MFC6024 - Exhibiting / Curating

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
Construct and exhibit a body of work, which aims for originality and intellectual coherence and demonstrates critical and ethical awareness;
Collaborate with peers, along with outside agents, in the preparation and planning, organising and mounting an exhibition of their work;
Collaborate with peers to devise and execute a PR strategy, including the use of social media both to develop an audience and to promote the exhibition.

Content:

During Semester 1, students will work with each other and the module tutor on formulating a particular project (exhibition or curating), with particular focus on the practical schedules and arrangements. Students will initially share and discuss their ideas and this process will culminate in a formal proposal and oral presentation by each student.

During Semester 2, students will work on their projects, supported by workshops with other students and individual meetings with a member of staff assigned to supervise the project. Students will work on a PR strategy for promoting the show and generating an audience. Students will keep a notebook throughout the module and will use this, as they complete the project, to write a reflective commentary on the process.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Initial support will be provided in project management aspects required for mounting / curating an exhibition. After this, learning and teaching will initially be through a series of workshops at which students will share ideas for projects and discuss work in progress, both informally and formally through a formative oral presentation by each student. Towards the end of the module students will work individually on their exhibitions.

Workshops
Hours: 20
Intended Group Size: 25

Individual meetings with supervisor
Hours: 6
Intended Group Size: 1

Guided independent study
Hours: 374

Further details relating to assessment
Assessment 1 - Oral Presentation: The oral presentation constitutes a proposal for the extended project.

Assessment 2 - Extended Project: this will take the form of a photography show comprising 6 images with a title and 100-word introduction. The photographs will be printed and mounted as a contribution to a Graduate Show. All of the 6 images must also be supplied in a format pre-specified both for an e-publication and an online show. The project will include student input into the design and execution of a PR strategy for the Show.

Assessment:

001 Oral Presentation 5 minutes end of semester 1 20%
002 Exhibition 7,000-word equivalent 80%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - PRS_CODE=
Level - 6
Credit Value - 40
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered -

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