In this elective students will examine implications of technological assimilation of text and strategies of adapting language to reflect contemporary cultural landscapes with its inherent emphasis on speed and brevity. The course will look to methods of utilizing fragmented narratives appropriated from literary sources as a format. Content will include an exploration of Ekphrasticism – the interchange between the visual and written. Topics will include discussion of album and book covers, the relevance of memes, emojis, blended-form short stories, advertising logos, fragments of scientific text etc. A new formatting of artist’s or designer’s statements and pivotal texts which reflect a visual medium will be central to the course.

This module will use a mixture of history, theory and practice to explore the potential of networks for creative practitioners.

Lecture Seminars will explore the past, present and future of the Internet. The Internet as we know it today is dominated by big corporations but does it really have to be this way?

Whereas the officially sanctioned history of the internet channels a course from ARPANET to the World Wide Web, there is a lot to be gained by embracing the heterogeneity of other forgotten, neglected or suppressed networks.

Together we will challenge the technical history of the internet, excavate a social history of the internet, uncover artistic experiments with networks before and after the internet, and speculate on networked futures.

Using beginner-friendly chunks of technical learning we will look at the web from a more technical perspective starting with an introduction to basic html (hypertext markup language) and moving to p5.js. HTML is still the skeleton which holds much of the content delivered across many of the web-based platforms we use every day

If you’re looking to establish yourself as an artist, media producer or designer now or in the future, and are looking to create your own products/portfolio in order to sell your work, then this Module could be perfect for you.
The Module will be very focused on developing the tools and mindsets that will be helpful when transforming a creative practice into an enterprise. We work on the basics such as defining creative enterprise and building business marketing and sales plans while building your confidence and business pitching skills. This module will include a series of conversations and field trips to engage with successful entrepreneurs.

How Might I Reimagine My Practice through Circular Principles?

The current modus operandi of creative industries is a linear one, largely following a ‘take-make-use-waste’ model. It is crucial that we as artists & designers radically reimagine our practices to be more circular, whereby work is made sustainably, used longer and then re-used or recycled at end-of-use. This Circular by Design (CbD) elective will equip students with the knowledge base and practical, adaptable skills required to apply circular principles & strategies to their design and art production and processes.

Through a series of practice-based workshops and lectures, you will have the opportunity to individually and collectively find new possibilities for digital applications.A wide range digital techniques will be explored that drae on the inherent qualities of the making process to support contemporary creative practice. the module is designed as a series of digital-making activities.

This course looks to equip learners with an awareness of the issues surrounding designing diversity and equality, such as the need to decolonise the discipline, while also providing the tools, methods and platforms to enact personal change.

Art and Design have far-reaching capacities for generating shared language and connecting people and communities. Today we see those forms resonate more than ever before in the multilingual, culturally heterogeneous, digitally interconnected spaces around the globe.

Students will gain an understanding of race, racism and stereotyping and how it manifested in graphic design.

Students will look at decolonising art; what it means and also steps needed to create change.

The course aims to foster a culture of inclusion that welcomes difference, promotes agency and facilitates shared voices, within an expansive spectrum of creative cultures, practices, and competencies.