Curating and Contemporary Art

2024/2025

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

3

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

Department of Management

Course type:

Compulsory course

When:

2 year, 1 module

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course guides students through the practical steps and procedures of realizing an exhibition – from finalising a concept to launching an exhibition. Throughout the course students will develop a concrete outline of how to realise your exhibition and learn to balance artistic goals with administrative. Students will get acquainted with basic definitions and theoretical concepts of curating. Ways of working with archives and collections will be discussed alongside with actual curatorial practices.

Learning Objectives

• Study of actual curatorial practices
• Involve into the practices of exhibition making
• Explore experimental approaches to curating

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Develop curation as a skill
• Prepare a base for curatorial studies
• Realize public presentation of curatorial project

Course Contents

• Curation: The power of selection
• Who is who?
• Text and context
• Autonomy and institution
• Big project
• Public VS Private VS Common

Assessment Elements

• Exhibition project
  : The students develop the concept of a curatorial project in accordance with the guidelines given by the instructor. The presentation is an oral defense of the curatorial project. The presentation should be supported with text.
• Assignments
  : During seminars and at home the students perform different assignments in groups. The assignments correspond with one of the topics of the course and are aimed at improving students’ soft or hard skills. There will be 3 assignments: CASE STUDY ANALYSIS (ANALYSIS OF A CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION) worth 0,1 (10%) of the final course mark; EXHIBITION CONCEPT AND ARTIST SELECTION worth 0,2 (20%) of the final course mark; and EXHIBITION SPACE AND PROJECT DESIGN worth 0,2 (20%) of the final course mark. The detailed description and requirements shall be provided by the instructor in class in due time.

Interim Assessment

• 2024/2025 1st module
  0.5 * Assignments + 0.5 * Exhibition project

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Artificial hells : participatory art and the politics of spectatorship, Bishop, C., 2012
• The culture of curating and the curating of culture(s), O'Neill, P., 2012
• Ways of seeing, Berger, J., 2008

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Obrist, H.-U., Bovier, L., & Ebooks Corporation. (2008). A Brief History of Curating : By Hans Ulrich Obrist. Zurich: JRP | Ringier. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=945579

Authors

• BUDKO VIKTORIYA ALEKSANDROVNA