Module overview
The module brings together a range of ideas, subject-matter and methods of making, to expand understanding of the scope and potential of contemporary art practice. There is an emphasis on engagement with issues.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Identify and debate the current and emerging sustainable and ethical factors that have the potential for driving positive and constructive change
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Plan and manage your workloads to set deadlines
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- the underlying concepts and principles of contextual issues including sustainable and ethical practices
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Manifest your thinking through effective verbal and visual presentation
Syllabus
(indicative but non-exhaustive list)
- Activism and Protest
- Culture, Colonialism and Decolonisation
- Contested Spaces
- The Body
- Art, Crafts and Cultural Hierarchies
- Power, Surveillance and Subversion
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
- Screenings of film, TV, and artists’ moving image work; discussion events; and student-led presentations
- Study visits to relevant sites of interest
- site visits to University facilities
- Interim and formative feedback on your progress
- Learning opportunities include library research, gallery visits, lectures on practice from visiting artists, studio discussion and self-evaluation.
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Independent Study | 252 |
| Teaching | 48 |
| Total study time | 300 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Crow, David (2003). Visible Signs, An Introduction to Semiotics in the Visual Arts. Bloomsbury.
Assessment
Assessment strategy
The assessment submission will comprise:
- (1) a visual response to the findings of your research with integral or accompanying commentary containing critical reflection articulating the implications for your own practice. This could be an illustrated essay, an artist’s book or a video essay. Parameter guidance will be given.
- (2) a completed self-evaluation form including an employability skills audit against the Successful Futures Employability Statement
- (3) Sketchbook(s) and research folder for the project
Reasonable adjustment for exceptional learning needs will be made.
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Portfolio
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Feedback on project briefs. You will experience formative feedback during the module in different learning situations, for example: tutorials, crits and written feedback.
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Portfolio | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Portfolio | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Portfolio | 100% |