Course units
Unit 1: Locating practice within specialism
In this unit, we will introduce you to the teaching, learning and research culture of Camberwell College of Arts.
Through independent practical experimentation in the studio, workshops and beyond, you will test your ideas and challenge your approaches to making your artwork. You will have the opportunity to explore a range of materials, methods and techniques to expand and deepen your technical and practical skills.
You will identify your aims and intentions through research and critical reflection. This will be supported by an introduction to key practice-based research methodologies.
You will interrogate and debate key ideas and developments within Computational Arts and build upon your technical, practical and presentational skills. You will extend your network beyond your subject specialism through cross-pathway MA Fine Art lectures and presentations. Alongside these teaching and learning events, the Professional Toolkit programme will support the development of your professional skills and knowledge.
Throughout the unit, you will document the key developments in your studio practice and reflect critically on your specific research questions and contexts. This will form the core part of your Unit 1 assessment submission for which you will receive written and verbal&
Unit 2: Testing beyond specialism
In this unit, you will build on the feedback you received at the end of Unit 1. This will help you to focus and deepen your research and further define your own unique set of creative processes through independent and peer-to-peer learning.
Through seminars, reading groups and talks, you will continue to engage with current debates within art, culture and society. You will test the rigour of your work seminars, crits and exhibitions. We will encourage you to extend your research methods and to engage with research resources beyond the University.
You will explore different approaches to critical reflection and writing about your artwork and research through a series of workshops. You will continue to equip yourself with a broad range of professional skills and knowledge through talks and workshops to prepare you for a sustainable and rewarding professional life in the art world and wider creative industries.
In the second part of this unit, you'll start working towards a coherent body of work for presentation in a public exhibition, the MA Show, which takes place in Unit 3. At the end of the unit,you submit a body of work and a research file. This is an opportunity to critically reflect on the key developments in your practice and the ideas, debates and contexts that shape your work.
Unit 3: Making public
In the first part of this unit, you'll exhibit your work in a public exhibition to test ideas in front of an audience. Feedback from this exhibition will help you further develop your practice, both technically and theoretically, during the summer term.
In addition to your studio work, you may choose to develop a professional project, undertake an extended piece of critical writing, visual essay, journal, multimodal output, or participate in a professional project to acknowledge the holistic nature of art practice. Your research and learning will be supported by tutorials, crits, seminars and technical support.
You will continue to develop the professional skills and knowledge that will allow you to progress to further academic study or employment in the art world, broader cultural industries or other professional environments.
For your final submission, you will present your contextual research that articulates the key subjects and contexts that underpin your studio practice.
Note: 120 Credits must be passed before the final unit is undertaken.
