Learning Outcomes
They will acquire further skills in the development and evaluation of artistic processes.
They will develop independent research skills and effectively utilize them.
They will gain the necessary professional abilities for individual creative practice.
They will further develop strategies and utilize their experience, imagination, and creativity with the appropriate choice of medium.
They will develop their own criteria for evaluating and evolving their artistic work. They will have the ability to question and contextualize their own work as well as the work of others.
They will express their positions clearly in the fields of art and culture.
They will create, support, manage, and present their artistic work at a professional level.
They will have the ability to articulate the intentions, meanings, and concepts of their work to both specialized and non-specialized audiences.
They will be able to examine and accurately evaluate available directions for their development.
They will have the opportunity to present their personal artistic work in the public sphere.
They will cultivate a critical understanding of contemporary developments, gathering information from the forefront of learning fields.
They will demonstrate a range of high-level skills, techniques, and specialized research.
They will negotiate, argue, and interact effectively in group settings to initiate activities.
They will anticipate and adapt to different contexts and conditions within the public sphere.
They will self-evaluate and take responsibility for their ongoing academic and professional development.
Course Content (Syllabus)
Students are encouraged to express themselves and explore within the framework of their artistic work, combining a wide range of visual mediums such as computer-based art and integrated work environments, Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality, constructions and installations, video, performance art, traditional mediums like drawing, and photography, among others. Special emphasis is placed on the presentation of the visual artistic work, the development of theoretical research, and personal artistic investigation, both in individual and collaborative production. Students present the progress of their studio research at regular intervals, encompassing technical and theoretical aspects. Additionally, artworks by contemporary artists are presented and analyzed by instructors or invited artists, accompanied by documentary screenings, interviews, and more.
Keywords
postgraduate artistic research, visual, workshop, art, public sphere, contemporary art, internet art, live art, performance, drawing, painting, photography, installations, sculpture, video
Additional bibliography for study
Σταυρακάκης, Γιάννης & Σταφυλάκης, Κωστής (επιμ.) Το πολιτικό στη σύγχρονη τέχνη, Αθήνα: Εκκρεμές, 2008
Benjamin Walter, Για το έργο τέχνης: τρία δοκίμια, Αθήνα, Πλέθρον, 2013
Saunders Frances Stonor, Who paid the piper?: the CIA and the cultural Cold War, London: Granta Books, 1999
Sholette Gregory, Dark Matter: Art and Politics in the Age of Enterprise Culture, Pluto Press, 2006
Flusser Vilem, Προς το σύμπαν των τεχνικών εικόνων, Σμίλη, Αθήνα, 2008