Visual Cultures, Curating and Contemporary Art
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Prerequisites:
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Quotas and restrictions:
Lecture courses are open for all. Individual courses may limit the number of participants and degree students may be prioritized according to course description.
Application process:
There is no application for this old minor anymore. Please check Contemporary Art Practices/Theories (minor)
Content and structure of the minor
ViCCA minor is aimed for students who want to extend their professional understanding through methods of contemporary art, or apply practices of visual cultures, curating and contemporary art in their professional agency. The ViCCA minor gives tools to understand the role and possibilities of art in contemporary society.
Content
ViCCA minor consists of three or five courses and of personal tutoring. The studies will be done alongside with the students of the ViCCA major and the minor students bring their personal knowledge and viewpoint to the multidisciplinary ViCCA community.
Structure of the minor
| Code | Course name | ECTS credits |
|---|---|---|
| TAI-E3154 | Philosophy and Theory of Art 1 | 5 |
| TAI-E3155 | Philosophy and Theory of Art 2 | 5 |
| TAI-E3113 | Authorship and Agency | 5 |
| TAI-E3157 | Mediums, Materials and Dimensions | 5 |
| TAI-E3158 | Experiments in Situation & Contextuality | 5 |
| TAI-E3159 | Ecology in Theory, Practice & Everyday Life 1 | 5 |
| TAI-E3160 | Ecology in Theory, Practice & Everyday Life 2 | 5 |
| TAI-E3161 | Field Ecology Intensive | 5 |
| TAI-E3162 | Studio 1 | 2 |
| TAI-E3163 | Studio 2 | 3 |
| TAI-E3164 | Studio 3 | 4 |
| TAI-E3147 | Theory for Curatorial Thinking & Mediation | 5 |
| TAI-E3148 | Curating in the Live 1 | 10 |
| TAI-E3149 | Trans-Institutional Experiments and Collaborations | 5 |
| TAI-E3150 | Questions of labor in the Expanded Field of Art & Curating | 5 |
| TAI-E3151 | Science Fiction Matters | 5 |
| TAI-E3152 | Studio as Laboratory/Laboratory as Studio | 5 |
| TAI-E3153 | Art and Science | 5 |
| TAI-E3166 | Project | 2-15 |
(Check the minimum scope of the minor studies in your own program.)
Previous curricula
Basic information of the minor
Code: ARTS3091
Extent: 15-25 ECTS
Language: English
Organizing department: Department of Art
Teacher in charge: Pia Euro
Target group: All master level students in Aalto University
Application procedure: Application time: 15.-31.5.2018
The general application procedure for minors at Aalto University, see application periods and instructions.
The applicant is expected to
a) write a motivation letter (max 1 A4 sheet) which includes a description of his / her former experience, interests and also motivations for joining ViCCA minor studies and
b) to present a portfolio with a minimum of 4 work examples.
The motivation letter and portfolio should be attached to the application in the eAge system.
Quotas and restrictions: 2-4 students.
Prerequisites: Please see application procedure and quotas and restrictions.
Content and structure of the minor
ViCCA minor is aimed for students who want to extend their professional understanding through methods of contemporary art, or apply practices of visual cultures, curating and contemporary art in their professional agency. The ViCCA minor gives tools to understand the role and possibilities of art in contemporary society.
Content
ViCCA minor consists of three courses and of personal tutoring. The minor students will make a personal study plan with the lecturer in charge of the minor selecting the courses from the list below. The studies will be done alongside with the students of the ViCCA major and the minor students bring their personal knowledge and viewpoint to the multidisciplinary ViCCA community.
See also: www.vicca.fi
Timing
The minor can be started every year. Students are expected to start their minor studies in the autumn term.
