Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Spring 2018 - CA 369 D100

Methods and Concepts: Selected Topics (3)

Spatial Presentation

Class Number: 13006

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 3 – Apr 10, 2018: Mon, Wed, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
    DT VSAR

  • Prerequisites:

    CA (or FPA) 160. A course materials fee is required.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

A studio course presenting topics in art-making practices as they relate to practical, conceptual, aesthetic and historical issues in contemporary art. This course may be taken more than once for credit under a different topic.

COURSE DETAILS:

Methods and Concepts: Spatial Presentation is an interdisciplinary studio course which concentrates on how space is visualized, conceptualized and represented. It is designed for students from all areas of the arts to help them develop the processes of organization and realization necessary for a working understanding of space as it applies to their practice. The course offers an introduction to the processes of vision and perception of space as well as the development of optical and perspectival systems that allow us to project into imagined and real space. Furthermore, the aim of the course is to explore and analyze the theoretical and conceptual background of art practices engaged with spatial concepts, notions of representation, and public and social space. The course is imagined as a laboratory and is organized as a research-based working environment with an emphasis on group work and collaborations. 

Registrar Notes:

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