Presenting art: galleries, sites and situations
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In London
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Location
London
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Through critical and creative engagement with theoretical texts, artistic and creative practices and student’s own work and conceptual thinking in regards to space and place, this course provides an exploration of key ideas that inform and inspire contemporary creative and cultural practice. Designed to enhance the thinking that underpins work in the creative arts, this course is ideal for those wishing to think, research and make in relation to the world around them, and particularly those engaged in or wishing to develop creative work in relation to spaces, places and sites - whether landscape, location or land art based works, site-specific practices, interior design or architecture, installation, mapping and cartography, or other space-based interests and practices.
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About this course
- Read, understand and discuss with confidence a wide range of critical and theoretical ideas and texts
- Recognise and analyse creative practices that explore or represent spaces, places and sites
- Draw on critical and theoretical ideas and texts to enhance your own creative and artistic practice
- Develop and present your own critical and creative thinking and practice.
You are encouraged to bring a notebook and pen to record notes from talks and discussions. You may wish to buy some of the books or journals on any reading list given out in class. You will also need access to a computer, and will be expected to access or download readings from the City Lit virtual learning environment in preparation for classes.
You will be taught through an eclectic mixture of lectures, artist presentations, paired and group discussions, debates and student presentations, reading and visual analysis exercises. Students will be expected to be developing their creative work outside of classes, and support their study through independent theoretical readings and gallery visits.
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Subjects
- Art
- Installation
- Works
Course programme
This course explores the concepts of space, place and site as a central considerations for creative practitioners. The course will explore - critically and conceptually - 2D and 3D space; actual, digital and virtual space; the plinth and the picture frame; private and public space; institutions and galleries; domestic, urban, suburban, rural and wild spaces; and site-specificy. The course encourages students to think critically about their, and their works’, place within the world and how different spaces effect the meaning and significance of various practices.
The course will draw ideas from a range of subject areas including cultural geography, spatial philosophy, art history, sociology, and museum theory. Case studies and examples include looking at particular galleries and institutions; historical and contemporary landscape artists; site-specific practices such as land art, installation, performance, and public sculpture; and online and digital art practices in ‘virtual space’.
This course explores contemporary practices and debates and as such you can expect to be stimulated and challenged by some of the ideas and images discussed.
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Presenting art: galleries, sites and situations