Artistic Experimentation Workshop

Ficha de unidade curricular - Ano letivo 2023/2024

Teaching language

Portuguese

Intended learning outcomes (Knowledges, skills and competencies to be developed by the students)

The learning objectives of this UC include:
1. Know and experience the artistic action contexts of creation, execution and appreciation.
2. Know and evaluate artistic development, from the mastery of materials to expressive and structural control and the attribution of meaning and value.
3. Know and reflect on the dimensions of technical-scientific adaptation and metaphorical transformation that accompany artistic development.
4. Know and reflect on the plans of artistic meaning developed internally and externally by each individual and by groups of individuals.
5. Develop creative processes of artistic experimentation in a global way.

Syllabus

In this UC the following contents will be covered:
1. Contexts of artistic experience:
The. Creation, composition;
B. Execution, interpretation;
w. Appreciation, assistance.
2. Layers of artistic development:
The. Control of artistic materials;
B. Perception of expressive elements;
w. Understanding structural relationships;
d. Value assignment.
3.Conditioning dimensions of artistic development:
The. Technical-scientific adaptation of individuals;
B. Metaphorical transformation of objects.
4. Quadrants of artistic meaning:
The. Individual self: Emotions, motivations, meanings of life, self-image,
B. Outer self: Actions, performances
w. Inner nodes: Group feeling, collective identity, social image
d. Nodes abroad: Group dynamics, partnership networks
5. Creative and integrating artistic languages:
The. Imaginaries and creativity;
B. Visual production techniques and technologies;
w. Sound production and reproduction techniques and technologies;
d. Techniques and technologies of scenic production and representation.

Demonstration of the syllabus coherence with the UC intended learning outcomes

The syllabus articulates with the objectives of the curricular unit directly and according to their numerical identification (1 with 1; 2 with 2; 3 with 3; 4 with 4; 5 with 5). Thus, the contents substantiate knowledge of the contexts of artistic action (1), artistic development (2), dimensions of adaptation and transformation (3), plans of singular/collective and interior/exterior meaning (4), as well as of the languages inherent to the creative and artistic processes (5).

Teaching methodologies

Different strategies will be adopted, with a view to appropriating the concepts, techniques and meanings mentioned:
1. Reading and discussion of texts and videos;
2. Appreciation and analysis of artistic products;
3. Thematic debates;
4. Group experimentation of artistic processes;
5. Exploration, creation and sharing, as a group, of integrating artistic productions.
The online sessions, of a theoretical-practical nature, are synchronous, with an expository component and small group work, on the fundamental concepts of artistic practices, experimentation and creativity. Small group sessions will be held in simultaneous rooms (Zoom) followed by large group discussion

Demonstration of the teaching methodologies coherence with the curricular unit's intended learning outcomes

The learning objectives defined around declarative and procedural skills are enhanced through methodologies based on reading, observation and debate, as well as practical experimentation with creative/artistic processes, developed at individual and collective levels. Artistic knowledge is, therefore, promoted in terms of the consumer/spectator, the performer/performer and the creator, on both the practical and theoretical levels.

Assessment methodologies and evidences

The assessment will focus on:
1. Individual participation in the activities proposed in the sessions (40%)
2. Group creation and presentation of integrative artistic productions (60%)

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