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2015/16 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

ARTF5026M Capitalism-Criticism-Contemporary Art

30 creditsClass Size: 15

Module manager: Dr Gail Day
Email: g.a.day@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2015/16

This module is not approved as an Elective

Objectives

In recent years work by artists, photographers and filmmakers whose work considers socio-economic changes, the reconstitution of social space and time have become prominent and widely disseminated through international exhibitions of contemporary art. At the same time, contemporary art has been drawn inexorably into a rapidly expanding market, compromising (in the views of some commentators) the claims to 'critical practice'.

By the end of this module, students should have developed their knowledge and understanding of:
- theories of social and economic change and the transformations within modern capitalism, especially in the period since the collapse of the Soviet bloc;
- contemporary art practice from the 1990 to the present;
- the institutions of contemporary art;
- the tensions between the aspirations to 'critical practice' and the institutional contexts of contemporary art.

Skills outcomes
- Skills necessary to undertake higher research degree and/or for employment in a higher capacity in an area of professional practice.
- Evaluating own achievement and that of others.
- Self-direction and effective decision-making.
- Independent learning.
- Use of methodologies and theoretical resources.

Syllabus

Drawing on a range of examples (which may be drawn from photography, architecture, art, video, film and other cognate practices), the module will consider:
- Debates concerning critical practice, critical value and critical distance in contemporary art;
- Theories of capitalism and modern social and economic transformation, especially since the collapse of the Soviet bloc.

Students will examine the various configurations, definitions and redefinitions of 'the modern'. Issues explored include post-industrialisation, re-industrialisation, supermodernity, globalisation, re-territorialisation, de-territorialisation, and empire.
- How social transformations have been represented, recorded and narrativised within, or understood and interrogated through, contemporary visual-material practices.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Seminar	10	3.00	30.00
Private study hours			270.00
Total Contact hours			30.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			300.00

Private study

Class preparation and reading: 125 hours;
Essay research and preparation: 125 hours;
Presentation preparation: 20 hours.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Participation in class discussion; group and/or individual presentations.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	7,000 word essay (inc footnotes and bibliography)	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 25/11/2015

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