similar to investigative journalism and documentary filmmaking, students will explore photogrammetry as a storytelling technique to tell an intentional story about their chosen subjects. Students might investigate and document a news story, augmented with digital models, or create a virtual exhibit about a piece of tech from the age of Covid.