BA (HONS) FINE ART STUDY ABROAD

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1 BA (HONS) FINE ART STUDY ABROAD Artists create the cultural resources of our shared future. We recognise the breadth and diversity of social, political, cultural, economic and technological contexts of contemporary art. BA Fine Art will challenge you to develop an experimental practice within the context of an internationally renowned course. You will work within one of 4 pathways, 2D, 3D, 4D and XD, offering you a practice-based approach to technical, conceptual, historical and critical contexts. This will provide you with the skills and knowledge to define and innovate within your chosen cultural and artistic field. Study Abroad students receive additional tutorials and support throughout the programme, enabling students to get the most out of joining the course, being part of CSM s vibrant college network and London s vast cultural resources. Study Abroad students have the option to take either a 10 week term of study or 14 week semester. Over 14 weeks students are fully integrated onto BA Fine Art at CSM, mixing with degree students as well as taking additional projects outside of the regular 10 week term time for degree courses.

2 6 great reasons to apply: 1. The dimensional pathway structure is unique to CSM. The course offers students an interdisciplinary context whilst the pathways give a perspective to explore specific practices 2. International outlook with a diverse multicultural community of practice. Study Abroad students engage fully with our course 3. Participation in external projects. Past projects include Camden Art Centre, The Freud Museum, Tate Modern, The Welcome Foundation, British Library, British Museum, Bold Tendencies and many more galleries, theatres and local initiatives 4. Teaching expertise our tutors come from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines 5. Access to excellent college facilities across 2 campuses in central London 6. Recent high-profile graduate success include Laure Prouvost (Turner Prize winner 2013 and winner of the Max Mara Prize for Women 2011), Ed Atkins (Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award winner 2012) and Emily Wardill (Winner of the Jarman Award 2010) Course Dates and Duration Programme Dates for 14 weeks (2 semesters) Autumn Semester 3 September 7 December credits Spring Semester 7 January April credits Programme Fees 14 week Semester: 7250 Programme outline As well as studio practice, the BA Fine Art programme takes the form of lectures, seminars and assignments undertaken in a sequence of distinct Units. Your study of fine art follows one of four broad pathways, described below. All pathways involve studio practice, critical and theoretical studies, and personal and professional development. Study Abroad students join Year 2 (Stage 2) of the programme, placed into one of the pathways below, as well as taking Critical Studies. 2D pathway (art practice in two dimensions, for example - painting, printmaking and photography)

3 2D explores how making is informed by contemporary culture, politics and social forms as much as by questions of the image and abstraction. It considers the screen, the picture plane and surface as fundamental aspects of visual production. Technical inductions are positioned in terms of these questions. In the studio we discuss how diverse disciplines, practices and forms of thought can be mixed. 3D pathway (art practice in three dimensions, for example - sculpture, installation and performance) 3D explores matter, scale, production, material and immaterial form in relation to place and audience. Students are inducted into a range of traditional and new 3D technologies, and to the debates surrounding hybrid production processes. The studio is a place where the reading and writing of space can take place and be questioned. 3D challenges a conventional understanding of the studio, the exhibition and institutional spaces. 4D pathway (art practice in four dimensions, for example - film, video, art writing, performance and sound) 4D explores time-based, durational performative, and interdisciplinary practices. Critical and philosophical positions are explored in relation to practice and current ideas such as the post-medium condition, the apparatus of technology and temporality are considered. The Pathway has an experimental approach to the studio and explores how this might challenge conventions of practice. In this context, the open work is engaged as a site where collaboration and production take place. XD (art practice across dimensions, practices, locations and situations) XD explores the possibilities of not only what does art mean? but also what can art do? and where can art be? The implications of working across different platforms and placing art in particular situations and communities throws into question the rights and responsibilities of the artist in relation to the audience and the environment. The studio is considered as a laboratory where ideas for interventions in the practice of everyday life can be generated. Critical Studies Critical Studies supports a student s theoretical exploration and provides the methodologies and a conceptual framework for developing practice. This takes the form of lectures, seminars tutorials and presentations. Personal and Professional Development is also embedded into the Units with studio practice and critical and theoretical studies, helping you focus on generic study skills and orientation and becoming more closely related to your professional direction. Developing your skills - external activities Active collaborations involving staff and students embrace key cultural institutions, venues, commercial enterprises and alternative spaces to introduce you to London's varied networks of creative practice. Teaching frequently targets major and specialist galleries and museums in London as research bases.

