TWA: Total Work of Art through digital, physical, & temporal forms
In “TWA: Total Work of Art” we invite artists, designers, writers, programmers, and anyone else interested to shapeshift their concept across three modalities: 1) digital, 2) physical, and 3) temporal. Inspired by wide-ranging examples of design as world-building — think Bauhaus, Beyoncé, Bernadette Corporation — this class responds to how culture is experienced today, inviting participants to develop a core concept across multiple points and moments of access.
This 7 week class is led by three teachers: Stephen Kwok, Laurel Schwulst, and Bryant Wells. Meeting twice a week (on Thursdays and Sundays), each session includes conversational lectures, technical demonstrations, presentation and critique time — plus some guest visits. The class culminates in a public event in which the participants present the totality of their work.
//application deadline
june 1, 2025 at 1159pm EST
//class dates
Jun 22 through Aug 3
13 sessions (over 7 weeks)
//location
telos.haus, 303 Ten Eyck, Brooklyn, NY 11206
Also: Some events will happen at nearby Amant Foundation
//about the host
Stephen Kwok creates situations in which contradictions between a site and the activity within it may emerge. His work spans installation, performance, and participatory events, and has been exhibited at Seoul Museum of Art, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Center for Performance Research, the Canadian Centre for Architecture, and bologna.cc in Amsterdam. He lives in Brooklyn, teaches design at Brooklyn College, and serves as the Curator of Public Engagement at Dia Art Foundation.
Laurel Schwulst is an artist, designer, writer, educator, and technologist interested in ambient forms of design and literature, public works, and the poetic potential of the world wide web. Laurel has held design and creative direction roles at companies including Linked by Air, Kickstarter, and Are.na. She has taught design at Princeton, Yale, and her own learning initiatives: Fruitful School and now: Ultralight School.
Bryant Wells is a New York-based designer who works independently and collaboratively with artists, writers, musicians, and institutions to create websites, publications, identities, and objects. His practice explores the political and cultural effects shaping networked communication, and the metaphorical and material implications of “what’s in the air.” Bryant teaches design at the Parsons School of Design and the Yale Graphic Design MFA.