We will have 28 face to face sessions of 4 hours each. These sessions alter between lectures, exercises, individual and in-groups discussions, project work and supervision. Week one is introduction, week 2-7 has 3 smaller projects that each last 4 sessions and follow the stucture below: 1. Introductory lecture with examples that refer forward to the assignment the following week and refer ‘backwards’ to the theory of 'Digital Aesthetics' 2. Tool introduction, class room teaching - remixing existing works - individual projects 3. Project - practice - formation of own project based remix - followed by a mandatory hand-in 4. Presentation - group critics From week 8-14 the students work on their own project and all following sessions are meant to support this process. Towards the end of the course there will be an exhibition and after that we will work on documenting the process and the project. The last two weeks of the semester are left without meetings so that the students can work on their final essays. This course is worth 12,5 ECTS, which is almost half of the study time. The expected study time is approximately 17 hours a week, eight hours scheduled teaching activities plus nine hours preparation, reading and writing
This course has a two part assessment, the percentage indicates the way that each part is weighed towards the final mark: - a theoretical/analytical essay (50%) in groups. - a final creative project that will be presented and documented at an exhibition (50%) in groups. All students will be able to follow their individual progress inside LearnIt, where we will publish a list of the attended creative workshops, as well as grades for both the theoretical essay and the creative project. If students are not fulfilling the mandatory activities, the re-exam will have another form. Group size for exam: 2-5 students. Reexam: During the course the students have to deliver a exhibited artefact to be allowed for exam (50%). A second attempt will be allowed within the course to any student that is unable to exhibit at the common exhibit event. The students deliver a reflective essay of approx. 4.000 words + documentation of design process and exhibition event. This is graded for each individual student (50%) Every student will have a face-to-face consultation with a discussion on their achievements and future learning as part of the course schedule. Re-exam for the written part of the course will be an individual delivery of the written work, graded with no oral exam.