Credits: 5
Schedule: 07.02.2019 - 25.04.2019
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
Kaija Kaitavuori, kaija.kaitavuori@aalto.fi, 0405473573. The teacher can be contacted during the classes or by email.
Teaching Period (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
I-II (autumn 2018) and III-V (spring 2019)
Learning Outcomes (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
The learning outcomes below define the knowledge, skills and competences the student is expected to acquire from the course.
Knowledge
- Students will have a good understanding of key concepts of site- and time-specific and participatory art
- Students will know the central texts and theories relating to these art forms
- Students will be aware of a wide range of artistic practices and artists working in the field
Skills and competences
- Students will be able to recognize specificities of contemporary art and to articulate their views about it
- Students will be able to critically analyze and interpret (spatial, temporal, participatory) artworks
- Students will be able to recognize and make statements about the roles and relationships between various actors in contemporary art
- Students will be able to critically reflect upon the concepts of public sphere and democratic participation
- Students will be able to apply this knowledge and theoretical awareness into a practical context
Content (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
This course investigates contemporary art in theory and in its concrete manifestations. Special focus will be on the ways in which art engages with its spatial environment, creates temporal events, and encourages participation. Art will be studied in connection with its institutional background and the structures of production. We will explore themes of art in public space, art and democracy, social engagement and the (new) roles of the artist and the spectator. The course will include classroom teaching, readings, student assignments, site visits, and a study project.
Assessment Methods and Criteria (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
Assessment methods include Reading Reflections (20%), Discussion (20%), class room presentations (20%), and final project (40%)
Workload (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
Small group contact 40 h, independent and group work 95 h
Study Material (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
Literature, videos and artworks.
Course Homepage (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
MyCourses
Grading Scale (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
0-5
Registration for Courses (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
Registration via WebOodi. Please see WebOodi for registration dates.
The order of priority for admitting students to courses at Aalto ARTS 1.1.2018 onwards (approved by The Committee of Arts, Design and Architecture on 10.10.2017)
The order of priority is as follows:
- students for whom the course is compulsory for their major/programme and who have scheduled it for the current academic year in their personal study plan (HOPS);
- exchange students for whom the course is a part of his/her officially approved learning agreement and scheduled to be taken during the current semester;
- students for whom the course is compulsory for their major/programme and who have not completed it yet;
- students, for whom the course is part of his/her major’s or programme’s alternative studies and has been scheduled in the student's PSP (HOPS) for the current academic year
- students, for whom the course is part of his/her major’s or programme’s alternative studies and who have not completed the requisite number of credits for alternative studies yet;
- students for whom the course is compulsory for their minor;
- students, for whom the course is part of his/her minor subject’s alternative studies and who have not completed the requisite number of credits for alternative studies yet;
- students who have applied for the course through a student mobility scheme (internal mobility within Aalto University, flexible study right (JOO) studies etc.);
- other students.
Courses that are intended to be multidisciplinary (e.g. UWAS courses) may apply an order of priority based on the learning outcomes of the course, while bearing in mind the university obligation of enabling students to complete their degrees within the normative duration of study set for the degree. The order of priority does not apply to courses organised by the Centre for General Studies or doctoral courses.
This decision on the order of priority does not influence the right of the teacher to define prerequisites for the course.