Undergraduate Course: The Taxidermy Object; creative studies (LLLA07132)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Lifelong Learning (ECA) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | THIS IS A FOR-CREDIT ONLY COURSE OFFERED BY THE OFFICE OF LIFELONG LEARNING (OLL); ONLY STUDENTS REGISTERED WITH OLL SHOULD BE ENROLLED
This course will enable students to re-evaluate the ¿taxidermy animal¿ as a subject for creative research and enquiry and explore what these objects meant and mean now. Students will build their own collection of drawings and sketches from the displayed and stored objects in the Museum of Scotland and create art work based on the theme of ¿The Art of Collecting¿. Students will be encouraged to think of animals in art in an imaginative and thought-provoking way to help develop and create a distinctive body of artworks. The award winning animation film ¿The Tannery¿ will be shown with an introductory talk by the Edinburgh-based artist Iain Gardner: its plot involves a recently deceased fox who has a life-after-death experience. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Lifelong Learning - Session 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: 12 |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
15/01/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 27,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
71 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Lifelong Learning - Session 2, Not available to visiting students (SS2)
|
Learn enabled: No |
Quota: 12 |
|
Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
15/01/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
(
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 27,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
71 )
|
| Additional Notes |
|
| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
|
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. RESEARCH
record the experience of looking at the materiality of the taxidermy animal within the museum context, and develop a knowledge and understanding of how to sustain a line of enquiry in a series of related art works
2. PRACTICE
be effective in the uses of a range drawing, painting and mixed media techniques both within a sketchbook and in development studies which consider a creative response to the taxidermy animal.
3. PRESENT
present a range of directed lines of enquiry and insightful reflection in the selection and editing of visual ideas derived from research and study of the ¿taxidermy animal.
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Assessment Information
This course will be assessed by the submission of a portfolio of visual design works within the discipline studied. This will include a selection of resolved design works, preparatory studies, visual research and evidence of a contextual awareness through a completed sketchbook and/or visual journal. The work must be presented in a clear and professional manner appropriate to the discipline. The submission should include work undertaken within the class as well as directed and independent study out with the class.
The combined submission will be assessed against the three learning outcomes for this course. These are equally weighted and each will be given a percentage grade. To pass, students must achieve a minimum of 30% in each learning outcome and an overall combined mark of 40% minimum. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
using a sketchbook as an artist¿s/designers¿ tool
recording and developing visual ideas
effective use of drawing, painting and mixed media
ability to undertake research and reflective practice and apply these in the context of the sketchbook within visual culture
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| Reading list |
Rachel Poliquin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. poliquin.pdf (application/pdf Object)
Deep Storage : Collecting, Storing, and Archiving in Art, edited by Ingrid Shaffner and Matthias Winzen
The Breathless Zoo: Taxidermy and the Cultures of Longing (Animalibus: Of Animals and Cultures) Rachel Poliquin
The Afterlives of Animals: A Museum Menagerie Samuel J.M.M Albert
Drawing projects : an exploration of the language of drawing, London: Black Dog Publishing MASLEN, M., 2011,
Mark Dion: archaeology/ (edited by Alex Coles and Mark Dion London :Black Dog 1999
Picturing animals in Britain: c.1750-1850 / by Diana Donald.
Karle Weschke, Portrait of a Painter by Jeremy Lewison, Published in 1998 by Petronilla Silver Ruston,Penzance.
Susan Rothenberg, Painting and Drawing by Michael Auping, 1992 Rizzoli, New York
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Typically, the course is delivered in weekly taught sessions of between 2.5 and 3 hours for 9-11 weeks or for 5-6 hour weekly sessions for 5 weeks.
Class Contact hours: 27.5 (work undertaken during the class)
Directed hours: 27.5 (work the tutor has set students to each week in their own time)
Independent Study Hours: 45 (work students set themselves to do, relevant to the discipline studied) |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Robbie Bushe
Tel:
Email: r.bushe@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Sherrey Landles
Tel: (0131 6)50 4400
Email: s.landles@ed.ac.uk |
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