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The Art Assignment
The Art History of the Selfie
Season 3
Episode 16
Artists have been taking selfies since the dawn of photography. Cameras allowed people to capture their own image in a way that had never been possible in all of human history, and today most of us carry these magical devices in our pockets, taking self portraits everywhere we go.
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Dignicraft gives us the assignment to facilitate an Encounter / Encuentro.
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Performance artist Ryan McNamara asks you to play a game of Movement Telephone.
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Christoph Niemann offers a challenge of finding the emotion in furniture.
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We ask what the title "curator" really means, both traditionally and as it is used today.
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We review some of the best responses to the 'Under the Influence' assignment.
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Artist Oliver Blank explores our sense of time and place through public installations.
