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Undergraduate Course: Intermedia practice 2 (ARTX08022)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits40 ECTS Credits20
SummaryIndicative course content
The aim of this module is to introduce and locate Intermedia art practice within contemporary artistic production. Intermedia is the area of artistic invention that lie between media. Although traceable to the early nineteenth century the term is largely associated with a myriad of approaches to visual production post-1945. Performance art, ambient/site specificity, video, and installation all have origins within Intermedia.

Aims of course
1 To undertake a practical exploration of individual ideas through a range of media.
2 To explore individual practice in relation to discourses, artwork, and artists within contemporary practice.
3 To encourage and develop creative practice through group discussion.

Mode of delivery
Studio-Based. Tutorial Installation/Presentation Cross Year Crit Review
Course description Introduce and expand issues within contemporary art studio practice.

Mixture of one hour group seminars and studio critiques.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Studio 1 (Art) (ARTX07003)
Co-requisites Students MUST also take: ( Intermedia Research 2 (ARTX08023) AND Intermedia Professional Practice 2 (ARTX08024) AND Art 2: Postmodernism and After (ARTX08025))
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements This course is only available to ECA students on degree programmes belonging to the School of Art.
Direct entry students to Year 2 must have Recognised Prior Learning equivalent to 120 credits.
Additional Costs ECA students are required to pay for the cost of materials used throughout their programme of study.
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Test and make artwork in a range of different media, using appropriate materials and processes to demonstrate the development of a personal creative language.
  2. Demonstrate an ability to develop individual ideas and concepts appropriate to Intermedia Art, within the context of contemporary practice.
  3. Communicate personal working processes from idea to execution in individual and group situations, demonstrating a broad understanding of the concepts methods and strategies of contemporary practice.
Reading List
Indicative Bibliography
Main Author: Robertson, Jean, 1950- Title: Themes of contemporary art : visual art after 1980 / Jean Robertson, Craig McDaniel. Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2005. Main Author: De Oliveira, Nicolas. Title: Installation art in the new millennium : the empire of the senses / Nicolas de Oliveira, Nicola Oxley, Michael Petry ; texts by Nicolas de Oliveira. Published: London : Thames & Hudson, 2003.
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Manage time, deal with obstacles, attend to visual material, assess and evaluate own and others work.
Study Abroad Erasmus and International Study Abroad in Year 3 may be applied for.
KeywordsSTUDIO PRACTICE
Contacts
Course organiserMr Dean Hughes
Tel: (0131 6)51 5899
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Course secretaryMrs Margaret Milner
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