MUS21000 Performing Process

Academic Year 2024/2025

This module examines collaborative creative performances from the 1960s to the present day. Using performative work created by the Fluxus group as a starting point, the module documents practice that foreground the process of creation over the outcome. A variety of different artforms are discussed including music, performance art, concrete poetry, and dance to illustrate creative approaches to performing a process. Students are equipped with the tools to contextualise their work in a broader continuum; to develop artistic material from very little; to sustain an idea; to translate from one medium to another; and to bring different disciplines together in a coherent performance.
The outcome of the module is for students to create a collaborative group piece of creative performance preceded by a formative commentary discussing one or more of the artforms explored in class. The module is supported by lectures, practical workshops, and tutorials utilising the trapdoor performance space. The module is available to all with an open mind regardless of their experience in creative practice or performance.

Show/hide contentOpenClose All

Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this module students should be able to:
- demonstrate a contextual knowledge of experimental performance practices from the 1960s to the present day.
- deploy with precision the creative techniques and characteristics of multidisciplinary performance.
- perform according to the specific requirements of the genre.
- work collaboratively, create, and problem-solve as a team.

Indicative Module Content:

1) Fluxus composition and artistic practice
2) Text/instructive scores
3) Minimal music
4) Performance and conceptual art
5) Artistic Translation
6) Concrete poetry
7) Contemporary dance
8) group feedback

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Autonomous Student Learning

75
Lectures

6
Tutorial

12
Practical

6
Project Supervision

12
Total

111
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
In-person lectures (1 hour per week first half of trimester)
Face-to-face group tutorial (1 hour per week directly following lecture - critical feedback session)
Face-to-face in-class studio group work (second half of trimester)
self-directed group practice leading up to the final assessment 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Assignment(Including Essay): Write a commentary of between 1000-1500 words discussing one of the artforms explored in class. Week 7 Graded No

20

 Yes
Group Work Assignment: Devise and perform a piece of collaborative multidisciplinary work that utilises techniques and methods discussed in class. Week 12 Graded Yes

80

 Yes

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

written/annotated feedback through the VLE on students' commentaries In-class feedback on work-in-progress ahead of final group performance, and written/annotated feedback through the VLE on final performance.

Goldberg, Roselee, Performance Now. Thames & Hudson, 2018.
Goldberg, Roselee, Performance Art, 4th Edition. Thames & Hudson, 2024.
Harren, Natilee, Fluxus Forms: Scores, Multiples, and the Eternal Network. University of Chicago Press, 2020.
Nyman, Michael, Experimental Music: Cage & Beyond, 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Perloff, Nancy, Concrete Poetry, a 21st-Century Anthology. Reaktion Books, 2021.