Designed to extend the advanced development of concepts, processes and techniques as they relate to projects in advanced 2D media. This unit continues the focus of study upon personal production methods but with an increased attention to the conceptual and expressive possibilities offered by these activities. These will be drawn from a range of disciplines providing sociological, cultural, historical, philosophical and psychological viewpoints. Defining the parameters of the art research topic through discussions between staff and students. Examining approaches to the collection and presentation of research data.
Progress reports on research topics.
A study of 20th Century movements in Visual Art and the impact of mass culture upon them. An analysis of the theories that constitute the mass culture debate with particular reference to low and high art. Specific examination of mass media's rapid development in the post war years and its effect on art. Working knowledge of film, exposure, filters, optics and lenses. Copy board work, lighting and cropping.