Environmental Art (5 cr)
Code: KKU1112-3001
General information
Enrollment
01.08.2020 - 15.09.2020
Timing
16.03.2021 - 07.05.2021
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Institute of Design and Fine Arts (LAB)
Campus
Lappeenranta Campus
Teaching languages
- English
Seats
20 - 35
Degree programmes
- Bachelor's Degree Programme in Visual Arts
Teachers
- Hanna Kostiainen
- William Dennisuk
Scheduling groups
- Harjoitukset 1 (Size: 17. Open UAS: 0.)
- Harjoitukset 2 (Size: 17. Open UAS: 0.)
Groups
-
KUVA19Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Fine Arts 19S, Lappeenranta
Small groups
- Toteutuksen opetusryhmä 1
- Toteutuksen opetusryhmä 2
Learning outcomes
Student
- learn an introduction to the history, development and contemporary practices of Environmental Art.
- learn how to engage and analyze the public space by becoming more aware of all the perceptual, haptic, tactile, historical, social, and natural forces that have shaped that place or space, and then learn how to develop a response to that space.
- learn how to develop and implement a sight-specific art project for an existing public space.
Implementation and methods of teaching
Environmental Art is an umbrella term that captures a wide range of artistic activities that includes, site-specific art, bio-art, art-in-public-places, art-in-context, site-generated-art, as well as other terms. Basically, the course deals with how artists are making art outside the context of museums and galleries.
The goal of this course is to make students more aware of the various ways that contemporary artists are engaging the environment with art. The course has an added goal of giving an historical look at how this field developed and who were the important artist in this field. Finally, the most important goal of the course is that the student will test their own ideas outside in the environment.
Students will be given a number of short assignments that will emphasize various aspects of environmental art, such as: using natural materials, working with found-objects, designing with light, working with words and text, developing a site-specific work, making a social or political statement in a public space, and making a sculptural object for a public space.
Timing and attendance
The course will be structured so that during each week there will be one assignment. Each assignment will be connected to a different theme or method for approaching the environment. There are options to work alone or in groups. Most students end up making so-called "real" projects in the environment, while other students might chose to make a so-called "dream-project", which is a proposal in the form of a presentation or scale-model.
Assessment scale
1-5