Module: CAP5011-20 - Live Art - Practice, Context AND THEORY

Level: 5

Credit Value: 20

Module Tutor: Matt Robertson

Module Tutor Contact Details: M.Robertson@bathspa.ac.uk

Please note that in order to take this module you must have studied CAP5010-20 Live Art - Practice & Context.

1. Brief description and aims of module:

This self-directed module follows on from CAP5010-20 and is designed to support the continued application of your detailed knowledge of practical, critical and theoretical practices to produce ambitious artworks in your chosen area of Live Art practice

The module aims to provide you with the means to communicate, contextualise, critically evaluate and reflect on your practice more effectively, by extending your investigations into materials, methods and context, through the development of your understanding and identification of theoretical research relevant to these areas of contemporary Live Art practice.

Your submission for this module should demonstrate 200 hours of study.

2.Outline syllabus

At the beginning of this module you will be asked to submit a 500 word written proposal outlining your intended area of Live Art practice, investigation and research.

With the help of your tutor you will develop your proposal to align material investigation, methods, concepts and contextual frameworks to proposed Live Art studio practice outcomes.

The completed proposal will be submitted to tutors and a plan of study and research agreed for the semester.

You will then be expected to work independently in your area of Live Art practice, supported by specialist workshops, seminars, group critiques and individual tutorials.

Individual tutorials and seminars will help you identify areas of theoretical research relevant to your Live Art practice and critical enquiry.

You will continue to attend lectures by visiting artists from a variety of disciplines that will support your growing knowledge of situations, methods and ideas that relate to the establishment of a professional ethical and sustainable practice, and the performance and presentation of artworks to an audience.

Course specific and school wide workshops and talks by staff and professionals from the university’s careers department will also continue to support your professional development and planning.

You will present your completed work at an agreed venue. Discipline relevant supporting work will demonstrate investigative, experimental and theoretical enquiry through a reflective journal summarised by a critical self-evaluation.

Practical studio practice and supporting work should demonstrate 200 hours of study.

3.Teaching and learning activities

• Individual tutorial to develop negotiated self-directed study proposal.

• Independent study in studio spaces and workshops.

• Individual and group tutorials.

• Technical workshops.

• Support in developing individual skills in chosen area of practice.

• Guidance on developing general and specific research skills.

• Guidance on developing presentation skills.

• Staff and student presentations and seminars.

• Lectures from visiting artists and professionals.

• Peer and self-evaluation appraisals.

• Reflective evaluation of personal progress.

• Year group meetings.

• Study trips.

• Weekly student led group activities.

Throughout the module staff will make you aware of opportunities to apply for external competitions, offsite exhibitions, group projects, public artworks and external workshops, that will help develop your practice, professionalism and career opportunities. Should you undertake one of these opportunities, you should inform your tutors and submit any discipline relevant research and work made for the project as part of your assessment.

Assessment Item 1:

• Assessment Type: Course Work

• Description: Developmental and experimental work presented alongside a performance or exhibition of selected Live Artworks.

• % Weighting: 80%

Assessment Item 2:

• Assessment Type: Course Work

• Description: Contextual Folder that demonstrates the application of research to practice and a subject relevant reflective journal.

• % Weighting: 20%