Welcome to Week 3

In this week you will use The Arrival by Shaun Tan to inspire photo based work tied with writing to reflect on the possibilities of life on other planets. Make sure to take note of anything that stands out to you visually that you may build upon for your own work. Keep notes and sketches handy for inspiration and documentation.

Use the following link to view graphic novel:

https://zagueros.noblogs.org/files/2018/05/shaun-tan-the-arrival.pdf

Learning Objectives

Identify asethetic elements in the graphic novel The Arrival for research basis and determine focus for future work.
Integrate elements from The Arrival into a new fictional work synthesizing additional elements from research related materials.
Re-Imagine and produce elements from assigned text/ graphic novel reflecting alternate possibilities.
Recognize how Art and Science can come together to imagine what concepts and theories could possible look like.

Assignments

#1 Read The Arrival

Pay attention to the elements Shaun Tan uses to communicate the events that the protagonist experiences. What does he take? What does he leave behind? How do you think you would deal with this experience yourself?

#2 Create

Follow the instructions for creating a photographic series inspired by your thoughts on The Arrival.

#3 Write

Write from the perspective of the protagonist reflecting on the world you created your photo series from. What do you see, hear, smell, feel? How do you feel in this new environment? What are your hopes and fears in this new world you are experiencing? These will be letters to your loved ones back home or journal entries you can make to remember your first days in this world by.

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