4 Study Abroad BA Fine Art Autumn Semester Studio Practice, Residency & Critical Discourses Course Position: Stage 2 Level of Study Credit Rating Contact Hours: HE Level 5, 60 credits Duration: 14 weeks Overview As part of your continuing practice, this unit will help you to develop a body of work within your chosen pathway, to test and articulate your concerns and to demonstrate your ideas and practice through presenting your work and publication. The unit starts with an artist residency in a London based gallery, through which you will develop a project to take into the studio throughout the term. This will introduce you to the professional context of an artist residency, as well as challenging you to experiment freely with materials and develop a confident and critical approach to making work. With the support of personal tutorials and dialogue with gallery curators and visiting artists, you will develop a unique approach to art making and relevant portfolio presentation skills. Mid way through the unit, you will begin to work in cross-pathway groups to explore common ideas and concepts, and expand chosen themes. These groups will propose, curate and plan a collaborative exhibition or intervention for the CSM Kings Cross building. As an integral part of your continuing studio practice you will be part of a critical studies seminar group. This will help you to engage in current debates and further develop your familiarity with art and visual culture. Whilst you continue your practice, you are guided in your reading of specific texts and works, given bibliographic advice for further study and encouraged to discuss your related ideas in seminars. Individually and together over the course of the unit you will deepen your artistic concerns, engage with the potential and challenges of different types of public, institutional and exhibition space, and expand your critical skills around your own and others work and ideas. The unit will culminate with the production of a collaborative publication devised and edited as a group and will include both textual and image based responses. Marking Criteria (MC) and related Learning Outcomes (LO) Studio Practice and Exhibition: Subject Knowledge (MC) LO1: understand the fundamental logistics of production, dissemination and reception of work. Collaborative and/or Independent Professional Working (MC) LO2: work professionally with others to develop, plan and realise a group publication. Technical Competence (MC) LO3: demonstrate judgement and competence in the technical processes of your practice. Critical Discourses: Research (MC) LO4: identify questions and issues in your practice

5 Analysis (MC) LO5: evaluate and synthesise relevant research sources in relation to your practice. To enable your achievement of the learning outcomes required of this unit, the programme of study will typically include: Unit Briefings that provide details of timetables, guidance on projects and assessment arrangements; continued use of the workshops and studio facilities provided in this unit; individual and group tutorials and crits to support continuous practice, curation and presentation; participatory events to develop appropriate skills and a useful critical vocabulary. Assessment Evidence To evidence your achievement of the learning outcomes of this unit, you are expected to submit: In Week 38: A 500-word artists statement articulating the concerns and approaches of your practice and its context, to accompany the presentation of your work. In Week 41: A portfolio of your work made over the whole unit, including documentation of your residency and your contribution to the group publication. You should also include selected supporting material in the form of research and experimentation. This unit is assessed holistically.

6 Study Abroad BA Fine Art Spring Semester Studio Practice, External Projects & Critical Discourses Course Position: Year 2 Level of Study Credit Rating Contact Hours: HE Level 5, 60 credits Duration: 14 weeks Overview This unit aims to broaden your understanding of practice through a critical consideration of the production, and reception of works of art within or outside the art institution. At the start of the unit you will work in cross-pathway groups to explore common ideas and concepts. These groups will propose, curate and stage a collaborative exhibition or intervention within the CSM Kings Cross building. After this you will select one of a range of projects that will give you an insight into a variety of external organisations. Your choice of project will reflect and support the concerns of your on-going practice. As part of this unit you will critically review your practice in order to describe the questions and issues which arise in it. The unit will culminate with a 4-week interdisciplinary residency. You will exchange knowledge, ideas and working practices with specialists in another field of the arts (interdisciplinary residencies will vary each term, from music and dance to fashion and graphic design). This residency will be a site of experimentation, where you will test new processes of making and distribution. Marking Criteria (MC) and related Learning Outcomes (LO) On successful completion of this unit you will be able to demonstrate: Studio Practice and External Projects Experimentation (MC) LO6: explore and test your work critically through experimentation. Personal & Professional Development (MC) LO7: plan and manage your practice effectively across a complex range of demands. Collaborative and/or Independent Professional Working (MC) LO8: plan and develop work in the context of an interdisciplinary project. Critical Discourses Research (MC) LO9: identify questions and issues in your practice to be developed throughout your work during the term Analysis (MC) LO10: synthesize relevant research sources and explore their connection to your practice To enable your achievement of the learning outcomes required of this unit, the programme of study will typically include:

7 a Unit Briefing that provides details of timetable, assignment guidance and assessment arrangements; symposia, seminars, workshops and student-led events to realise individual and group activities and study plans; presentations and debates to exchange experiences; personal and group tutorials to ensure good management of the work/study plan you are following. Assessment Evidence To evidence your achievement of the learning outcomes of this unit, you are expected to submit: In Week 10: A 500-word critical review of your practice, describing the questions and issues that arise in it, to accompany the presentation of your work. In Week 14: A portfolio of your work made over the whole unit, including documentation of your contribution to the group exhibition & your residency. You should also include selected supporting material in the form of research and experimentation. This unit is assessed holistically.