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Critical Studies Stage 1

FIAR 160 & 163

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Signposts Presentation 1: Introduction

Signposts Presentation 2: Reading and Notetaking

Signposts Presentation 3: Research Methods

Signposts Presentation 4: Notes on Writing a Critique of an Exhibition

Signposts Presentation 5: Referencing

Signposts Presentation 6: Notes on Essay/Critique for FIAR163

Signposts Presentation 7: Your Presentation

Reading List

London Trip (travel and links)

London Trip (notes)


Lecture Notes:
• Beuys
• An Index of Possibilities
• The Image Exclipse
• A Question of Authorship
• Phenomenology
• The Score
• Warhol
• Situationism
• Orality and Literacy
• The Word
• The Open Work
• Tracking the 'Underside' in Science
 


Travel Information on the Signposts London Trip
to the Tate Modern Friday 30th October 2009

This trip is an excellent opportunity to gather material for writing your 'Critique of an Exhibition'.
(more notes here)

Travel

Trains
Exeter St Davids to Waterloo takes around 3 and a half hours but Tate Modern is walkable *
Plymouth to Paddington takes around 3 and a half hours hours but you'll need to get tube to Waterloo *

bookings:
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/

http://www.thetrainline.com

British Rail National Enquiries - 0845 7484950

A Student Railcard costs £24 for 1 year - to purchase you will need your student card, proof of age and a photo and will need to buy this in advance (not on the morning of travel!)

This gives a discount of 33% - a return ticket from Plymouth to Paddington will cost £46

Advance tickets are available for around £17 but you must book these well in advance

With a Student Railcard you cannot usually travel before 10am or until 19.10 (7.10pm) on your return journey so check the details.

Road
If driving could you offer a fellow student a lift to share costs?
The SU minibus is available for hire (you will obviously need a valid driving licence)
Coach - 08705 80 80 80
Coach is very slow (around 6hrs one way) but economical - especially if you book in advance. When you arrive in London you will then need to make your way from Victoria Coach Station to the Tate Modern (tube to Blackfriars).

A day return is £33 from a booking office but cheaper tickets are available online - you may be able to get a cheap 'funfare' ticket but you will need to book this online, in advance:

http://www.nationalexpress.com

You may wish to buy an NX2 discount card - more info here:
http://www.ukstudentlife.com/Shop/Company/NationalExpress.htm

Traveline (general travel enquiries - bus, coach, rail etc.):
0870 608 2 608
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I've tried very hard to make the above as accurate as possible (phoning around etc.) - please email me if you have other information p1ramsay@plymouth.ac.uk

NB. Seminar staff may announce their own meeting arrangements

You are, of course, free to visit any London gallery on the day or thereafter.

Selected London Gallery Links (in no particular order):

http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/default.htm

http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/currentexhibitions.htm

http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/default.htm

http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/

http://www.serpentinegallery.org/

http://www.whitechapel.org/

http://www.lisson.co.uk/

http://www.barbican.org.uk/art/index.asp

http://www.hayward.org.uk/

http://www.ica.org.uk/

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/

http://www.npg.org.uk/live/index.asp (National Portrait Gallery)

http://www.whitecube.com/flash.html

http://www.photonet.org.uk/

http://www.artgalleries-london.com/


Selected Other Galleries

http://www.spacex.co.uk/ (Exeter)

http://www.arnolfini.org.uk/ (Bristol)
http://www.spike-island.org.uk/ (Bristol)

http://www.newlynartgallery.co.uk/ (Newlyn and the Exchange, Penzance)

http://www.plymouthartscentre.org/art.html (Plymouth)
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