BA (Hons) Fine Art: Computational Arts
University of the Arts London
Key Information
Campus location
London, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
3 years
Pace
Full time
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Introduction
BA (Hons) Fine Art: Computational Arts
BA Fine Art: Computational Arts opens up a reflexive understanding of time and space as generated from avant-garde moving image practices to begin to innovate from a creative digital perspective. The course begins by testing and questioning the potential and impact of emerging technologies on visual culture and their societal implications.
Questions of identity, systems and agency form the theoretical foundations of this course. Students are encouraged to consider how coding can be used more widely, perhaps as a tool for social change. The course will open up opportunities to explore and develop decolonial practices and critically question cultural inequalities.
The course is delivered in partnership with the Creative Computing Institute (CCI) and some of the course units are delivered within CCI. You do not need to know how to code to apply to this course. There are many low-tech paths into computation, including immersive sound. The course will introduce you to new and exciting technologies that are changing the interface between art and culture. It will open up this evolving field through a series of projects.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Curriculum
Year 1
- Unit 1 - Introduction to fine art and computational art
- Unit 2 - Creative coding and practice
- Unit 3 - Computational ideas into practice
- Unit 4 - Activating practice
Year 2
- Unit 5 - Working for a context
- Unit 6 - Collaborative and collective practices
- Unit 7 - Machine learning
- Unit 8 - Audiences
Year 3
- Unit 9 - Practice and articulation
- Unit 10 - Practice and presentation
Program Outcome
- Exhibitions
- Individual and group tutorials
- Group projects
- Lectures and talks
- Live, practical and research led projects
- Peer review
- Reflective journal
- Self-evaluative writing
- Seminars
- Studio work
- Workshops
All our students have the opportunity and are supported in exhibiting their work to an external audience. During the second year, all students will also be invited to collaborate and network as well as take part in a variety of seminars and workshops hosted by a variety of external arts organisations. Graduates will have acquired a range of attributes associated with self-directed learning as well as well key skills in computing that could be applied in a variety of professional industry contexts.
Program Tuition Fee
Program delivery
BA Fine Art Computational Arts is offered in full-time mode. It is divided into 3 stages over 3 academic years. Each stage consists of 30 teaching weeks. You will be expected to commit an average of 40 hours per week to your course, including teaching hours and independent study.