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Master's Project (Exhibition and Research Publication)

  • Module code: FA7500
  • Year: 2018/9
  • Level: 7
  • Credits: 60
  • Pre-requisites: None
  • Co-requisites: None

Summary

You are expected to build upon previous module outcomes and ongoing individual research to complete a major project for public exhibition. This is the capstone project. The capstone project helps you to synthesise, reflect on and apply the knowledge and skills you have acquired during your course. You should devise and manage the project alongside your peer group, with the support of a practising artist and tutor. You should research many aspects of exhibition making and production at a professional level.

Aims

  • To enable students to present an exhibition of new work produced individually or in collaboration and to test their work in the public domain.
  • To provide a thorough understanding of the processes necessary to initiate and realise projects (such as liaison, fund-raising, developing and presenting proposals, and collaborative working structures) and relevant skills to disseminate ideas and documents of work.
  • To influence the direction and public reception of art by creating exhibitions that project current cultural and aesthetic ideas for contemporary art.
  • To investigate new and existing forms of re-presenting work with a sophisticated understanding of the chosen topic, its cultural contexts and significance.
  • To develop experience of producing an exhibition publication that presents their project and exhibition in an appropriate context.[in relation to its objectives and in comparison to other cultural productions, social or philosophical contexts, or professional practices in the arena of work.]

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:

  • Collaborate with appropriate professional exhibition, publication or performance organisations and institutions.
  • Co-ordinate exhibition promotion/publicity and research and plan the administrative aspects of exhibition production.
  • Complete substantial creative work.
  • Plan an appropriate research programme and demonstrate acquired skills of critical documentation, selection and judgment by constructing a critical framework that can relate the student's project to cultural productions and contexts.
  • Demonstrate a developed reflective, active and critical awareness of their own practice
  • Consider their project in relation to conventional/experimental work in similar areas.

Curriculum content

The module will begin with group seminars on the following main areas:

  • Seminars on: exhibition production, audiences; press and publicity; general administration.
  • Seminars on discussing various forms of presenting and disseminating work and ideas, critical essays, bookwork, web sites, catalogues, CD, film and video etc.
  • Group seminars on; diversity of exhibition venues; exhibition presentation and display; installation of work and choreographing space. This is supplemented by individual tutorials geared towards specific student objectives.

Teaching and learning strategy

Students will have a group tutorial with the field leader at the beginning of the module to discuss how to approach their Master's project and research publication, how to choose a subject etc.  Students are expected to visit exhibitions and to research/liaise with outside bodies from the beginning of the module. 

The module will make use of the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) Canvas for communication and dissemination of information between students and staff as well as making online learning materials available to all. Students should check this site on a daily basis for module information, timetables, sign-ups, updates and additional information and teaching materials.

All courses based in the Kingston School of Art offer students free access to the online video tutorial platform Lynda.com. This provides a wide range of subjects to choose from, many with downloadable exercise files, including software tutorials covering photography, graphics, web and Management skills. Some of these are embedded in the curriculum and offer additional self-paced learning, others may be taken at will by students wishing to broaden their employability skills in other areas.

Breakdown of Teaching and Learning Hours

Definitive UNISTATS Category Indicative Description Hours
Scheduled learning and teaching Seminars / tutorials / study tours 40
Guided independent study 560
Total (number of credits x 10) 600

Assessment strategy

Summative assessment is of the individual's body of work presented through exhibition and the involvement of the student with the organisation of the group exhibition.  The student's ability to provide a critical context for their work is assessed via presentation and production of an exhibition publication (95%) and final submission of a Documentation File, to be submitted digitally, summarising all work (5%).

The Documentation File will present the main body of study in an easy to navigate format, which can be used in exhibition, or as marketing material by both the students and presented to the University audience.

In consultation with their tutor, students are expected to generate their own area of research and study. The ability to determine and follow a path of independent and/or collaborative study which runs concurrently to, and engages with, the taught aspects of the module, form a significant aspect of the assessment criteria for this module.  There will be opportunities for formative assessment through informal feedback and feed forward tutorials and ongoing discussions, research and practical work.

(FA7500) Coursework: a body of work produced in discussion with tutors, shown in the context of a group exhibition, the exhibition research publication accompanies the exhibition and is produced in collaboration with Fine Art post graduate peers. The Documentation File will communicate the main body of work, and can be formatted to complement the elements of assessment and individual practice. It should present a visual record of the outcomes, which reflect and summarise the entire project. It is to be submitted digitally.

Mapping of Learning Outcomes to Assessment Strategy (Indicative)

Learning Outcome Assessment Strategy
1. Collaborate with appropriate professional exhibition, publication or performance organisations and institutions. Seminars and study tours inform individual projects and discussion with organisations and practitioners, will be formatively assessed through tutorial and seminar presentation.
2. Co-ordinate Exhibition promotion/publicity and research and plan the administrative aspects of Exhibition production. Evidenced in the body of research and artwork/exhibition and Documentation File.
3. Complete substantial creative work. Exhibition.
4. Plan an appropriate research programme and demonstrate acquired skills of critical documentation, selection and judgment by constructing a critical framework that can relate the student's project to cultural productions and contexts. Skills will be acquired during practical work and formatively assessed through tutorial feedback. Evidenced in the body of research and artwork/exhibition and Documentation File.
5. Demonstrate a developed reflective, active and critical awareness of their own practice Evidenced in the body of research and artwork/exhibition and Documentation File.
6. Consider their Project in relation to conventional/experimental work in similar areas. Evidenced in the body of research and artwork

Elements of Assessment

Description of Assessment Definitive UNISTATS Categories Percentage
Exhibition and a Research/Exhibition publication (95%) Coursework 95%
Documentation File (5%) Coursework 5%
Total (to equal 100%) 100%

Achieving a pass

It IS NOT a requirement that any element of assessment is passed separately in order to achieve an overall pass for the module.

Bibliography core texts

Core texts will be suggested to complement individual/collaborative projects

Adams, E. (1997) Public art: people, projects, process. London: London Arts Board.

Gottlieb, C. (1996) Beyond modern art.   New York: Dutton and Co.

Bibliography recommended reading

Ange, M. (1995) Non-places. London: Verso.

Auster, P. (1988). The New York trilogy.  London: Faber and Faber.

Bachelard, G. (1994) The poetics of space.  Boston, MA: Beacon Press.

Calvino, I. (1997) Invisible cities. London: Secker & Warburg.

Diderot, D. (1976) Rameau's nephew.  London: Penguin Books.

Hrabal, B.  (1999) Too loud a solitude. London: Chatto and Windus.

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