Course seminar defining practice.
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This document provides guidance on developing an art practice through reflective practice. It suggests asking questions about one's work, building references, understanding materials and processes, defining one's practice within social, political, personal, historical, and other contexts, and mapping one's practice over time through reflective journaling. Key aspects of developing a project include identifying interests, goals, scope, resources, timeline, budget, skills needed, and describing the intended content and how success will be achieved.
Course seminar defining practice.
- 6. reflection in action - (while doing something)
- 7. reflection on action (after you have done it)
- 8. ask yourself questions lots and continuously
- 9. why do you make work?
- 10. what’s it for?
- 11. what do you want from your work?
- 12. what do you get from your work?
- 13. what is your work about?
- 14. who is your audience?
- 15. where does the work go?
- 17. art history music dance connections writing general history geography/place contemporary practice science
- 18. materials and process’s understand what you work with become an expert
- 20. your making - contextual framework social political personal critical/ theoretical historical geographical institutional cultural
- 21. social context Making and seeing art always takes place in a social context. The way it is seen and how it is seen are culturally constructed. Audience for work - who is included/excluded/implicated on the ways an image is produced, circulated and consumed
- 22. your making - contextual framework
- 23. political context Specific political issue broad political issue gender - race - ethnicity - sexual orientation - class - disability - religion
- 24. your making - contextual framework
- 25. personal context Biography - narrative of the self particular issues - memories What motivates/ drives you? Your particular skills as an artist/ designer/writer/photographer What strategies do you use when the work is not going well? How do you relate to the forces that in part condition what you know and in which you make things?
- 26. your making - contextual framework
- 27. critical/theoretical context Does your work relate to particular critical debates about contemporary art and design practices? Is your work informed by/engaging with/contesting particular theoretical frameworks/issues?
- 28. your making - contextual framework
- 29. historical context Understand how/whether your practice relates to a tradition, with a history How knowledge relates to periods in time.
- 30. your making - contextual framework
- 31. geographical context Local, regional, national, international, global. Where do you make your work? Do you make your work in relation to a particular place? studio home church city rural cyberspace
- 32. your making - contextual framework
- 33. institutional context MA Course - Camberwell Your educational background/experience Your professional background/experience Your family background/experience
- 34. your making - contextual framework
- 35. cultural context In it’s broadest sense - ‘a whole way of life’ - this relates to all the other categories. More specifically, what works of artists, designers, writers, filmmakers, photographers, musicians are important to you and your work - why?
- 36. your making - contextual framework
- 37. mapping your practice Any other contexts worth considering? Importance Overlapping change - evolution of practice
- 38. why find one? vacuum moving forward learning growing position aspiration
- 41. HOW
- 43. what is a journal?
- 44. format A4, 5, 6, 7, 8 pocket phone i pad
- 45. a journal is a place for... Recording thoughts, ideas, observations, things Reflecting to gain understanding Analyzing to further your learning Concluding setting out what you have thought about
- 46. what’s in it - actual? written notes diagrams drawings sketches
- 47. what’s in it - ideas? personal insight observations questions speculation the work of others
- 48. content raw un-thought-out observations recorded close to the action think police note book reflection stuff you have thought about connections notes on the unexpected
- 49. questions what happened? why did it happen? what do I think about this? what should I do as a result of this? how do I do this?
- 50. how to use it write often note down dates and times write freely - without hesitation write down stuff even if its not relevant
- 53. what what are your core ideas?
- 54. what why? - consider the evidence
- 55. why why are you doing it?
- 56. what what do you want to achieve? what are you going to do?
- 57. what title
- 58. what focus on the issues you wish to pursue identify your learning needs
- 59. what define the scope and nature of the study identify access and resource issues
- 60. how how are you going to achieve - • the learning outcomes of the unit? • your personal learning?
- 61. how how does it relate to the aims and assessment criteria of the unit?
- 62. practical timetable what can you actually do in the time you are willing to give to the course? – be honest
- 63. practical how much time are you going to give?
- 64. timetable activity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Research Testing Sampling Final pieces Creating presentation Presentation Trip
- 65. practical budget how much are you willing to spend ?
- 66. practical ability do you need to learn new skills ?
- 67. content be clear and precise about what it is that you are planning to do
- 68. content think about what you would like to study and how this relates to your practice
- 69. how how do you achieve success?
- 70. materials ambition - what are you going to do? title processes context description of what you are audience interested in. work of others what do you want at the end?