Project Methodology

Code:

MP411

Acronym:

MP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Fine Arts

Instance: 2020/2021 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Fine Arts Department
Course/CS Responsible:	Fine Arts

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
AP	80	Official Study Plan 2011	4	-	6	51	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

. Contribute to a critical perspective and to the consolidation of the individual projects of each student, complementing the work developed at the studio (Project);

. Value different methodologies associated with studio’s work;

. Compare and discuss a different processes of thinking and doing;

. Stimulate cross-cutting with other subjects;

. Develop analytical tools, both individual and at group level;

.  Foment a critical reflection on contemporary artistic practices.

. To look for contamination building bridges between the school and its exterior.

Learning outcomes and competences

Centered in the expectations and interests of each student, it is intended to create a space for discussion and reflection about the different models of action and the various roles played by artists. 

Not being able to answer in a unique way to the plurality of procedural and methodological modalities of artistic practice, and not wanting, on the other hand, to occupy a space that belongs by nature to studio work (Project), is intended to present a wide range of methodological and procedural options, allowing the student to identified and organized his references in an authorial context.

The syllabus provides content and methodological tools that allow the student to consolidate personal research and foster critical thinking about the processes involved in its practice and research in comparison to other authors and artists.

Despite the programmatic autonomy of the course, it is considered essential that this be conceived in a transversal context with the curricular plan of the degree, providing tools and programmatic content for the consolidation of student projects.

Working method

Presencial

Program

The course of Project Methodology fills a space that lies between the studio work and the type of discussion proper to academic seminars.

The course will be organized around the interests and areas of study of each class through seminars with guest artists, and will present different contents and methodological tools used in the artistic projects of different authors.

Discussion of different research methodologies and work, valuing different processes, from the most experimental to the more programmatic.

Presentation of different documentary resources about methodologies and processes involved in artistic practice, as well as direct contact with artists and guests.

Individual and group discussion about the methodologies used by each student in his project work.

Visits are also planned (studios, exhibition spaces or others associated with the artistic practice) always to discuss and explain the different ways used by artists to organize their work.

Mandatory literature

Elkins James 1955-; What painting is. ISBN: 978-0-415-92662-1
Sabino Isabel; A^pintura depois da pintura
Solso Robert L.; Cognition and the visual arts. ISBN: 0-262-19346-9
Elkins James 1955- 340; Artists with PhDs. ISBN: 978-0-9818654-5-4
Sylvester David; Interviews with Francis Bacon. ISBN: 0-500-27057-0
Richter Gerhard; The^daily practice of painting. ISBN: 0-500-27836-9
Judd Donald; Complete writings 1959-1975. ISBN: 0-919616-42-9
Cabanne Pierre; Dialogues with Marcel Duchamp. ISBN: 0-500-60001-5
Diversos; Pressplay: Contemporary Artists in Conversation, Phaindon Press, 2005
Serra Richard; Writings interviews. ISBN: 0-226-74880-4
Weintraub, Linda; Making Contemporary Art – How Modern Artists Think and Work., Thames & Hudson, 2003
Wesseling, Janneke; See it again, say it again - The artist as Researcher, Valiz, 2011

Teaching methods and learning activities

The teaching methods:

. Lectures and presentation of audiovisual material on different methodologies.

. Theoretical and practical classes and individual and group work.

. Sessions with guest artists (internal and external) at the school.

. Visits to exhibitions, participation in seminars and other activities.

. Use of digital platforms for discussion and to share information.

 

 

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	20,00
Trabalho escrito	80,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	0,00
Trabalho escrito	0,00
Total:	0,00

Eligibility for exams

 

Evaluation without final exam:

. Each student will have to make an individual research work, according to the methodologies and guidelines identified in class. Students should justify the choices of procedural methods in the relation between the chosen authors and their personal interests. The scope and nature of these works are subject to prior approval by the professor of each one of the classes.

 

Calculation formula of final grade

The calculation of the final evaluation will take into account the participation / attendance (20%) and the research work done by the student (80%).