Postgraduate Course: TPG Curatorial Theory (ARTX11032)
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 11 (Postgraduate) | 
Credits | 20 | 
 
| Home subject area | Art | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
None | 
Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | You will engage with the presentation and interpretation of contemporary art in professional institutionalised settings - integrating your approach to studio and curatorial practice. You will plan, promote, contexualise, document and reflect critically upon your own exhibitionary Project for a specific venue. You will assess your installation in relation to current curatorial theories and practices. | 
 
 
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: 2014/15  Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Learn enabled:  Yes | 
Quota:  None | 
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Web Timetable  | 
	
Web Timetable | 
 
| Course Start Date | 
12/01/2015 | 
 
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
200
(
 Lecture Hours 2,
 Seminar/Tutorial Hours 15,
Online Activities 12,
 Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
166 )
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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 | 
 
Learning Outcomes 
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:  
1. Use complementary media to conceptualise, promote, and generate a critical dialogue around an installation of your work. 
 
  
2. Visually and verbally justify your approach to the distribution and consumption of your work. 
 
3. Write a critical study of two or more curatorial approaches appropriate to your work.  | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
Documentation 
Examination (Verbal) 
Essay |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
| Academic description | 
Not entered | 
 
| Syllabus | 
Not entered | 
 
| Transferable skills | 
Not entered | 
 
| Reading list | 
Micchelli, Thomas. On Curating: Interviews with Ten International Curators, Distributed Art Publishers; 2010. 
Zeiske, Claudia and Sacramento, Nuno. ARTocracy, Jovis, 2011. 
Kouris and Rand, Cautionary Tales: Critical Curating, Apexart, 2007. 
Marincola, Paula. What Makes a Great Exhibition?, Reaktion, 2007. 
Wilson, Mick, Curating and the Educational Turn, Open Editions/De Appel Arts Centre, 2010. 
WADE, GAVIN, Curating in the 21st Century,Wolverhampton, 2000. 
Greenberg, Reesa. Thinking about Exhibitions. Routledge, London, 1996. 
Braathen, Martin. The Price of Everything: Perspectives on the Art Market, Yale University Press, 2008. | 
 
| Study Abroad | 
Not entered | 
 
| Study Pattern | 
Not entered | 
 
| Keywords | Studio Pathway: Curating, Installation, Exhibiting, Museology, Taxonomy, Cultural Georgraphy | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Neil Mulholland 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5881 
Email: n.mulholland@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Miss Lizzie Robertson 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5852 
Email: lizzie.robertson@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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