英國皇家藝術學院
學院名稱Title
Royal College of Art，London
The Curating Contemporary Art programme
英國皇家藝術學院 當代藝術策展項目
策展人Curator
基特·哈蒙茲Kit Hammonds
導師Tutor
維多利亞·沃爾什Victoria Walsh
專業建立時間Founded
1992
建立宗旨Mission
The Curating Contemporary Art programme is a leader in its field, with an explicitly global perspective on the current role of the curator. Established in 1992, the MA Curating Contemporary Art is the only curatorial course to place the key issues posed by globalisation at the heart of its curriculum. It is also unique in operating on a studio model. It approaches the field critically, theoretically and through best-practice in commissioning, exhibition-making, programming and art writing in museums, galleries and a broad range of alternative contexts. Widely acknowledged as an important marker of current developments in contemporary art, the annual CCA show in the RCA galleries has become known for experimental approaches to working with artists, and for introducing new international artists to UK audiences.
當代藝術策展項目（簡稱為MA項目）是該領域中的翹楚，並在當前策展人角色中具有明確的國際視野。該項目建立於1992年，是唯一一個將全球化問題放置在學科建設核心的策展課程，也因其工作室教學模式而獨具一格。MA項目以辯證的、理論的方式直擊領域核心，並要在廣泛的語境中進行一系列的最佳實踐——項目協調、做展覽、做項目以及與博物館、畫廊寫作。本項目被普遍認為是當代藝術領域當前發展的重要推手，每年在皇家美術學院畫廊舉辦的CCA展覽，以與藝術家合作的實驗性方法以及向英國介紹新興國際藝術家而聞名。
課程簡介Curriculum
First Year
第一年
The first year combines learning through practical experience with historical, theoretical and critical reflection. Students work on various exhibition projects, and research and write two essays. They also undertake a number of study trips.
第一年我們在歷史、理論和批判性反思的基礎上將學習與實踐訓練結合。學生們將在不同的展覽項目中工作，並研究和寫出兩篇論文。學生還要進行一系列的研究旅行。
Practical Projects
實踐項目
Students work on a portfolio of practical exhibition projects.
學生以小組為單位在實際展覽項目中工作。
Teaching Blocks
The programme is structured around a series of intensive taught thematic teaching blocks. Block teaching is provided by programme staff and practising professionals, including curators, artists and critics.
教學理論：
MA項目是建立在一系列十分嚴密的專業教學理論之上。教學理論將由MA項目工作人員和實踐領域的專家（包括策展人、藝術家和批評家）組成。
Courses
In parallel with the teaching blocks and practical projects, a series of seminar-based and workshop-based courses led by programme staff run throughout the first year:
課程
在第一學年，與教學理論和實踐項目同期進展的將是一系列以研討會和工作坊為基礎的由MA項目工作人員指導的課程。
'Curatorial Practice' comprises a range of collaboratively realised curatorial projects. Participation in these projects is designed to equip you with the knowledge and understanding as well as the practical skills that you will need to curate exhibitions in a variety of contexts (commercial, institutional, etc.) and with a range of content (collections, film and video etc.) It involves active, practice-based thinking about ways in which exhibitions shape cultural history and enter curatorial discourse.
“策展實踐”包括一系列的合作實現的策展項目。本課程旨在讓參與者將對本行業的知識和理解協同實踐技巧並行，實施在各種語境下（商業，機構等）和由各種藝術品（收藏、電影和影像等）組成的展覽策劃當中。這涉及到主動的、以實踐為基礎的思考方法，使展覽塑造文化歷史，並進入策展話語之中。
Critical Theory is designed to introduce and discuss critical concepts and theories of art and culture relevant to the production, consumption and interpretation and understanding of contemporary art.
“批評理論”旨在介紹和討論與生産、消費、闡釋和理解當代藝術有關的批評理念和理論。
Writing for Curators aims to equip students with three distinct skills related to writing: to develop a personal writing style; to write in the ‘range’ of voices required of curators and construct appropriate texts and documents; and to produce academic writing appropriate to MA level. The course is designed to complement the various real and hypothetical curatorial projects which students work on in the first year, as well as preparing them to produce a final dissertation in their second year. Each session is focused around a separate exercise in reading, writing or text analysis.
策展人寫作旨在讓學生掌握三種不同的寫作技能：形成一種個人的寫作風格；在策展人聲音所需“範圍”之內寫作，並形成嚴謹的文章和文件寫作習慣；達到MA水準要求的學術寫作水準。本課程的最終目的是為了協助完成第一學期學生各種真實和想像的策展實踐，並準備他們第二年需要完成的最終論文。每個學期都圍繞一個單獨的讀、寫或文本分析的重點。
Second Year
The second year of the programme is more self-directed. You work as a member of a group to prepare an exhibition. Experience of working collaboratively is an important aspect of the training offered by the programme, encouraging you to develop skills of advocacy and debate, diplomacy and administrative discipline.
該項目的第二年學習更趨向自我引導式。學生將以小組的形式來準備一個展覽。協同工作的經驗是MA項目提供的一個重要的訓練，該訓練會鼓勵學生去發展宣傳、辯論、外交和行政紀律方面的能力。