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Master Project 2 Spring

ECTS Credits
20
Course code
KR533
Included in study programme
MFA in Art and Public Space

Brief course description

In the course called Master Project 2, Spring, the student will continue to develop and then complete his/her individual master project that relates to public space and its attendant issues. By acquiring knowledge about a place, a context or a situation and its aesthetic, artistic, cultural, political and social idiosyncrasies, the student will work with one or several independent artistic projects in public space. While working on the master project, the student with confer closely with the main tutor. The course ends with a review of the project’s development and status. The student presents an analysis of the art project based on the work done during the course.

The artistic work can take different forms ranging from traditional sculpture in various media or architecturally-based installations, to relational art and social interventions. The master project can include diverse artistic strategies and methods that are developed independently or within the context of a group. It should include practical, theoretical, ethical and legal aspects related to the challenges of working with art in public space. As part of the project, the student should work on a written reflection which discusses the political, legal, geographical, financial and/or other preconditions and premises for the project.

In working on the project, the student convers closely with the main tutor. In addition, Master Project 2, Spring involves collaborating with a curator or coordinator/team in order to create a graduate exhibition / public presentation. There are also text-writing tutorials in order to finalize the written critical reflection. This text will be evaluated as part of the master project before participation in the exam.

The course’s learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student will:

  • be able to put his/her own artistic project into contexts, to analyse, problematize and discuss it
  • be able to use experiences and knowledge from his/her own artistic production and apply them to other field-related contexts
  • be able to plan, carry out and complete a larger, independent and art project at a high level in public space
  • be able to identify, analyse, evaluate and articulate artistic, aesthetic and ethical issues related to his/her own project in its encounter with public space
  • be able to work at a high professional level with art in public space
  • be able to analyse, document and communicate with others (that is, those who work professionally in the field of art and with the general public) about critical issues within the disciplinary field of art in public space

Teaching and learning methods

The production of independent works of art is central to the master programme, and it entails that the student specializes by working independently and by developing art projects in consultation with the main tutor.

Master Project 2, Spring involves extensive independent work, tutorials and conversations with the main tutor as well as with other professional staff and guest teachers, presentations of the student’s own work in plenary sessions, group critique sessions, lectures, workshops, production and participation in public gatherings, etc.

The master project is submitted within a stipulated deadline in the latter part of the semester.

Coursework requirements:

Participation in obligatory group-based teaching, work sessions and tutorials for written work, and collaboration and dialogue with the curator/exhibition coordinator. Participation in a minimum of three tutorials per semester with the main tutor. Completion of the art project and a public presentation of it. Submission of the written reflection on the student’s master project. Presentation of the independent project to the group of examiners (this is the final exam).

Assessment

Coursework requirements must be met.

The final project will be assessed in relation to how it has been argued for, carried out and reported, and in relation to the learning goals for the course.

The master project must be submitted before the stipulated deadline in the latter part of the semester.

Both the artistic part and the written part of the independent master project are assessed together. Assessment is done by the group of examiners (one internal and two external examiners). The exam is held in accordance with fixed procedures.

Grading is on a pass/fail basis.