Name: Sign Making Workshop
Start: 2017-02-12T11:00:00-08:00
End: 2017-02-12T13:00:00-08:00
Location: Los Angeles Contemporary Archive

Sign Making Workshop 

School for Poetic Computationis an artist run school in New York that was founded in 2013. A small group of students and faculty work closely to explore the intersections of code, design, hardware and theory — focusing especially on artistic intervention. It’s a hybrid of a school, residency and research group.Our motto is:more poetry, less demo

School for Poetic Computation

There is something profoundly fulfilling about making your own signs and protesting in the streets. Handwritten signs are personal and compelling. Signs can become an interface between crowd and city, a device to intervene in the public space and a tool for counter-narrative to the mainstream media. Sign making is an artistic form of social engagement. Sign Making Workshop is a chance to think about your message, time to bring voice to your thoughts and give body to your message. It is also a chance to learn from people with different views and priorities.
In this workshop, we will reflect on protest signs we’ve seen recently and talk about different ways of creating a simple and effective sign. We will ask the following questions. How do you make signs that start a dialogue, instead of shouting a message in one direction? How do you encapsulate complex messages and emotions into a unique sign? How can we bring artistic practice closer to an activist praxis? Through hands-on, step by step activities, we will progress from writing initial concept to sketching designs. We will create personal protest signs and have a group discussion in the end. Boards (white, 20 * 30 inches), black ink and brush, pen and other materials will be provided. Feel free to bring your own materials. Los Angeles Contemporary Archive 709 N Hill St #104, Los Angeles, CA 90012 2017. February 12. Sunday: 11am~1pm 
 Free. We will welcome donation to cover the cost of material.

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