course seminar 1 defining practice
DESCRIPTION
presentation given to MA Textile Design and MA Fashion students at NUATRANSCRIPT
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what is needed
• A 2,000 word research report with bibliography and references that critically reflects upon the impact of your research and the methods used in relation to the work produced.
• b) A body of work that responds to your research for the unit.
• c) An annotated research file.
connections
art history
music
dance
writing
general history
geography/place
contemporary practice science
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your making - contextual framework
social political
personal
critical/theoretical
historical geographical
institutional cultural
social context
Making and seeing an image 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
political context
Specific political issue
broad political issue
gender - race - ethnicity - sexual orientation - class - disability - religion
personal contextBiography - narrative of the selfparticular issues - memoriesWhat motivates/ drives you?Your particular skills as an artist/ designer/writer/photographerWhat 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?
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?
historical context
Understand how/whether your practice relates to a tradition, with a history
How knowledge relates to periods in time.
geographical contextLocal, 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
institutional context
MA Course - school of design
Your educational background/experience
Your professional background/experience
Your family background/experience
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?
mapping your practice
Any other contexts worth considering?
Importance
Overlapping
change - evolution of practice
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
contentraw
un-thought-out observations
recorded close to the action
think police note book
reflection
stuff you have thought about
connections
notes on the unexpected
questionswhat 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?
how to use itwrite often
note down dates and times
write freely - without hesitation
write down stuff even if its not relevant
http://www.trendstop.com/
http://www.wgsn.com/http://www.premierevision.com/en/The-PV/Trend-forecast/Fashion-information-and-trend-forecast
http://www.fashioninformation.com/
http://www.edelkoort.com/