This course focuses on the diary method as a tool for contemporary artistic expression. The diary is examined not as a literary genre or a personal journal, but as a means of systematically recording experience over time. Throughout the course, participants work with visual, textual, auditory, object-based, performative, and digital forms of diary practice; they explore the mundane, repetition, memory, the presence of the Other, the archive, trace, intimacy, and the boundaries between private and public.
Special attention is paid to the transition from raw diary material to a finished artistic work: developing a system of recording, accumulating material, selecting it, archiving it, montage, and choosing a medium. The outcome of the course is a complete artistic project, based on the diary method and realized in a chosen form: an artist’s book, a series of photographs, video, an audio project, an object, an installation, a performance, a digital project, or a mixed-media form.

This course may be beneficial for: — students and practitioners in contemporary art who wish to expand their understanding of textile artistic practice
— design or fashion students looking to deepen their knowledge of textiles and their application within their craft
— illustration students studying or reinforcing the topic of modular illustration and its textile applications

The Listener Must:
— have a foundational understanding of contemporary art;
— be able to articulate personal artistic interests;
— have experience working with at least one medium;
— possess basic documentation tools: a smartphone, camera, voice recorder, text editor, or similar means;
— be prepared for independent work and regular journaling.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
— Formulate the theme, problem statement, and research question for an artistic project based on the diary method.
— Develop and apply a system for regularly documenting experiences, choosing appropriate media, rules, constraints, and methods for material accumulation.
— Systematize, analyze, select, and artistically refine diary material while considering the ethical boundaries of working with personal and others' experiences.
— Select and justify the artistic form of the project, building its structure, dramaturgy, and method of engaging with the audience.
— Realize and articulate a completed artistic project based on the diary method, including its documentation and artist statement.

— Concept and Journaling ProtocolThe student formulates the theme, problems, and research question for the project, tests several documentation methods, and develops their own journaling protocol: medium, frequency, rules, and limitations.— Journaling Series and ArchiveThe student engages in regular journaling, accumulates material, systematizes it, builds an initial archive, and identifies the main motifs, connections, and future directions for work.— Intermediate Artistic EditingThe student selects, condenses, and edits the accumulated material, defines the key elements of the project, and creates the first artistically refined version.— Final Project MockupThe student selects the final medium and develops the project mockup, including the structure, sequence of material, rhythm, scale, spatial arrangement, or viewer path.— Final Artwork and DefenseThe student presents the completed artwork, based on the journaling method, its documentation, process archive, and final artist statement.