Course Contents

The project report will run alongside the studio project itself. It will provide a clarification of the practical work that the students have undertaken. The report can consist of several different modes of discourse, each of which will have different, yet overlapping, functions. These might include a descriptive account, consisting of developing ideas, processes and products; a more poetic discourse that that may be analogous to, or have structural affinities with the practical work. This report will project the whole body of works as a coherent compositional whole. Critique of the work and its development will also be the part of report. It will be a narrative that will locate the work in relation to relevant aesthetic, technical, theoretical, philosophical knowledge

Course Synopsis

Thesis report will include a description of the development of art practice project – how students set out to realize aims and objectives, the methods hey have employed and reasons for tackling the project in this way. The students will give the reader a clear sense of the evolution of ideas from initial stages through to the final products/outcomes, moving beyond common practices of fine arts practice. The students will describe not just the way in which technical problems were solved, i.e. Which media were used and the processes that involved, but also include the thinking that went on. This thinking is complex and dynamic (and can be usefully understood within Donald Schön’s three categories: knowing in action, reflection in action, and reflection on action.

Course Learning Outcomes

The learning outcomes for Report of studio practice thesis are based on the objectives for MS Fine Arts studio practice program. Students will develop a: • Deeper insight into the process of thinking creatively. • Deeper knowledge of methods in the major subject/field of study. • A capability to contribute to research and development of studio based research practices. • A confidence to argue about their personal concepts incorporated into visuals.