Art and Critical Thinking 1001
This course will look beyond the tools to reshape your thinking and develop your critical thinking skills.
Tutor
Paul Mellender
Develop your critical thinking skills to create art that goes beyond the visual
This course is for those looking to get a deeper insight into what is meant by ‘art’ and how to use art to direct attention to conceptual issues and push expectations. It’s for those looking to give their work meaning and for those looking to communicate their ideas clearly to their audience.
During this course, we will introduce concepts both old and new; we’ll look at the ‘sequence of art’ (the art cognitive hierarchy) and delve into the concepts of history and superstition. We will demonstrate how to communicate ideas through the visual medium, how to problem solve and critique to find out what is working well and what needs to be improved.
Lessons in this course
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03. The body
This lesson will focus on the somatosensory system, peripersonal space and the mechanosensory system. We'll look at navigating space and the importance of proximity, and how this relates to friends and foes when it comes to designing a narrative. We'll also study creating a point-of-view and shifting identities. -
07. Storytelling and narrative
During this lesson, we'll study the building blocks of storytelling and narrative. This will include studying the 'sequence' and taking a look at what is considered a conventional sequence, how they are useful and how they are constraining. We'll then look at bringing your own ideas to the table and using the body as a storyteller. -
08. Facial expressions
In this lesson, we'll explore the face and colour signals. We'll examine the ideas of 'projecting' a signal and 'receiving' a signal, and how expression can relate to status, role and identity. We'll examine the ideas of 'projecting' a signal and 'recieving' a signal, and how expressiong can relate to status, role and identity. -
11. Deep truths
With art we have choices, and although our choices may be limited to a degree, we are still responsible for those choices. So how do we improve and communicate our ideas? He'll we will explore how to grow as an artist and we'll also examine non-art states of experience, such as isolation and sensory deprivation.