STUDY PROGRAMME
Painting and Visual Arts

AFAM CODE
ABAV5

DISCIPLINARY AREA
Painting

DISCIPLINARY FIELD
Visual Arts 2

CREDITS
6

APPROACH
Theoretical / Project based

Through a series of experimental workshops, the course provides understanding of the different design methods to be followed in order to strengthen and develop both the technical and formal aspects of individual design projects, as well as their theoretical elements and content. The module provides the students with a means of reflection, while introducing them to the design tools and concepts required to enter the world of contemporary art.

This course is made of a single module of 6 CFA credits.

The course allows the students to structure and enhance their technical-expressive and visual-communicative skills, providing the tools through which they can build, deepen, experiment with and expand their own artistic path.

Through a series of experimental laboratories, the course analyses different design methods to be followed in order to strengthen and develop, in addition to the technical / formal aspect, also the theoretical part and the content of individual projects. It also provides profound reflection and introduces the students to the necessary design and conceptual tools to enter the world of contemporary art.

• Theoretical/project based classroom lectures

• Workshops

• Use of tutorials, videos or other media tools for detailed study

• Classroom debates and presentations

• Individual study and research

• Field trips (conferences, meetings, visits to exhibitions as organized by the professor or department)

Assessment is based on the overall competence of the students and may include:

• Oral exam

• Written exam

• Submission of papers, projects or research work

Further details on specific tests can be provided by the professor during the course. Assessment criteria include commitment, active participation and personal growth of the students over the course.

• N. Mirzoeff, An introduction to Visual Culture, 2009.

• G. Agamben, What is an Apparatus and Other Essays.

• Guy Debord, The society of spectacular.

Further bibliographic recommendations may be provided by the professor during the course. A lot of the referenced material, together with other in-depth study material, can be consulted online in MyNaba, in the Library section.