Reminders:
- Project #3 is due on 11/26/18 by the start of class
- We will work on the Glossument in class so be sure to have your book
- We will work on drafting parts of Project #4, so be sure to have more materials developed in your Glossument as the foundation for your work on Project #4
Writing didactics/labels/wall text for our Glossument projects:
- Write about the page/spread
- refer to the artist in 3rd person if at all
- the genre of this writing is not a reflection piece
- about a paragraph or two
- aim for 50 words
- audience: visitors/viewers
- some are knowledgeable
- some are invested
- some want to learn but don’t know much
- jargon vs instructive language? aim to reach a wide audience
- name each piece so it’s easier to refer to it. Could be the word you’re representing, or that word in a phrase, or something else
- write about:
- choices you made
- your method
- what materials and why
- what effect you aimed for
- how you see it represent the word you’re depicting
- How this page/spread represents your theme, or, How this page/spread fits within your overall Glossument book
- some resources:
- https://mgnsw.org.au/sector/resources/online-resources/exhibition/exhibition-labelling/
- http://eric-leyland.blogspot.com/2011/09/guidelines-for-good-interpretive-text.html
- https://www.theguardian.com/culture-professionals-network/2015/aug/04/writing-gallery-texts-panels-common-mistakes-interpretation
- https://evmuseography.wordpress.com/2014/05/28/5-basis-for-museums-didactics/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_label
- Add your first didactic panel as a post, including a photograph of the page you’re writing about; Comment on at least one classmate’s post by
WednesdayFriday, 11/30- Use the category ENG 1101 Project #4
- Use any tags you think are appropriate
