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 |
You will plan, promote, contexualise, document and reflect critically upon your own exhibitionary Project for a specific venue. You will assess your installation in relation to current curatorial theories and practices.
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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 2015/16, 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) |
Documentation
Examination (Verbal)
Essay |
| 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.
- Visually and verbally justify your approach to the distribution and consumption of your work.
- Write a critical study of two or more curatorial and exhibition practices appropriate to your work.
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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.
WADE, GAVIN, Curating in the 21st Century,Wolverhampton, 2000.
Greenberg, Reesa. Thinking about Exhibitions. Routledge, London, 1996.
Braathen, Martin. The Price of Everything: Perspectives on the Art Market, Yale University Press, 2008. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Studio Pathway: Curating,Installation,Exhibiting,Museology,Taxonomy,Cultural Georgraphy |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr John Beagles
Tel: (0131 6)51 5909
Email: j.beagles@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Jennifer Watson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5735
Email: Jennifer.A.Watson@ed.ac.uk |
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