Module Details
| Module Code: |
ARTS8050 |
| Title: |
Fine Art: Independent Practice
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Long Title:
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Fine Art: Independent Practice
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| NFQ Level: |
Advanced |
| Valid From: |
Semester 2 - 2022/23 ( January 2023 ) |
| Field of Study: |
2110 - Visual Arts
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| Module Description: |
This module provides final year Fine Art students with an opportunity to synthesise their skills, knowledge & contextual awareness to develop an advanced individual body of studio work for exhibition.
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| Learning Outcomes |
| On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to: |
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Learning Outcome Description |
| LO1 |
Pursue independent research and create an advanced body of work for assessment, demonstrating awareness of the appropriate studio practices and use of workshop facilities relevant to their material disciplines. |
| LO2 |
Situate their own studio art practice being cognisant of critical and material concerns and discourse in contemporary arts practice. |
| LO3 |
Communicate concepts, methodologies, processes and outcomes to peer group and lecturing staff. |
| LO4 |
Complete required final presentation preparation documentation including an artist statement, installation formulation plans and technical specifications. |
| LO5 |
Evidence advanced studio research methodologies to support final presentation and assessment. |
| Dependencies |
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named MTU module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
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Incompatible Modules
These are modules which have learning outcomes that are too similar to the learning outcomes of this module. You may not earn additional credit for the same learning and therefore you may not enrol in this module if you have successfully completed any modules in the incompatible list.
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| No incompatible modules listed |
Co-requisite Modules
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| No Co-requisite modules listed |
Requirements
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is mandatory before enrolment in this module is allowed. You may not enrol on this module if you have not acquired the learning specified in this section.
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| No requirements listed |
| Indicative Content |
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Conceptual Development
Further development of critical evaluation and communication skills through 1:1 tutor student contact and peer seminars.
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Skill Development
Identification and investigation of processes that support the expression of individual practices through specific bespoke skill sharing tutorials, workshops and masterclasses.
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Critical and contextual development
Critical analysis of studio practice through a process of tutor facilitated peer to peer critique and seminars.
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Planning, Production and Health and Safety
Research & planning involving technical specifications, resourcing, risk assessing and logistics through tutor lead formulation towards the final presentation.
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Selection and Presentation of Work
Investigation of a range of materials and methods of displaying work leading to final exhibition through a series of medium specific seminars and 1:1 tutorials with the lecturing team.
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Documentation of work
Identification,selection and documentation, through appropriate means.
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Studio Practice
Student engagement with assigned studio space and a developed understanding of the role of the studio in a professional artists practice through a rehearsal peer to peer process.
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Module Content & Assessment
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| Assessment Breakdown | % |
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| Coursework | 100.00% |
Assessments
| No End of Module Formal Examination |
| Reassessment Requirement |
Coursework Only
This module is reassessed solely on the basis of re-submitted coursework. There is no repeat written examination.
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The University reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment
Module Workload
| Workload: Full Time |
| Workload Type |
Contact Type |
Workload Description |
Frequency |
Average Weekly Learner Workload |
Hours |
| Lecture |
Contact |
Presentation/Lecture to Class Group |
Every Week |
1.50 |
1.5 |
| Lecturer-Supervised Learning (Contact) |
Contact |
Group Crit / Seminar / Workshop (1:10 students) supervised studio |
Every Week |
3.00 |
3 |
| Tutorial |
Contact |
Studio tutorial 1:1 |
Every Week |
0.50 |
0.5 |
| Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) |
Non Contact |
Research and development of studio practice |
Every Week |
37.00 |
37 |
| Total Hours |
42.00 |
| Total Weekly Learner Workload |
42.00 |
| Total Weekly Contact Hours |
5.00 |
| Workload: Part Time |
| Workload Type |
Contact Type |
Workload Description |
Frequency |
Average Weekly Learner Workload |
Hours |
| Lecture |
Contact |
Presentation/Lecture to Class Group |
Every Week |
1.50 |
1.5 |
| Lab |
Contact |
Group Crit/Seminar/Workshop (1:10) |
Every Week |
3.00 |
3 |
| Tutorial |
Contact |
Studio tutorial 1:1 |
Every Week |
0.50 |
0.5 |
| Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) |
Non Contact |
Research and development of studio practice |
Every Week |
37.00 |
37 |
| Total Hours |
42.00 |
| Total Weekly Learner Workload |
42.00 |
| Total Weekly Contact Hours |
5.00 |
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Module Resources
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| Recommended Book Resources |
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Julian Stallabrass. (2004), Art incorporated : the story of contemporary art / Julian Stallabrass., OUP Oxford, [ISBN: 0192801651].
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Martha Buskirk. (2005), The Contingent Object of Contemporary Art, The MIT Press, [ISBN: 9780262524421].
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Lucy R. Lippard. (1997), Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object from 1966 to 1972, University of Californa Press, [ISBN: 9780520210134].
| | Supplementary Book Resources |
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Claire Bishop,. (2012), Artificial Hells, Verso, [ISBN: 9781844676903].
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Paul O'Neill (ed.). (2007), Curating subjects, Open Editions London, [ISBN: 9780949004161].
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Blanche Craig (Editor) Paul Coldwell. (2010), Printmaking: A contemporary Perspective, [ISBN: 9781906155438].
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Megan Fishpool. (2009), Hybrid Prints (Printmaking Handbooks), A & C Black, [ISBN: 9780713686500].
| | Supplementary Article/Paper Resources |
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| | Other Resources |
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website, Artists Resource,
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website, Artists Resource,
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website, Artists Resource,
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website, Artists Resource,
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website, MIT Journals. (1979), Daniel Buren, October 1979, The Function
of the Studio, October, vol.10, 51,
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