Matter, Meaning and Making
Undergraduate course
- ECTS credits
- 10
- Teaching semesters
- Spring
- Course code
- PRO233
- Number of semesters
- 1
- Resources
- Schedule
Course description
Supplementary semester information
Objectives and Content
This is a project-based module with a focus on material processes and the relationship between the act of making and the creation of meaning.
PRO modules are designed to enrich your artist development (as explored in the ART modules) through activating skills, connecting communities of practice, and investigating disciplinary territories. PRO modules allow you to focus on a specific project critically connected to your own practice within a context established by the module leader(s).
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:
- Develop awareness of relevant references and practices
Skills
- Explore material-based approaches and techniques for the creation of works of art
- Enhance and broaden your own skills and processes through the creation of a self-initiated project
General Competence
- Identify your own learning needs in relation to the subject area(s)
- Demonstrate a consideration of the relationship between making and meaning
- Develop and present new work
Teaching and learning methods
Methods may include:
- Project development
- Individual research
- Group work
- Lectures
- Presentations
- Group discussions
- Tutorials
- Assigned readings
- Writing exercises
- Workshop-based instruction
See info text above for semester-specific details.
Forms of Assessment
Submission of artwork(s), either physical or digital, as assigned by the module leader in the beginning of the semester.
Assessment criteria:
Research
Subject knowledge
Experimentation
Realization
Collaborative and independent work