Fine Art and Digital Media (Placement Year) - BA (Hons)

Lancaster University

The Fine Art and Digital Media degree places you at the forefront of contemporary art practice, where creativity meets rapidly evolving digital technologies. This course encourages you to expand your artistic practice while critically engaging with the opportunities and challenges of digital media.With a strong focus on professional experience and transferable skills, this degree prepares you for a wide range of careers across the digital media and creative sectors, equipping you with both creative confidence and industry awareness**Why study Fine Art and Digital Media at Lancaster?*** Work with tutors who are practicing artists and scholars, working with video, 3D, machine learning, environment, temporality, new materialism, participation and socially engaged practices.* Learn from expert academics who shape conversations in areas such as media power, ethics and AI* Combine digital art practices with the study of contemporary art and emerging debates in art and media.* Benefit from our Fine Art studio space, expert technical support, and a fully equipped digital media studio* As you progress though the course, choose modules from either subject, depending on your own interests**How will I develop my skills in Digital Media Art at Lancaster?**Digital Media Art at Lancaster is about finding your voice and deciding what matters to you in today’s contemporary art landscape. With engaging seminars in art history and theory, we’ll support you in shaping your values and understanding the evolving role of art. As you develop these ideas in your own studio practice, discover how contemporary digital art can be bold, critical and meaningful.You will broaden your understanding of contemporary Art via hands-on projects, technical demonstrations and skills-based workshops. Experiment with video, digital art, installation, painting, drawing, sculpture, and their many hybrids. Our purpose-built studios include a digital art lab, installation spaces and fully equipped workshops.**What areas of Digital Media will I study?**Developments in digital technology range from overly friendly chatbots to inconspicuous algorithms. But what role do digital media technologies play in our everyday lives, our local communities and cultures, and the global societies we live in?Our team carries out world-leading research into a wide range of fascinating topics, from artificial intelligence and algorithmic cultures to fandom, sustainability, media activism, gender and sexualities, and more. Our academics consult on key policy debates and bring their expert knowledge into their teaching.You will learn how digital technologies, in their many forms, function in our everyday lives and the global societies we live in. Through exploring key themes in digital societies, such as social media, digital creativity, artificial intelligence, algorithmic power and surveillance, you will discover how these themes present both opportunities and challenges within our everyday lives and the creative industries.**What opportunities are there to gain professional experience at Lancaster University?**Throughout the course you will have networking opportunities, lectures and workshops with professional artists and industry experts, and field trips.Gaining professional experience is important, and previous students have worked with arts organisations such as Deco Publique, Good Things Collective, FACT Liverpool, and Lancaster Arts. Tutors draw on a wealth of experience in exhibiting, curating and writing including high profile residencies and commissions in museums, galleries and cultural industries worldwide. They have exhibited at institutions such as the Henry Moore Institute, the Foreman Art Gallery Canada and Hong Kong Art Fair.**Your Placement Year**Sometimes known as a year in industry, your placement year will take place between your seco

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