5th of October

I found that the difference between arts courses and design courses is that art is to convey ideas and emotions whilst design is to create a functional object that can also communicate an idea. Almost all the courses I looked at across both areas follow this formula. A lot of the courses use the word communicate, which showed me at all the courses want students to communicate their ideas and emotions.

I think that Glasgow is more focused around individual and reflective study and the delivery of the course is distant, vague and indirect, while Edinburgh and Dundee are focused around guided study as well as reflective and the delivery being direct and attentive.

After looking more deeply at the GSA 2021 degree show I’ve seen some work that interested me, which has slightly changed my view on GSA. It seemed a lot more individual than previous work that I had seen, a lot of it being experimental installation work, which is something I'm interested in doing after this course.

https://gsashowcase.net/edward-jones/

https://gsashowcase.net/callum-diffey/

https://gsashowcase.net/yangpeng-zhou/

https://gsashowcase.net/maia-pace-jackson/

However, I spoke to a friend that is currently studying at GSA and they say that the school teaching itself is bad but the atmosphere there is great. There is hardly any tutor help at the moment and they hardly ever do material or process demos and only briefs for the materials that the students are working with. The semesters and courses are almost strictly all independent work with no input from the tutors. There is also little access to materials and studio space. All of this is taken from insight from a current student but I might get more information about specific courses on their open day. I am thinking about applying to the sculpture and environmental art course at the moment, before the open day, as it will allow me to be experimental with my mediums but not too broad. 

I attended the Edinburgh University arts open day, in which they explained all the courses in more detail. After being at the Fine Arts course talk it is clear to me that this isn't an option anymore as the course is so focused on art history, which wasn't clear in the website description. It is split down the middle with art practice and as I already knew but the amount of time that art history would take up in the semesters is something I wouldn't like. I met the different lectures for each course as well. I found that all the courses are connected in some way, they let you explore all different mediums no matter what specialised course you choose, and no matter which degree you choose. You can meet with the lecturer regularly, once a week was mentioned in the open day. The photography course mentioned that you can use film and video as part of your work. They also talked about introduce you to galleries and extrarnal organisations, explaining the taxation of your work and insurance in an art practice. I havent looked that deeply into the 2021 degree show but I've seen some work that I like. I am thinking of applying to either sculpture or intermedia courses.

https://www.graduateshow.eca.ed.ac.uk/portfolio/maria-cecilie-wrang-rasmussen

https://www.graduateshow.eca.ed.ac.uk/portfolio/oliver-fj-jones

I have still to do more research on Dundee and its teaching methods, as well as the courses it offers. I have signed up for their open day so hopefully it gives me more insight into how the courses are run as well as the lectures. From what I have gathered, the courses at Dundee are progressive and interesting. 

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