STUDY PROGRAMME
Visual arts and Curatorial studies

AFAM CODE
ABAV5

DISCIPLINARY AREA
Painting

DISCIPLINARY FIELD
Visual arts

CREDITS
12

APPROACH
Theoretical/project based

This course aims at exploring the contemporary artistic practice, both as the outcome of individual work, and as collective projects. Through project workshops and meetings with international artists, the students enhance their expressive skills and experiment with group work in researching and creating cross-disciplinary artistic projects.

The total credits for this course are 12, divided as follows:

• VISUAL ARTS 2: 9 CFA

• CURATORIAL STUDIES: 3 CFA

Successful students will be able to:

• Analyze different linguistic and expressive forms that are hegemonic in this field, to develop innovative and less conventional approaches: from performances to sound, from archive formats to installations

• Create a contemporary work of art in an international professional context

• Acquire thorough and comprehensive knowledge of materials and technologies that are used in contemporary visual arts

• Devise a communication plan and all the critical system that surround the creation of the artwork

• Publicly exhibit their work

VISUAL ARTS 2:

• Design of the concept

• Planning of the exhibition development

• Creation of the artwork

• Conception and design of the exhibition

• Writing of communication material and catalogue

CURATORIAL STUDIES:

• For the learning goals of this module, see course information for Curatorial Studies 2

This is a theoretical/project based course Over the course, the students will carry out didactic activities that are functional to achieving the learning goals, that in both modules may include:

• Classroom lectures

• Exercises and revisions

• Field trips

• Development of individual projects

• Individual study and research

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

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

• Oral exam

• Written exam

• Submission of papers, projects or research works

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.

• Hankins, T.L., Silverman, R.J. (2014), Instruments and the Imagination, Princeton University Press.

Further bibliographic recommendations may be provided by the professors 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.