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 piece of creative performance preceded by a formative assessment in proposing their project in a hypothetical funding bid, thus enabling real world artistic experience. 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.

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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.
- demonstrate proficiency at completing an arts funding bid.

Indicative Module Content:

Indicative Module Content:
Fluxus composition and artistic practice
minimal music
text/instructive scores
performance and conceptual art
artistic translation
concrete poetry
contemporary dance
funding bids
group feedback

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

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Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
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 Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade

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