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BK2600

BFA Exhibition

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Credits 30
Level Third-year courses, level III
Course start Spring 2025
Duration 1 semester
Examination arrangement BFA exhibition

About

About the course

Course content

In the third year, practice is contextualized and ends with a joint public exhibition. The students plan, program and carry out the exhibition in close collaboration with an internal or external coordinator. Each student presents their bachelor's project, which has been developed and carried out during the third year in dialogue with the supervisor and fellow students. Structured writing guidance during the spring semester is part of the bachelor's exhibition, and will help the student clarify and communicate his artistic practice in relation to context.

Learning outcome

When finishing the course the student will be able to:

  • Realize a contemporary artistic exam project.
  • Write a critical reflective text that contextualize the artistic project or work and critically reflect on the development of practice.
  • Plan and carry through an artistic process from start to finish, produce and exhibit an artistic work and can define and contextualise the examination work.

And:

  • Is familiar with methods of professional practice after graduation.
  • Has competencies that form the basis for admission to any MFA study program.
  • Has knowledge about how to transport, build, think, describe, finance, promote and distribute artistic forms and ideas in a sustainable, efficient, and creative way.

Learning methods and activities

Participation in working groups for production of the exhibition. Tutorials with main and second supervisors.

Supervision with fellow students and supervisors.

Production of the exam text, which is to be submitted in Inspera. Presentation of the completed project within the BFA exhibition and formal evaluation in an oral examination with external examiner and supervisors. Public group discussion of the BFA exhibition.

Specific conditions

Approved compulsory assignments are valid in the current semester.

Compulsory assignments

  • Participation in course activities
  • Hand-in: Technical rider for the Bachelor Exhibition
  • Hand-in: Risk assessment for the Bachelor Exhibition
  • Submission of draft for Bachelor text

Further on evaluation

BFA exam:

  1. BFA exam text: text of 3000 to 5000 words that contextualize the artistic project or work and critically reflect on the development of practice. Submission to Inspera. Submission date in Inspera will be announced at the beginning of the semester. Documentation: Sufficient visual, audiovisual or other documentation of the exam project and/or projects from the previous years of study. Can be merged with the BFA exam text. Submission to Inspera.
  2. Oral presentation of finished and exhibited BFA project and examination assessment of process and project with examiner and external censor. The oral presentation serves as adjusting oral assessment.

Postponed or new exam will take place in the next exam period.

Specific conditions

Admission to a programme of study is required:
Fine Art (BBK)

Required previous knowledge

Approved completion of BK2501

Approved completion of compulsory and elective courses within the BFA study plan total 150 ects.

inclusive

Approved completion of Exphil - Eksamen philosophicum for humaniora og estetiske fag 7.5 ects

and

Approved completion of HFO-emne 7.5 ects

Subject areas

  • Fine Art

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Trondheim Academy of Fine Art