Structure of the minor
| Code | Course name | ECTS credits |
|---|---|---|
| TAI-E3006 | Introduction to Visual Cultures, Curating and Contemporary Art | 5 |
| TAI-E3129 | Philosophy and Theory of Art | 5 |
| TAI-E3130 | Grounds of Culture | 5 |
| TAI-E3113 | Authorship and Agency | 5 |
| TAI-E3131 | Literary Spaces | 5 |
| TAI-E3114 | Images, Tropes and Narratives | 5 |
| TAI-E3132 | Modes of Writing | 5 |
| TAI-E3118 | Artistic Research Practices | 5 |
| TAI-E3115 | Experimental Theory Workshop | 5 |
| TAI-E3133 | Rogue Cultures | 5 |
| TAI-E3103 | Mediums and Dimensions | 5 |
| TAI-E3101 | Context, Site and Situation | 5 |
| TAI-E3134 | Extending Artistic Practice | 5 |
| TAI-E3135 | Living and Non-living | 5 |
| TAI-E3136 | Environment Now | 5 |
| TAI-E3117 | Film as Culture, Film as Contemporary Art | 5 |
| TAI-E3104 | Situated Urban | 5 |
| TAI-E3137 | Studio | 5 |
| TAI-E3138 | Histories in the Present | 5 |
| TAI-E3139 | Critical Perspectives and Practices in Curating | 5 |
| TAI-E3140 | Local Agencies in the Field of Art | 5 |
| TAI-E3141 | Publics and Mediating Art | 5 |
| TAI-E3142 | Exhibition as Learning Environment | 5 |
| TAI-E3143 | Curatorial Project | 5 |
Basic information of the minor
Code: ARTS3075
Extent: 15 ECTS
Language: English
Organizing department: Department of Art
Teacher in charge: Pia Euro
Target group: All master level students in Aalto University
Application procedure: Application time: 15.-31.5.2017
The general application procedure for minors at Aalto University, see Instructions for applying 2017-18
The applicant is expected to
a) write a motivation letter (max 1 A4 sheet) which includes a description of his / her former experience, interests and also motivations for joining ViCCA minor studies and
b) to present a portfolio with a minimum of 4 work examples.
The motivation letter and portfolio should be attached to the application in the eAge system.
Quotas and restrictions: 2-4 students.
Prerequisites: Please see application procedure and quotas and restrictions.
Content and structure of the minor
ViCCA minor is aimed for students who want to extend their professional understanding through methods of contemporary art, or apply practices of visual culture and contemporary art in their professional agency. The ViCCA minor gives tools to understand the role and possibilities of art in contemporary society.
Content
ViCCA minor consists of three courses and of personal tutoring. The minor students will make a personal study plan with the lecturer in charge of the minor selecting the courses from the list below. The studies will be done alongside with the students of the ViCCA major and the minor students bring their personal knowledge and viewpoint to the multidisciplinary ViCCA community.
See also: www.vicca.fi
Timing
The minor can be started every year. Students are expected to start their minor studies in the autumn term 2017, study right is valid one academic year 2017-2018.
Structure of the minor
| Code | Course name | ECTS credits |
|---|---|---|
| Site, senses and situations | ||
| TAI-E3100 | Immersion. Experiments in spatiality and multisensority | 5 |
| TAI-E3101 | Context, site and situation | 5 |
| TAI-E3102 | In-between. Extensions in artistic practice | 5 |
| TAI-E3103 | Mediums and Dimensions | 5 |
| TAI-E3104 | Situated Urban | 5 |
| TAI-E3105 | Invisible environments | 5 |
| TAI-E3106 | Sites, senses and situations studio | 5 |
| TAI-E3124 | Histories of Contemporary Art | 5 |
| Beings and Things | ||
| TAI-E3017 | Research as artistic practice | 5 |
| TAI-E3018 | Living and non-living, a sliding matter | 5 |
| TAI-E3109 | Interspecies dialoguee | 5 |
| TAI-E3112 | Beings and things studio | 5 |
| TAI-E3125 | Environment. Now? | 5 |
| TAI-E3126 | Space, vibes and microbes | 5 |
| TAI-E3128 | Grounds of Theory | 5 |
| Words and Spaces | ||
| TAI-E3113 | Authorship and agency | 5 |
| TAI-E3114 | Images, tropes and narratives | 5 |
| TAI-E3115 | Experimental theory workshop | 5 |
| TAI-E3116 | Literary spaces in art | 5 |
| TAI-E3117 | Film as culture, film as contemporary art | 5 |
| TAI-E3118 | Artistic research practices | 5 |
| TAI-E3119 | Words and spaces studio | 5 |
| TAI-E3123 | Philosophy of art for post-contemporary artists | 5 |