VIS3015 Visual Research Methods (FOART)

Units 1.0 (Visual Arts and Crafts) Band 1

Synopsis

This course develops and explores research methodologies and processes which are relevant to visual arts theory and studio practice. It is designed to introduce and identify appropriate processes for research in visual arts theory and practice which are to do with discovery, and which can be used to elicit data to do with personal ideas, observations and interpretations. In visual research this data might bear on practical issues or underlying theories, on matters of intention (like the imaginative concepts that lie behind the work), ways of assessing what is done, or the processes of actually handling materials and techniques. Its methods of collection may be quantitative and qualitative. Throughout the course students will develop a research report which reflects upon, theorizes and describes the studio-based research.