Postgraduate Course: TPG Curating (ARTX11030)
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 | 40 |
| Home subject area | Art |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | You will engage in the presentation and interpretation of contemporary art in professional institutionalised settings - integrating your approach to artistic research, commissioning and distribution. You will work collaboratively to curate a project for a specific venue, developing a sophisticated awareness of sites
and audiences in relation to current curatorial theories and practices. Practical workshops will facilitate project management, critical and contextual approaches. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 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 |
13/01/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Learning and Teaching Activities |
| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Critically re-assess curatorial histories and theories in relation to emerging tendencies in curatorial practice.
2. Generate a focus for and make a constructive contribution to the group organisation of a curatorial project.
3. Work with your peers to produce, manage and distribute a curatorial project for critical scrutiny |
Assessment Information
Portfolio
Seminar Participation
Exhibition |
Special Arrangements
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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.
Abbing, Hans. 'Why are artists poor?: The Exceptional Economy of the Arts, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2002.
WADE, GAVIN, Curating in the 21st Century, Wolverhampton, 2000.
O'DOHERTY, BRIAN & MCEVILLEY Inside the White Cube, University of California Press, 1999.
Greenberg, Reesa. Thinking about Exhibitions. Routledge, London, 1996.
Buskirk, Martha. 'The Contingent Object of Contemporary Art', MIT, 2005. |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Theory Pathway: Curating Collecting Exhibitions Museology Taxonomy Cultural Geography Art History Vi |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Neil Mulholland
Tel: (0131 6)51 5881
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Course secretary | Miss Susan Mitchell
Tel: (0131 6)51 5743
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