Undergraduate Course: Going Public (ARTX10076)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | Contemporary art today can exist in multiple spaces and reach multiple publics. Participating in the Going Public course offers you the opportunity to develop a project that engages with an audience for art of your choice, in a site and form you select. In developing this project, you will also develop core professional skill sets for operating post-college in the contemporary art world. |
| Course description |
Going Public, which runs in semesters 1 and 2, affords students the opportunity to develop artworks whilst considering a range of publics in different contexts and sites. Students select an option for producing work from the following headings: gallery, public art, community, publication, curatorial and interdisciplinary. Students determine the best medium for representing their project utilising a range of materials and media.
The use of ECA project spaces is an integral, core component of this course. Students produce work to a professional standard, install work within a limited time period, and receive feedback from tutors and their peers. Weekly Project Space sessions in semesters 1 + 2, function as both testing spaces for students and opportunities to develop professional logistical and presentation skills. Students receive formative feedback during these sessions. The end point of the Going Public course will be an exhibition where students will present their projects to the public in the ECA building.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2026/27, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 0 |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
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Lecture Hours 4,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 37,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 2,
External Visit Hours 9,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 7,
Summative Assessment Hours 4,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
329 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
SUMMATIVE Assessment(s)
This course has 2 summative assessments components:
Reflective Report (30%) submitted in December and evidencing all Learning Outcomes.
Publication of work (Graduate Show) (70%) submitted at the end of the course and evidencing all Learning Outcomes.
All Learning Outcomes must be passed to pass the course.
SUMMATIVE Assessment details
Reflective Report (30%) is 500 words. |
| Feedback |
FORMATIVE
Verbal feedback will be provided during Project Space sessions with a focus on the artistic and logistical aspects of your project. You will also receive peer-based formative feedback during these sessions. This formative task feeds forward into each component of summative assessment.
SUMMATIVE
You will receive written feedback for summative components. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Independently define and create a project for public consumption.
- Demonstrate in the exhibiting of your work, knowledge and understanding of the key conceptual, material and ethical issues pertaining to the public presentation and dissemination of art
- Apply knowledge to critically analyse core questions in a chosen area.
- Use a wide range of the principal professional skills, techniques, practices and materials associated in the development and presentation of a project.
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Reading List
Ammer, Manuela, Achim Hochdörfer and David Joselit. (2015) Painting 2.0: Expression in the Information Age: Gesture and Spectacle, Eccentric Figuration, Social Networks. Prestel
Borchardt-Hume, Achim, Theaster Gates, Carol Becker and Lisa Yun Lee (2015). Theaster Gates. London: Phaidon.
Bishop, Claire. (2012) Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship. London: Verso
Kester, Grant. (2013). Conversation pieces: Community and Communication in Modern Art. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Steyerl, Hito. (2017). Duty Free Art: Art in the Age of Planetary Civil War. Verso. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Research and enquiry
Independent research: to be confident in the self determination of an investigation within contemporary art.
Knowledge integration and application: respond to major developments in current and emergent debates and ideas within contemporary art.
Personal and intellectual autonomy
Creativity and inventive thinking: initiate an individual perspective on practice regarding contemporary art.
Independent learning and development: understand the significance of the work of other contemporary artists in relation to other artists, contexts, and ideas.
Personal effectiveness
Planning, organising and time management: self-management, including planning and developing skills, in research and communication to meet course deadlines.
Communication
Verbal communication and presentation: communicate ideas and information in visual, oral and written forms about current ideas and debates in contemporary art. |
| Keywords | Publics,Sustainability,Engagement,Audiences |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr John Beagles
Tel: (0131 6)51 5909
Email: j.beagles@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Tom Clayton
Tel:
Email: tclayto2@ed.ac.uk |
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