TAI-E314801 - Curating in the Live 1, Lecture, 11.1.2022-8.4.2022

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Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years, which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students will learn how to research and formulate conceptual frameworks for curatorial projects. They will work collaboratively in groups together with course teacher(s) on planning a project from A to Z, writing a curatorial statement, selecting artistic content, public programme development, mediation and documentation.

Credits: 10

Schedule: 11.01.2022 - 08.04.2022

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Patrizia Costantin, Bassam El Baroni

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

Bassam El Baroni - bassam.elbaroni@aalto.fi

Patrizia Costantin - patrizia.costantin@aalto.fi

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    A project that students plan and implement as a group using the interrogative model of inquiry on select themes and/or topics initiated by the course s teacher(s), from which they develop a public project (exhibition, event, seminar, publication etc). The course starts by building a strong theoretical grounding for the topic/theme and gradually works its way towards the practical side of curating.

  • applies in this implementation

    ‘Curating in the Live’ is a project-centred course that nonetheless starts with and includes some theoretical investigations. Students plan and implement a project as a group using the interrogative model of inquiry on select themes and/or topics initiated by the course s teachers, from which they develop a public project (exhibition, event, seminar, publication etc). The course starts by building a strong theoretical grounding for the topic/theme and gradually works its way towards the practical side of curating.

    The theme or topic that we will interrogate in 2022 is “usefulness”. Due to a number of factors, the issue of art’s capacity or incapacity to be useful within the social realm has formed a consistent thread of inquiries and mode of operation within the field. We will address these factors and look at the different ways artists and curators have emphasized usefulness over other characteristics associated with artworks such as criticality, or aesthetics. This will be achieved through theory and considering a number of case studies – historical and contemporary - looking at them closely and navigating the debates that emerge from these cases. The schedule below is a work in progress, with only the first four sessions outlined, because along the way we will make collective decisions on the project and that requires a certain amount of flexibility, the schedule will be updated later in January accordingly. Morning sessions for the first half of the course will be based around lectures, presentations, and discussions, while the after-lunch period will take the form of brainstorming sessions based on materials (videos, texts, experiments) that participants will bring to the table to open up the process. The latter parts of the course will be centred around the production of a collectively curated project that will emerge from the many questions posed by “usefulness” as a general thematic and topic of inquiry.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Coursework and course participation

Workload

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    120 hours of contact teaching, 150 hours of individual work. Requirement of all schedules activities a minimum of 80%.

DETAILS

Study Material

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Readings (Theory, Philosophy and Scienctific Papers) updated on MyCourses, Latter Parts of Course mostly Practical

  • applies in this implementation

    Available on MyCourses

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

    4 Quality Education

    5 Gender Equality

    10 Reduced Inequality

    16 Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Teaching Period:

    2020-2021

    (2021, 2022) - No teaching

    Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=TAI-E314801

    Registration for Courses: Sisu replaces Oodi on 9 August, 2021. Priority order to courses is according to the order of priority decided by the Academic committee for School of Arts, Design and Architecture: https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/registering-to-courses-and-the-order-of-priority-in-aalto-arts

    via Weboodi

  • applies in this implementation

    First session online only - 

     https://aalto.zoom.us/j/65920632178

Details on the schedule

Rules of Conduct - Students´ Rights and Responsibilities (in force from 1 August 2020)

Aalto University Code of Academic Integrity and Handling Violations Thereof