Learning Objectives as Capabilities:
Ability to modulate a chosen medium
through one’s body
Ability to navigate through various
given contexts
Ability to engage with the public
Learning Objectives as Studio Habits:
Understanding Art Worlds: The course
will develop the contextual and historical understanding of creative
negotiations with body in creative art
and design practice from across the world.
Develop Craft: The course in this
process envisages developing
- 2 D – 3D
representation
- Application
of mapping tools
- Story
telling
- Application of design tools
- Reflective writing and documentation
Learning Objectives as Dimensions of Practice:
Creative practice: Core of this course
will deal with creative negotiation with body as subject, object and context.
Students will engage in the course through exercises and tools to contextualise
an argument as a creative practice with self-positioning. This will include
- Story
telling/ Narrative
- Painting
- Illustration/Graphic
story telling
- Moving
images
- Digital
imaging/ creative appropriation
- Social
engagement
- Art in
public
Reflective practice : Course also
envisages to inculcate reflective practice as creative engagement through
introduction of
1. Ethnography
2. Social mapping
3. Mind mapping
4. Research tools
5. Debate/ Critique sessions
6. Writing journal and digital
bloggings
Prerequisites: None.
Course Abstract – Body
within, body beyond
From time immemorial, body is understood not only as a
physical entity but a metaphorical representation of human imagination,
possibility, desire and subject. It simultaneously
operates at many levels as a vehicle to translate human capacity and it’s
transcendent value. Between individual
and community, private and public, its manifestation decides the entire
creative engagement of human civilization. This course will explore world of
creative art and its craft to understand body as subject and object in
contemporary art practice.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Introduction to contemporary art and
design practices
2. Engagement with media, material and its
possibilities through exploring 2D, digital and 3D forms.
3. Understanding collaborative iteration of
artistic engagement in private and public spaces – art in studio, art in public
and public art.
References:
3. Journals
a.
Reflective
Blogs or Journals on BB
Assessment Opportunities
1.
Feedback
sessions in class – Through peer review
2.
Assignments
– class room presentations 80%
Public
presentation 20%
Grading
Criteria
Studio habits
Capability sets
Capability sets