FH2D09 - The Commission 01 Sep 2022 - 31 Aug 2028 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: FH2D09
Module Title: The Commission
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Creative Industries
Faculty Group: Fashion, Marketing and Photography
Faculty Sub Group: Photography
Module Leader: Matt White
Module Team: Ian Wiblin, Magali Nougarede, Peter Bobby, Eileen Little, Steven Wright
First Intended Intake: SEP 2022 Final Year of Intake:
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 40 Credit Level: 5
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100063 - photography
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 1
Valid From 01 Sep 2022
Valid To 31 Aug 2028

Module Aims

To develop a fully resolved practical outcome drawn from a thorough designed research process in response to a given site.

To develop the ability to analyse and discuss practical outcomes in relation to a wide range of contemporary and historical visual practices.

To enable students to clearly and precisely articulate, in both practice and conversation, an appropriate conceptual and professional context for their practical outcomes.

Content Summary

At the heart of this module is a live brief that will investigate notions of site and place. It aims to provide a framework to develop the student’s individual material research skills and to help them to define their working methodology as they move towards level 6.

Students will make, discuss and consider their work within an expanded debate on contemporary photography. This debate will consider the students interests and concerns in relation to a specific site and will offer the opportunity to develop their ideas towards a fully realised outcome. This could be in a commercial or art-based context or even the exciting space in-between. They will be invited to consider new and challenging ways in which the photographic medium can be utilised and presented in a publishable outcome.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 18
Seminar 8
Tutorial 1
Demonstration 10
Practical classes and workshops 10
External visits 6
Independent Study 346
Formative Assessment - Scheduled 1
Total Hours Selected 400

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Create a resolved practical outcome from an individually designed research process in response to a specific given site.
LO2 Analyse, articulate and critically appraise creative output in relation appropriate theoretical and professional contexts.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Project Output 1 Submission of fully resolved practical project, critical statement and supporting material. 0 N/A 75 No 40
Synchronous Onsite Oral Assessment Presentation (Synchronous Onsite) 1 Presentation of visual exploration. 10 N/A 25 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Project Output 1
Presentation (Synchronous Onsite) 1

Reading List

Books:

Auge, M. (2009) Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity. London and New York: Verso

Alexander, J.A.P. (2020), Perspectives on Place: Theory and Practice in Landscape Photography. London: Routledge

Bate, D. (2015) Art Photography. London: Tate Publishing

Bishop, C. (2005) Installation Art: A critical History. London: Tate Publishing.

Colberg, J. (2016) Understanding Photobooks: The Form and Content of the Photographic Book. London: Routledge

Cotton, C. (2020) The Photograph as Contemporary Art. London: Thames and Hudson.

Cresswell, T. (2014) Place: An Introduction. London: J. Wiley & Sons

Green, D. (2003), Where is The Photograph? London: Photoworks Publishing.

Kaye, N. (2013) Site-specific art: Performance, Place and Documentation. London: Routledge.

Kwon, M. (2002) One Place After Another: Site-Specific Art and Locational Identity. Cambridge: MIT Press

Smith H., Dean R.T. (2009) Practice-led Research, Research-led Practice in the Creative Arts. Edinburgh University Press.

Massey, D. (2013) Space, Place and Gender. John Wiley & Sons.

Tuan, Yi-Fu. (2008) Space and Place: The Perspective of Experience. Minnesota Press.

Perec, G. (2008) Species of Spaces and Other Pieces. Penguin

Magazines/Journals:

Aperture

British Journal of Photography

Exit - Imagen Y Cultura

Foam

Photoworks

Source