The city of Prague and its environs will provide the classroom setting for this course. It is a unique opportunity to experience and observe a place in order to improve understanding of the environment in its different forms, such as social, physical, and cultural contexts. Students will learn to develop a personal and formal method of seeing, by direct observation with the intention “to see what you see” – to distinguish the underlying and sometimes hidden structures, components and meanings of the world around us.

They will identify and test different recording systems to capture process and document their findings, such as note-taking, sketching, diagramming, and capturing both still and moving images. No previous knowledge is required. Learning different ways of seeing and perceiving in order to discover through observation of the natural or artificial context is a fundamental tool in both science and art disciplines, enabling the germination and cultivation of creative concepts and ideas.

Faculty & Instructors:

Herman Marchant