course seminar defining practice
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assumed knowledge
reflective practice
reflection
in action - (while doing something)
reflection
on action (after you have done it)
ask yourself questions
lots and continuously
why do you make work?
what’s it for?
what do you want from your work?
what do you get from your work?
what is your work about?
who is your audience?
where does the work go?
build reference point(s)
connections
art history
music
dance
writing
general history
geography/place
contemporary practice science
materials and process’s
understand what you work with
become an expert
defining practice
your making - contextual framework
social political
personal
critical/theoretical
historical geographical
institutional cultural
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
your making - contextual framework
political context
Specific political issue
broad political issue
gender - race - ethnicity - sexual orientation - class - disability - religion
your making - contextual framework
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?
your making - contextual framework
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?
your making - contextual framework
historical context
Understand how/whether your practice relates to a tradition, with a history
How knowledge relates to periods in time.
your making - contextual framework
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
your making - contextual framework
institutional context
MA Course - Camberwell
Your educational background/experience
Your professional background/experience
Your family background/experience
your making - contextual framework
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?
your making - contextual framework
mapping your practice
Any other contexts worth considering?
Importance
Overlapping
change - evolution of practice
why find one?
vacuum moving forward
learning growing
position aspiration
HOW
reflective journal
what is a journal?
formatA4, 5, 6, 7, 8
phone
i pad
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
what’s in it - actual?written notes
diagrams
drawings
sketches
what’s in it - ideas?personal insight
observations
questions
speculation
the work of others
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
Developing your practice/project
what
what interests you?
what
what are your core ideas?
what
why? - consider the evidence
why
why are you doing it?
what
what do you want to achieve?
what are you going to do?
what
title
what
focus on the issues you wish to pursue
identify your learning needs
what
define the scope and nature of the study
identify access and resource issues
how
how are you going to achieve -
• the learning outcomes of the unit?
• your personal learning?
how
how does it relate to the aims and assessment criteria of the unit?
practical
timetable
what can you actually do in the time you are willing to give to the course? – be honest
practical
how much time are you going to give?
timetable
activity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Research
Testing
Sampling
Final pieces
Creating presentation
Presentation
Trip
practical
budget
how much are you willing to spend ?
practical
ability
do you need to learn new skills ?
content
be clear and precise about what it is that you are planning to do
content
think about what you would like to study and how this relates to your practice
how
how do you achieve success?
materials ambition -
what are you going to do?
processes context
audience
work of others what do you
want at the end?
titledescription of what you are interested in.