Exhibition Thinking

Postgraduate course

Course description

Supplementary semester information

Supplementary semester information for autumn 2026 will be published as soon as poosible.

Objectives and Content

This is a project-based module with a focus on the exhibition as form, exploring topics such as exhibition histories and contexts, presentation tools and processes, production and mediation, and the relationship between individual artworks and exhibition frameworks.

PRO modules are designed to enrich your artist development (as explored in the ART modules) through activating skills, connecting communities of practice, and investigating disciplinary territories. PRO modules allow you to focus on a specific project critically connected to your own practice within a context established by the module leader(s).

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

  • Develop awareness of the history and political contexts of art exhibitions

Skills

  • Explore and analyze approaches to the creation and mediation of exhibitions
  • Identify, seek out, and apply relevant skills to a self-initiated project

General Competence

  • Identify your own learning needs in relation to the subject area(s)
  • Apply new knowledge and skills within your artistic practice
  • Develop and present a proposal or model for a speculative exhibition

Full-time/Part-time

Fulltid

Semester of Instruction

Autumn

Place of Instruction

University of Bergen
Required Previous Knowledge
Recommended Previous Knowledge
Access to the Course
Admission to the Master's Programme in Fine Art.
Teaching and learning methods

Methods may include:

  • Project development
  • Individual research
  • Group work
  • Lectures
  • Presentations
  • Group discussions
  • Tutorials
  • Assigned readings
  • Writing exercises
  • Workshop-based instruction

See info text above for semester-specific details.

Forms of Assessment

Submission of artwork(s), either physical or digital, as assigned by the module leader.

Assessment criteria:

Research

Subject knowledge

Experimentation

Realization

Collaborative and independent work

Grading Scale
Pass / Fail.
Assessment Semester
Autumn.
Course Evaluation
The module is evaluated every third year in accordance with UiB's Quality System
Programme Committee
Programstyret har ansvar for fagleg innhald og oppbygging av studiet og for kvaliteten på studieprogrammet og alle emna der
Course Administrator
Fakultet for kunst, musikk og design ved Kunstakademiet - Institutt for samtidskunst har det administrative ansvaret for emnet og studieprogrammet