Brief Course Description
1. Course Title:
Art & Culture Project
2. Language of Instruction:
Tiếng Việt
3. Course Code:
MED548155
4. Credits:
3
5. Course Objectives:
The course ""Project 1: Art and Culture"" aims to help students understand and master the process of implementing community-based art projects. The course provides knowledge about the basic concepts of art, as well as its context and role in society. Students will learn how to design and implement art projects that have a positive impact on the community, while developing teamwork, communication, and project management skills. Through this, students will have the opportunity to create art pieces that carry significant social value.
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6. Brief Description of Course Content:
This course focuses on the production of public art projects in public places and streets in the city (especially in association with cultural events), socially engaged art and community art. Students will examine the conceptual framework for what public art is and its context (either permanent or in cultural events), how artists and people are engaged, and how public art is managed.
As the course begins, the instructor will provide an orientation class on public art, public art controversies, temporary works, current issues, the roles that stakeholders play in the public art process, educational programming, the interaction between art and culture, and the importance of public art planning.
Before diving into their key group project - the dynamic public art project- students will be assigned to work in a small group to explore and present in class one of the five key topics: public art (as mainstream), street art (as guerilla art), established art city, abandoned place revitalized by art, and public engagement through interactivity).
For the key project, students will be required to work in small group to produce a public art project that will introduce the following:
- Research, context, process and expected impact (especial for social change)
- Site specific. Time specific. Context specific. (Sites in Ho Chi Minh City are encouraged).
- The socio-political significance of the placement and imposition of symbols in the public arena.
- Public interaction, engagement, and collaboration.
Readings, case studies, and site visits will be used to give students an overview of the field of public art and the role that public art plays in communities in the city.