Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- develop and manage your workload to set goals and meet deadlines.
- communicate your ideas effectively using an appropriate range of formats and presentations;
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- the broader cultural context of your practice with particular reference to your chosen location;
- how to employ a range of materials, methods and technologies to advance your individual practice with an understanding of critical debates in contemporary art.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- reflect on your work and exchange experiences to enable the development of your practice as an artist.
- extend your intellectual enquiry through research-informed approaches to advance your practice;
- evaluate your work with reference to a range of social and cultural contexts relevant to your chosen location;
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- employ increasingly sophisticated hybridity of technique in the resolution of your work.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Placement Hours | 450 |
Total study time | 450 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Vonnegut, K. (1987). Bluebeard. New York: Dell.
Larson, K. (2013). Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism and the Inner Life of Artists. London: Penguin.
Bishop, C. (2012). Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship. London: Verso.
Debord, G. (1967). Society of the Spectacle. London: Zone Books.
Ranciere, J. (2011). The Emancipated Spectator. New York: Verso.
Groys, B. (2016). In the Flow. London: Verso.
Wake, P. and Malpas, S. (2013). The Routledge Companion to Critical and Cultural Theory. London: Routledge.
Batchelor, D. (2000). Chromophobia. London: Reaktion Books.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Portfolio
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Formative assessment will vary depending on the approaches prevailing at your host institution. You should inform yourself of the likely forms of feedback at your chosen institution before travelling. As at WSA, it is likely to be spoken feedback on your practical work in a studio setting.
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Portfolio | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Portfolio | 100% |