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BRIEF

Note: this brief is the Instrument of Assessment for thisunit

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he Brief :

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A REMNANT MARK - ( Dead or Alive )

OVERINDULGENCE ( Kitsc)!URGEONING ( De"#i#$ Ur%a# Areas )

You will undertake a personal investigation of the art and design discipline which you wish tospecialise in for the 2ndYear of your HND. You will identify a specific topic in this discipline toresearch and analyse.$ut%ome & ' (nderta)e an investigation of an art and design dis%i*lineIt is essential for progression to employment or Higher Education that you are able to putyour chosen specialism into contet with life from historical and contemporary events andtechnological progress.

You will begin by investigating the development of your chosen discipline from !"## to thepresent and also any predictions for the future. $he sub%ects which are included in your HNDare&PaintingPrintma)ing#%ul*tureIllustration+isual Communi%ation,e-eller or an other /D Design Dis%i*lineYou could also show how these disciplines have developed over time in relation to social'political' cultural' technological and environmental events.

You should begin by choosing your discipline and creating a time line from !"## to thepresent showing how your discipline has been effected by changes in life and world events (for eample technology develops constantly and will have a ma%or effect on how artists anddesigners produce their work in relation to materials and processes.You must present visual and annotated information

0ou %an *resent our visual findings b *rodu%ing either:

) visual Diary

)! *resentation +oards

) *ower *oint *resentation

his must be the e1uivalent of at least &2 x A3 *ages

hese must in%lude:

+isuals -hi%h ex*lain the information -hi%h ou have dis%overed in date order4+isuals should sho-:

$he )rt,Design -ork

Events effecting the *rogress of your discipline

$echnological processes effecting your discipline

Influential )rtists who were pioneers of the discipline

Annotated information %an either be in%luded alongside the visuals or in a re*ort from-hi%h referen%es the visuals and should in%lude:

Dates

Eplanations of why events in your time line were influential to the development of

your discipline

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Eplanations of why technological progress has influenced the development of your

discipline.

Eplanations of why artists, designers you have chosen were and are pioneering to

their discipline.

eep a note of where you sourced all visual information and /uotes in order to reference

these to avoid plagiarism.

0our ime 5ine "ust be %om*lete b -ee) 6 for formative assessment and mustin%lude all the re1uirements detailed above and our must referen%e our sour%es 7visuals and an 1uotes ou are using.

$ut%ome 2 7 #nthesis 8the %ombination of ideas to form a theor9 and *resent a*ersonal investigation 7 min. 24 -ord'*ro%essed essa.

Having investigated the development of your specialism you will select a specific topic topresent your own analysis of a focused area. You should select a topic which you feel isrelevant to your own work and interest in the art and design discipline.

0ou %an %hoose one of the follo-ing a**roa%hes:

$wo )rtists,Designers to compare and contrast their approaches one historical and

one contemporary.

$wo )rt,Design movements to compare and contrast' one historical and one

contemporary

)n event or events 0these must have relevant links1 in your time line which had ma%or

influences on )rt,Design ( this could have been something ground breaking'controversial or detrimental.

) technological process or processes which had ma%or influences to art and design in

positive or negative contets.

0ou must *rodu%e +isual and Annotated information and %an use an of thea**roa%hes from $ut%ome & and must ensure that ou referen%e visual sour%es andan 1uotes used.

In our *resentation ou must in%lude:

) title and eplanation of the approach you are taking

Your personal Interest in this approach and how it influences you and your own

approaches

*ersonal interpretation of the material you have gathered

Your own opinions of the facts which you have discovered

) conclusion to the approach which reflects what you have learned and how this mayhave changed from the epectations at the outset to the personal investigation.

A minimum of 2 -ords 8-ord *ro%essed9 ; visuals

An oral *resentation -hi%h should be a**roximatel & minutes.