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) |
This course has three assessment components:
1. Reflective document (750 words) submitted weeks 10-11. Assessed against LO1 and LO2. (20%)
2. Exhibition proposal and technical request document submitted weeks 4-7 (500 words). Assessed against LO3 and L04. (20%)
3. Portfolio of work (Graduate Show). Submission May Assessment Period. Assessed against LO1, L02, LO3 and LO4. (60%)
Further information:
Semester 1
1) Reflective document
A visual document reflecting on the Project Space presentation in Semester 1.
Semester 2
2) Exhibition proposal and technical request document
Submission of IT requests alongside concise outline of exhibition proposal for May exhibition of work. Industry standard format.
3) Portfolio of work (Graduate Show)
An exhibition of students¿ work in May at the Graduate Show exhibition in ECA. This work will represent a portfolio of work for assessment. The work can be presented in which ever form the student feels best represents their project (a non-prescriptive, indicative list might include painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, performance, installation, sound, video, animation, publication, site specific work, digital). With some students making work specifically and solely for exhibition within a gallery context, and others developing external projects that require the production of documentary forms of representation, it is envisaged that the portfolios of work shown at the exhibition in ECA will be materially, formally and conceptually varied.
Resit Information
The resit arrangements for this course are as follows.
- The resit task for assessment component 1 is the Reflective document (750 words) Assessed against LO1 and LO2. (20%)
- The resit task for assessment component 2 is an exhibition proposal and technical request document (500 words). Assessed against LO3 and L04. (20%)
- The resit task for assessment component 2 is a Portfolio of work that would be appropriate for a public exhibition, such as the Graduate Show. Assessed against LO1, LO2, LO3 and L04. (60%)
Students will receive further resit information as per University regulations where necessary. |
| Feedback |
Formative and summative feedback throughout the two semesters will focus on the artistic, material, technical and logistical dimensions of presenting your practice.
Formative Feedback
Formative Verbal Feedback will be provided by tutors across Project Space Seminar sessions in Weeks 4-10 and will come from the two members of staff present in your sessions. This formative feedback will regard the artistic and logistical aspects of your project. You will also receive peer-based formative feedback during the same sessions. You will need to integrate these comments into the development of your work in relation to each forthcoming summative component of assessment.
This feedback process aims to encourage a reflective, self-critical, independent mode of engagement from students and thus develop in relation to Learning Outcome 1. Formative feedforward provided during Project Space sessions will aid development towards each component of summative assessment and will also prepare students for post-graduation work opportunities in the creative sector as the components of assessment enact professional requirements and expectations across the cultural sector and creative industries in an authentic and applied manner.
Summative Feedback
Written feedback for the Reflective Document submitted in weeks 10-11 of Semester 1 will be provided by assigned tutors. This feedback will pertain specifically to Learning Outcome 3 which will aid you in relation to developing towards both summative components of assessment 2 and 4 which also assess Learning Outcome 3.
Summative written feedback for your Application Proposal submitted in weeks 2-3 of semester 2 will be provided by an assigned tutor. This feedback will pertain specifically to Learning Outcomes 2, 3 and 4 on which you will also be subsequently assessed in relation to both summative assessment components 3 and 4.
Summative verbal feedback for the Technical Request and Exhibition Proposal Document submitted week 6-7 will be provided by an assigned tutor. This feedback will pertain to Learning Outcome 4 on which you will subsequently be assessed in relation to again in summative assessment component 4.
Summative written feedback for the Graduate Show Portfolio will also be provided with the expectation that this will aid your transition beyond study on the course and programme into employment within the creative industries and/or cultural sector.
All feedback will be provided according to University regulations. |
| 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 | Mx Hannah Pennie Morrison
Tel: (0131 6)51 5763
Email: Hannah.PM@ed.ac.uk |
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