Module overview
This module provides an opportunity for students to extend their existing artistic practice through studio-based experimentation. At the beginning of the module students are required to share examples of their previous practice with the group, building a critical community among the cohort. Through tutorials and group feedback sessions students learn to articulate the aims of their developing practice and constructively analyse the work of their peers: this discursive practice forms the central pedagogy of the course as a whole, and active student participation in these discussions is essential.
The development of new work is supported by technical workshops that encourage students to step beyond the bounds of their previous practice, finding innovative material forms for their evolving ideas. The concurrence of this module with either/both ARTD7XXX Critical Theory or/and ARTD7XXX Methods of Artistic Research (depending on their full or part time status) allows students to locate their practices with respect to key theories and methodologies of contemporary practice. At the end of the module, students exhibit their work publicly, this exhibition forms the core of the physical and/or digital portfolio by which they are assessed.