Alejandro Borsani is an artist who explores the intersections of art, science and technology through his work with sculpture, electronics and computational methods. He utilizes video and animation to create narratives that blend fact and fiction around sites with contested histories and uncertain futures. His works have been presented in solo shows, group exhibitions, festivals and conferences around the world in such venues as Cairotronica (Cairo), ACM SIGGRAPH (LA), Aesthetica Short Film Festival (York), BIENALSUR (Buenos Aires), Artech (Braga), Videobrasil (São Paulo), Story of Light (Goa), Festival Internacional de la Imagen (Manizales), Channels (Melbourne) and Lahore Design Summit (Lahore).
Borsani currently serves as Associate Professor at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he teaches in the Experimental and Foundation Studies division and the Computation, Technology and Culture concentration. He holds an MFA in Electronic Arts from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MFA in Electronic Visualization from the School of Art and Design of the University of Illinois at Chicago. He lives and works in Providence (US) and San Juan (Argentina).
Studio: Design promotes multidisciplinary studio experimentation across an array of media and processes. Students explore the organization of visual and other sensory elements in order to understand perceptual attributes and the production of meaning. Using various methods of expression, students may create objects, spaces, and experiences that demonstrate their analysis of composition, color, narrative, motion, systems, and cultural signification. Assignments allow for inquiries into scientific, social, cultural, historical, philosophical, technological, and political topics. Critical and experimental utilization of design principles, which underpin all of the arts, are emphasized. Students are guided through progressive investigations, in which the act of seeing is amplified by the study of physiological and cognitive factors that generate perception. Examined subjects are taken through stages of representation, abstraction, and/or symbolic interpretation to reveal essential communicative properties.
Enrollment is limited to First-Year Undergraduate Students.
Major Requirement | BFA
FOUND 1003-11 - STUDIO: DESIGN
LevelUndergraduate
UnitExperimental and Foundation Studies
Subject Foundation Studies
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
FOUND 1003-11
STUDIO: DESIGN
LevelUndergraduate
UnitExperimental and Foundation Studies
Subject Foundation Studies
PeriodFall 2024
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: W | 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM; W | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PMInstructor(s): Alejandro BorsaniLocation(s): Chace Center, Room 506Enrolled / Capacity: 20Status: Closed
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Studio: Design promotes multidisciplinary studio experimentation across an array of media and processes. Students explore the organization of visual and other sensory elements in order to understand perceptual attributes and the production of meaning. Using various methods of expression, students may create objects, spaces, and experiences that demonstrate their analysis of composition, color, narrative, motion, systems, and cultural signification. Assignments allow for inquiries into scientific, social, cultural, historical, philosophical, technological, and political topics. Critical and experimental utilization of design principles, which underpin all of the arts, are emphasized. Students are guided through progressive investigations, in which the act of seeing is amplified by the study of physiological and cognitive factors that generate perception. Examined subjects are taken through stages of representation, abstraction, and/or symbolic interpretation to reveal essential communicative properties.
Enrollment is limited to First-Year Undergraduate Students.
