AMSC41214 Laboratories 1 (Spring 2017)

The course is connected to the following study programs

Mandatory course in the Master's Programme in Scenography.

Prerequisites

None.

Lecture Semester

1st semester.

The student's learning outcomes after completing the course

The student

• is familiar with work methods and strategies from different branches of art and architecture, and can reflect on, assess and analyse a project and justify various choices made during the process
• is familiar with concept development across disciplines
• can reflect on, assess and analyse a performing arts or other site-specific and spatial artistic production as a whole, and can comment on artistic choices 
• can develop concepts for artistic projects in accordance with his or her specific artistic intentions
• has increased his or her knowledge and understanding of the complexity of comprehensive artistic works that are artistically diverse.

Content

In this course, the students will explore different fields of art in practice. International artists and professionals will teach the students, focusing on interdisciplinary thinking and work, supplemented by relevant methods and theory. The course can include all existing fields of art. Physical exploration of space and the components of space, as well as their relationship to the human scale, are important in this course.

The students will focus on specific aspects of scenographic concepts for an overall production. Such projects will not necessarily result in fully realised productions, but will take the form of  laboratories or experiments. The focus will be more on free development / experimentation than on the completion of an artistic work.

Students submit a portfolio containing documentation of their work and reflections on their attainment of the learning outcomes, and a revision of their Master's Production seen in relation to the course.

Forms of teaching and learning

The work methods will consist of independent work, laboratories and workshops held by guest teachers from different fields of art. The course workshops can be held in collaboration with MA students from other art education programmes.

Supervision will be provided during the work, but the emphasis will be on independence throughout the process.

Practical training/internship

None.

Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam

Submission of portfolio documentation no later than three weeks prior to the course assessment. The portfolio must contain a reflective text with references, images, models etc. The development and progress of the student's Master's Production must be documented and reflected on in the context of the topics taught in the course. The student shall also reflect on his or her own attainment of the defined learning outcome for the course.

The required submitted coursework must be approved by the subject teacher before the student can put him or herself forward for course assessment.

Examination

Oral exam
The assessment of the student's attainment of the learning outcome for the course is carried out at the end of the semester, following a structured discussion between the student, the student's supervisor and one subject teacher who is a member of staff, based on the material in the portfolio documentation submitted by the student for Laboratories 1.

Permitted aids: Portfolio documentation.

Oral feedback is given.

The grades Pass / Fail are used.

Course evaluation

In order to assure and develop the quality of the programme and the individual courses, anonymous surveys are carried out every semester. The academy's management evaluates the programme of study and the individual courses every semester on the basis of the anonymous student evaluations and an open dialogue with students and teachers during the semester.

Literature

References to relevant literature, video material, websites, theatrical productions and exhibitions, art catalogues, films, music, art and theatre criticism in the media and other relevant references are provided by the Programme Coordinator and the subject teachers.

An individual syllabus is drawn up in the first semester that is relevant to the work on the student's master's project and critical reflection. It is based on the general literature list for the programme. The individual syllabus is developed further during the course of the programme until submission of the Master's Critical Reflection in the fourth semester.