Undergraduate Course: Intermedia practice 2 (ARTX08022)
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 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 40 |
| Home subject area | Art |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative course content
The aim of this module is to introduce and locate Intermedia art practice within contemporary artistic production. Intermedia is the area of artistic invention that lie between media. Although traceable to the early nineteenth century the term is largely associated with a myriad of approaches to visual production post-1945. Performance art, ambient/site specificity, video, and installation all have origins within Intermedia.
Aims of course
1 To undertake a practical exploration of individual ideas through a range of media.
2 To explore individual practice in relation to discourses, artwork, and artists within contemporary practice.
3 To encourage and develop creative practice through group discussion.
Mode of delivery
Studio-Based. Tutorial Installation/Presentation Cross Year Crit Review |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Test and make artwork in a range of different media, using appropriate materials and processes to demonstrate the development of a personal creative language.
2. Demonstrate an ability to develop individual ideas and concepts appropriate to Intermedia Art, within the context of contemporary practice.
3. Communicate personal working processes from idea to execution in individual and group situations, demonstrating a broad understanding of the concepts methods and strategies of contemporary practice. |
Assessment Information
Portfolio
Installation
Documentation |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Introduce and expand issues within contemporary art studio practice. |
| Syllabus |
Mixture of one hour group seminars and studio critiques. |
| Transferable skills |
Manage time, deal with obstacles, attend to visual material, assess and evaluate own and others work. |
| Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
Main Author: Robertson, Jean, 1950- Title: Themes of contemporary art : visual art after 1980 / Jean Robertson, Craig McDaniel. Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2005. Main Author: De Oliveira, Nicolas. Title: Installation art in the new millennium : the empire of the senses / Nicolas de Oliveira, Nicola Oxley, Michael Petry ; texts by Nicolas de Oliveira. Published: London : Thames & Hudson, 2003. |
| Study Abroad |
Erasmus and International Study Abroad in Year 3 may be applied for. |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 60 hours
Directed study 170 hours
Self-directed study 170 hours
Total 400 hours |
| Keywords | STUDIO PRACTICE |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Dean Hughes
Tel: (0131 6)51 5899
Email: d.hughes@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Margaret Milner
Tel: (0131 6)51 5879
Email: m.milner@ed.ac.uk |
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