| CODE | AAH3401 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Bodies information: Rethinking the human in the 21st Century | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Art and Art History | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This practice-based study-unit focuses on the study of the human as a figure subjected to the gaze of ‘another’ and the many ways artists react to, and interpret, the human form. The study-unit also aims to provide a deeper critical appreciation of the conditions that have shaped the discussion around artistic production in the age of the anthropocene. Through an extended engagement with the context of artistic production and interpretation students reflect their own relationship with the human figure and the politics of identity, gender, sex and the influences or interferences of the non-human. Study-Unit Aims: This study-unit aims to further the students knowledge of human form and the debates and imaginaries surrounding bodies and identities. Students will be able to better study and interpret the human form through traditional and non-traditional media. Students will also learn about the critical debates that shape the representation of diverse identities and narratives of selves. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Explore the relationship of the human figure with its cultural context and physical space - Explore new and non-traditional media to interpret the human figure and the conditions of life - Make critically informed decisions to apply them to their practice 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Devise creative strategies to represent new narratives of self and complex identities - Develop an interdisciplinary methodological approach to exploring the relationship between human experience, inanimate objects and the limits and possibilities of the human body in the digital world - Critically evaluate their own creative output Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Della Monica Lauren P., Bodies of Work - Contemporary Figurative Painting, Schiffer, 2016 - Gilman C., Malbert R., Drawing in the present tense, Thames and Hudson 2023 - Janaro Richard, Altshuler Thelma, The Art of Being Human: The Humanities as a Technique for Living (10th Edition), USA. 2011. - Meyer James, The Double: Identity and Difference in Art since 1900, USA 2022. Supplementary Readings: - Wallenhorst Nathanaël, Wulf Christoph, Handbook of the Anthropocene: Humans between heritage and future, Switzerland, 2023. - O’Reilly Sally, The Body in Contemporary Art (World of Art), UK 2009. - Millett-Gallant Ann, The Disabled Body in Contemporary Art, UK 2012. - Newman Emily L., Female Body Image in Contemporary Art: Dieting, Eating Disorders, Self-Harm, and Fatness (Routledge Research in Gender and Art), UK 2018. - Schmahmann Brenda, Iconic Works of Art by Feminists and Gender Activists: Mistress-Pieces (Routledge Research in Gender and Art), 2021. - Fortenberry Diane and Morrill Rebecca, Body of Art, UK 2015. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Independent Study and Practicum | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Gilbert Calleja |
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