Postgraduate Course: TPG Curatorial Theory (ARTX11032)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | You will engage with the presentation and interpretation of contemporary art in professional institutionalised settings - integrating your approach to studio and curatorial practice. |
| Course description |
In this module you will examine some of the key contemporary and historical issues within exhibition and gallery practice and culture.
You will look at critical issues relating to the ¿ideology of the white cube¿, the history and politics of Artist run spaces, specifically in Scotland, the role of collectives and collaborative practice in the development of gallery culture and lastly the possibilities and potential of digital technology and culture to develop new ways of displaying, distributing and producing contemporary art practice.
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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 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 2,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 15,
Online Activities 12,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
166 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Individual Research Project (100%)
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| Feedback |
Formative feedback on group presentations in seminars.
Formative feedback on essay plans / evidence of research.
Summative feedback on essay.
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Working in groups communicate your critical analysis of new problems and issues within contemporary curating and exhibition practices in course seminars.
- Demonstrate evidence of your understanding of how the meaning of objects and artworks are generated by exhibition and display contexts and skills.
- Write a critical study of two or more curatorial and exhibition practices.
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Reading List
Indicative Reading List:
Steeds, Lucy Ed, Exhibition, Whitechapel Gallery Documents of
Contemporary Art, Whitechapel Gallery 2014.
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.
Bourdieu, Pierre , The love of art : European art museums and
their public, Published:Cambridge, UK : Polity Press, 1997.
Bourdieu, Pierre , In the Field of Cultural Production, Polity Press
1993.
Marincola, Paula. What Makes a Great Exhibition?, Reaktion,
2007.
Wilson, Mick, Curating and the Educational Turn, Open
Editions/De Appel Arts Centre, 2010.
Wade, Gavin, Curating in the 21st Century, Wolverhampton, 2000.
Greenberg, Reesa. Thinking about Exhibitions. Routledge,
London, 1996.
O¿Neil, Paul and Doherty, Clare (eds). Locating the Producers ¿
Durtional Approaches to Public Art, Valiz Antennae 2009.
O¿Neil, Paul, The Culture of Curating and the Curating of Cultures.
MIT Press, 2012.
O'Doherty, Brian, Inside the white cube : the ideology of the gallery
space, Published:Santa Monica : Lapis Press, 1986.
Obrist, Hans-Ulrich, Everything you always wanted to know about
curating but were afraid to ask /Sternberg Press, 2011.
Obrist, Hans-Ulrich, A brief history of curating, Published:Zurich :
JRP / Ringier ; Dijon : Les Presses du réel, 2008.
Bishop, Claire, Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of
Spectatorship. Verso, 2012.
Bishop, Claire, Participation ¿ Documents of Contemporary Art.
Whitepchapel Art Gallery 2006.
Curating immateriality : the work of the curator in the age of
network systems, Brooklyn, N.Y. : Autonomedia, 2006.
Kwon, Miwon, One Place after Another: Site Specificity and
Locational Identity. MIT Press 2004.
Kester, Grant, Conversation Pieces: Community and
Communication in Modern Art. University of Calfornia.2013. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Knowledge that covers many of the main areas of contemporary curating and exhibition practice, including their features, boundaries, terminology and conventions.
A critical, detailed and often leading knowledge and understanding at the forefront of contemporary curating and exhibition practice.
Knowledge and understanding that is generated through personal research or equivalent work that makes a significant contribution to the development of the contemporary exhibition practice and curating.
The ability to apply knowledge, skills and understanding in applying a range of standard and specialised research and/or equivalent instruments and techniques of enquiry.
The ability to apply knowledge, skills and understanding in using a significant range of the principal professional skills, techniques, practices and/or materials associated with contemporary curating and exhibition practice.
The ability to apply knowledge, skills and understanding in using and enhancing a range of complex skills, techniques, practices and/or materials that are at the forefront of contemporary curating and exhibition practice.
The ability to apply critical analysis, evaluation and synthesis to forefront issues, or issues that are informed by forefront developments in contemporary curating and exhibition practice.
The ability to critically review, consolidate and extend knowledge, skills, practices and thinking in contemporary curating and exhibition practice.
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| Keywords | Studio Pathway: Curating,Installation,Exhibiting,Museology,Taxonomy,Cultural Georgraphy |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr John Beagles
Tel: (0131 6)51 5909
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Course secretary | Miss Jennifer Watson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5744
Email: |
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