Credit Points: 40
This module brings together traditional and new technologies to give students an opportunity to construct images in a new way i.e. not just with a camera. This convergence will allow contemporary debates surrounding the digital age to be explored. This module will build upon the studio skills introduced in Portraiture and introduce 3D imaging.
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The module is designed to introduce level 1 student’s to new technologies and debates. The module will require students to mix both traditional and new technologies to construct images. The effects and implications of their convergence will be examined through practice and theory. Through lectures, seminars and small practical exercises key subjects will be looked at, such as indexicality, static photography versus virtual computer space, the ‘death’ of photography, hyperreality and ‘post-human vision’ and the nature of reality. Workshops will build upon the studio skills taught in the Portraiture module. Digital imaging and 3D software will be introduced.
Toward the latter half of the module students will be set a larger final project. The work they produce should bring together both practical, technical and contextual content.
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