Key words
Objectives
Art in practice for 9 credits:
Contemporary visual and audiovisual art is interlinked with a broad range of cultural and social practices.
This programme segment connects artistic production with the public domain of discourse, visual and audiovisual research, product development and presentation practice.
In a more expanded framework, the contents of this programme segment are about relating to context in artistic practice.
Together with the public nature of art, its confrontation with an audience, this context forms the core of this programme segment.
The Master of Visual Art or Master of Audiovisual Art programme builds further on the Bachelor programme and aims towards the formation of visual art practitioners able to coordinate, structure and execute their own visions or ideas.
For a total of nine credits towards the Master of Visual Art or Master of Audiovisual Art, students can choose from three possibilities:
1) ‘Art in practice’ for 6 or 9 credits
2) ‘Reflection and Discussion Platform’ for 3 credits
3) courses offered by associated institutes (Ghent University and University College, Ghent)
For students who select part-time study, this portion of the programme is followed during the first year of the Masters programme.
Topics
theme-based
Options include the following:
- professional level engagement within the cultural community, including initiating and contributing to an art project
- completing commissions or assignments and/or projects initiated by a partner outside the Ghent Royal Academy of Art/KASK
- apprenticeship with a defined task as designer or exhibition producer in a company or cultural institution
- participation in projects in society at large where Master’s candidates are able to make an artistic contribution
Each of these situations requires advance approval from the responsible instructor/lecturer.
The responsible instructor is the coordinator of the Masters programme in the chosen subject area or the instructor who is in charge of the programme segment.
On the basis of the anticipated extent of the task, and with the required approval, it will be decided whether this segment is for six or for nine credits (see the curriculum description for ‘Art Practice in Context for 6 credits’).
Several different criteria must be met in order for students to earn a given number of credits.
Not all of the possible criteria are required.
The selection depends on the field in which the degree candidate is active.
Criteria:
- In consultation with the Master’s candidate, an external partner proposes an assignment within the framework of the ‘Art in Practice’ proposal.
- Students themselves formulate the request. This always refers to an activity with a public character, which envisions interaction with a critical audience.
- There is a demonstrable relationship to the student's own investigation. At the very least, this choice must relate to the selected study area.
- An added educational value must be evident in the selected activity. This added value is shown in the degree to which it contains meaningful perspective related to ongoing artistic and personal development.
- There must be an interaction between the request from the professional field and the student's response to that request.
- There must be a clear distinction between the student’s Master’s project and the student’s activities for ‘Art in Practice’.
Prerequisites
It is highly recommended that students have acquired the skills required for the bachelor of visual or audiovisual art.
Final Objectives
1) the drive and determination needed to flourish and establish oneself in the chosen professional field, as an artist, designer, filmmaker, animation filmmaker or photographer.
2) the production of visual or audiovisual work based on personal artistic vision.
3) the ability to establish and maintain an inspiring and functional working situation.
Further skills
1) Students can structure and finalize their vision or ideas through dialogue in the context of the chosen field.
2) Students can work with others in a multidisciplinary environment.
3) Students are able to place their projects in relation to contemporary social and artistic events.
4) Students will have developed the specific skills needed for professional practice in the chosen field.
General competencies
1) Students are capable of critical reflection and creativity.
2) Students are capable of presenting and explaining their work and engaging in a critical dialogue on both process and result.
Materials used
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Materials required depend on the selected activity or apprenticeship.
Study costs
Expenses depend on the project selected
Study guidance
Appointments can always be made for consultations with instructors/lecturers.
Teaching Methods
Apprenticeships or work-study activities, group discussion of the results, individual counselling, project work, a working studio, field activities and lectures by visiting lecturers are all possible.
Assessment
There is ongoing evaluation in association with faculty guidance and advice.
The student and the external partner submit a report on their contribution to the chosen project and the external partner is involved in the evaluation process.
Students are ultimately evaluated by the responsible faculty member, for 100% of the credits earned, based on:
* regular attendance and involvement
* meeting established deadlines for completing assignments
* work being submitted or presented on the required date
* no postponements are accepted. In cases where students are legally absent, they are required to have someone else submit their work
* there is no possibility of a second sitting
Lecturer(s)
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