Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- how to advance your ideas to more audience-aware outcomes.
- the technical foundation and critical debates that situate your practice within a contemporary context;
- notions of uncertainty, ambiguity and limits of knowledge as applied to contemporary fine art practice;
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- critically evaluate the skills, techniques and research methodologies relevant to the development of your work.
- frame appropriate questions around the nature of your studio practice;
- challenge established boundaries through sustained material experimentation;
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- engage in persuasive communication using appropriate media.
- work independently and collaboratively;
- demonstrate a high level of self-organisation to advance your practice;
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- be increasingly sophisticated in the use of site, placement, duration, audience.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Supervised time in studio/workshop | 180 |
Wider reading or practice | 100 |
Seminar | 18 |
Completion of assessment task | 130 |
Lecture | 20 |
Tutorial | 2 |
Total study time | 450 |
Resources & Reading list
Internet Resources
Academic Skills ( including AI).
Textbooks
Morley, S. (2010). The Sublime: Documents of Contemporary Art. London: Whitechapel.
Selby, A. & Beech, D. (2009). Art & Text. London: Black Dog Publishing.
Mitchell, W.J.T. (2006). What Do Pictures Want?: The Lives and Loves of Images. Chicago: Chicago University Press.
Tartt, D. (2013). The Goldfinch. New York: Little Brown.
Schavemaker, M. (2007). Right About Now: Art and Theory since the 1990s. Amsterdam: Valiz.
Lippard, L. (1973). Six Years: The Dematerialisation of the Art Object from 1966 to 1972. New York: Praeger.
Manghani, S. (2012). Image Studies: Theory and Practice. London: Routledge.
Hudek, A. (2014). The Object: Documents of Contemporary Art. London: Whitechapel.
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: •In the early part of the module, you will have an orientation tutorial with your personal academic tutor with feedback on your early response to the module and guidance on how to proceed with portfolio development •You will have a formative feedback tutorial, usually in week 7, with your personal academic tutor, based on discussion of working material available in your studio space and any plans for practice you choose to outline in the meeting. A written summary of the discussion will be provided afterwards, indicating areas of strength and those needing extra attention; this is for your guidance, and does not carry marks or contribute to your assessment. •At least once during the module, you will have the opportunity to present work – a single item or a set - either completed or in progress, for discussion in a group crit, which will include formative feedback from the tutor leading the meeting. You are expected to take part in group crits on a weekly basis. •Interim tutorials in the studio will provide you with spoken feedback on work in progress. You can email a tutor to request such a tutorial, and there will be sign-up sheets for tutorials with visiting lecturers.
- 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% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Portfolio | 100% |