Righto, here goes! After talking with Geoff concerning my future career plans (secondary teaching), he suggested tailoring my FMP around this. He also mentioned a few things that were of concern to him and others in the industry and wondered if i would be interested in doing something in regards to this. I have pasted the points he raised from one of my class blog entries (so i don't have to type it all out!)
I have an angle that you might be interested in- that is of real concern to me, my peers and professional colleagues within high level graphic design education...the area of foundation and diploma teaching and the continuation of 'outmoded mythologies'.The tradition of teaching at this level extends beyond some 30 years, so why do we still assume in a more visually aware, concise and technology savvy age that to get on to a degree course:
You need an A1 portfolio
You need lots of life-drawing
You must keep lots of sketchbooks
You must write an essay about a 20th century 'art' movement
You must have dedicated desk space
You must see your tutor an awful lot to ask 'what do I do'
You must continue to silk-screen print
You must have access to wet photography
You must be good at 3D...???
Many of these characteristics are diametrically apposed to what we are actually looking for:
Strong individuality
Contemporary awareness
Self-direction
Contextual sensitivity
Purpose and ambition
Ideas around conceptional modelling
Evidence of the ability to engagae in deep learning......interested?
How can we get the message out there?
Had some comments on the class blog regarding this and we all seem to have shared the same experiences; sketchbooks (you have to have tons and they must be full of crap; twigs, leaves, sweet wrappers etc), the almost obligatory A1 portfolio, etc etc. Been thinking about how i could get the message across (which is difficult; how do you undo years of deep rooted beliefs?!), and have come up with a few ideas, will explain them once i've posted some visuals.
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2 comments:
Hi Christine
Like we were talking bout in class, def a good idea to promote this cos i was made to spend hours working on my line drawings and oil paintings for my interview, being told we had to have at least 10 a1 examples which never even got looked at!
Are you going to contact anyone like ucas bout actually using what u produce? or just aimming it at the students that come to the show?
mat
Probably more at people coming to the show (bound to be a few foundation teachers/students there and other bods); i don't think Ucas would touch it with a barge pole! I guess this is more of a concept.
Christine
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