Admission requirements
BA-degree, course is ONLY accessible to students in the Master Program Film and Photographic Studies
Description
This course will examine current curatorial strategies concerning the projected and moving image. In a series of seminar meetings, subjects such as film programming, exhibition strategies, film heritage and the archive, cinephilia, the ‘filmic turn’ in recent video art practices, and the politics of film and video art festivals will be addressed. In addition to examining critical literature on the topics in question, students will develop their own academic research project in this course. They are expected to prepare a set of film or video screenings and to reflect on the criteria used for their selection. Students will also be introduced to the professional field by means of visits to exhibitions and institutions for the presentation, preservation and research of moving images.
Course objectives
To develop skills of oral presentation;
To conduct archival research in the field of art and cinema;
To develop skills of academic and critical writing;
To aquire knowledge of the curatorial history of film exhibitions and programmes.
Timetable
Weekly sessions of three hours and excursions. Timetable on the website
Mode of instruction
Seminar
Research
Excursion
Course Load
Total course load for the course: 10 EC = 280 hours.
Hours spent on attending lectures, seminars, excursions: 3 hours per week x 12 weeks = 36 hours
Time to prepare three presentations: 18 hours
Time for studying the compulsory literature: 66 hours
Time to write two papers and comments: 160 hours
Assessment method
Oral Presentation (Pass/Fail)
Research Paper (30%)
Film Program proposal (70%)
Weighing:
To complete the final mark, please take notice of the following:
the final mark for the course is established by determining the weighted average
Resit:
The resit is taken only for the insufficient parts.
Exam review:
How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.
Blackboard
Blackboard will be used to provide students with an overview of current affairs, as well as specific information about (components of) the course.
Reading list
Literature will be announced in Blackboard before the beginning of the course.
Registration
Enrollment through uSis is mandatory. If you have any questions, please contact the departmental office, tel. 071 5272144 or mail: osz-oa-eyckhof@humleidenuniv.nl.
Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs
Not accessible for à la carte or “Contractonderwijs”
Contact details
Please contact Student administration van Eyckhof
Coordinator of studies: stuco-ma-mediastudies@hum.leidenuniv.nl