2023

Projects of Plastic Arts and Multimedia I

Name: Projects of Plastic Arts and Multimedia I
Code: VIS12767L
9 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/234 hours
Scientific Area: Arte Multimédia, Artes Plásticas

Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Presentation

This course consists of the free developoment of a project in Fine Arts or Digital Arts, with the tutorial assistance of four faculty members.

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

- Acquire the ability to develop a personal artistic contemporary demonstrating the mastery of the operational
and technical processes related to the technologies, languages and modes of expression learned throughout the
course in the plastic arts and multimedia, according to the your interests;
- Contextualize the project by researching concepts, themes, works, authors, as well as other areas of knowledge
that can enrich the student's work;
- Reflect on the process of artistic creation by developing research capacity, critical sense and rigor;
- To deepen hybrid language in the context of contemporary artistic practices characterized by the
interpenetration of disciplinary boundaries, taking into account the diversity of means of expression and the
references used in a project;
- Provide students with the ability to understand the relationship and dialogue between the work, the space and
the viewer in order to know how to publicly present the works in exhibition spaces, real or virtual.

Contents

1. Conceptualization, planning and scheduling of the project.
• Development of a personal artistic project by selecting a theme (concept, image, author, among others).
Presentation, for each student, of a text justifying the reason for their choice. This phase of the creative process
will allow the student a greater understanding of the work he intends to develop and his planning and
scheduling.
2. Development and deepening of artistic laboratory practices within the scope of the project.
• Conducting studies and technical experiments, elaborated using each technology's own operating modes, in
order to discover the best solutions for their final works.
3. Selection, installation and presentation of artwork.
• Completion of the project. Selection, with the help of the teacher, of his most relevant works as well as
planning and realization of the installation of the same for the final semester evaluation.

Teaching Methods

Exercises, theoretical presentations of the contents and study visits. The evaluation is continuous taking into account: attendance; commitment; creativity; evolution, and; knowledge domain. There will be a continuous evaluation and a final assessment evaluated by a jury composed of the subject teacher and teachers of the course.



In the NORMAL SEASON assessment students can opt for the Continuous Evaluation or Final Evaluation schemes. The RECOURSE, SPECIAL and EXTRAORDINARY seasons are governed by the Final Evaluation scheme.



1. CONTINUOUS EVALUATION:

a) Participation in classes: 20%;

b) Work done in the classes with the teacher follow-up and submitted at least to a periodic evaluation: 40 %;

c) Presentation and defense of the work done during classes: 40%.

– Classification: sum of a), b) and c).



2. FINAL EVALUATION:

a) Work done in the classes with the teacher follow-up: 40%;

b) Exam about the subject contents: 60%.

– Classification: sum of a) plus b).