Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- conceptualise and plan intended outcomes;
- accommodate the unanticipated.
- think clearly and laterally in the resolution of technical and theoretical problems;
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- propose and plan a major project;
- manage and deliver a public-facing event to a professional standard;
- demonstrate that you can articulate and communicate in a professional manner appropriate to the chosen topic.
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- make work with a view to exhibition;
- edit, place and present work to a professional standard.
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- how to articulate and resolve your thinking in an artwork.
- how to make clear and informed curatorial and technical decisions within a context of continuing experimentation;
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Tutorial | 2 |
Supervised time in studio/workshop | 180 |
Lecture | 20 |
Wider reading or practice | 100 |
Seminar | 18 |
Completion of assessment task | 130 |
Total study time | 450 |
Resources & Reading list
Internet Resources
Academic Skills (including AI).
Textbooks
Storr, A. (1972). The Dynamics of Creation. London: Penguin.
Nairne, S. et al (1996). Thinking About Exhibitions. London: Routledge.
Delillo, D. (1993). Underworld. London: Picador.
Rancière, J. (2007). The Future of the Image. London: Verso L3S2.
Williams, R. (2014). Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society. London: Fourth Estate.
Gay, P. (2008). Modernism: The Lure of Heresy. New York: : W. W. Norton & Company.
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: •You will have a feedback tutorial on your portfolio development in the early part of the module, to discuss the advice arising from assessment of your work on the previous Studio Practice module and any plans for practice you choose to outline in the meeting. •At least once during the module, you will have the opportunity to present work, 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 tutors to arrange this, 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% |