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With Glasgow School of Art (School of Fine Art), students will engage in a series of seminars exploring sound art from Fine Art and Music perspectives, leading to a joint presentation or collaboration.

Initial 2 hour seminar, followed by fortnightly half hour joint guidance meetings

Mandatory Entry Requirements: Standard entry to Masters at College level and entry to the MMus Sonic Arts

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Each student will work in dialogue with GSA fine art students to create an installation or 20 minute presentation exploring sound from different disciplinary perspectives (80%), with an accompanying reflective analysis of ca. 1000 words (20%).

The overall aim of this course is to explore sound art from fine art and musical perspectives, through dialogue and collaboration. In particular the course aims to:

■ Enhance students' understanding of a wide range of perspectives on sound as a culturally significant medium

■ Explore critical discourse across fine art and music fields

■ Enrich students' practice through engagement with a variety of media and contexts

■ Provide an opportunity to develop sustainable working relationships

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ Critically evaluate artistic practice from a range of perspectives drawn from different fields

■ Undertake research and/or artistic practice that addresses questions drawn from different disciplinary perspectives

■ Work in dialogue with others to create and show an art-work or presentation that embraces these questions, with accompanying documentation as appropriate

■ Identify avenues for further development

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.