BA (Hons) Avant Garde
1 year part time
Description: 1 year self-directed, part-time course available via distance-learning. A varied programme of study which develops incidental knowledge at the highest level. Taking the basic interpretation of Avant-Garde to mean: unconventional, innovative, you are expected to record and reflect upon human acts of ingenuity in the adaptation of every day objects for new use as you happen upon them. i.e. A brick used as a door stop, folded beer mat used to stead a wobbly table or the use of toothpaste to patch missing Artex (I confess to having done the latter myself). The course aims to develop awareness of these frequently overlooked interventions and increase, maybe even inform your own practice. As part of the enrollment process students will be expected to select an elective from the following:
* Metal Work
* String Theory
* Clip Art
Electives can be completed at any time during the course and you are free to collaborate with fellow Avant-Garde colleagues if you so wish. Elective work is to be submitted to your course tutor via photographic documentation. All students MUST complete an elective.
Entry Requirements: Students must have a valid email account and a keen eye
Application Process: Completion of the enrolment form and selection of your elective where you will receive materials and instruction.
Assessment Process: Students are required to evidence Incidental Knowledge in a digital format at least 3 times each term, with the source cited, to be published on the University website.
Course Leader: Debi Holbrook
Fee: None although offerings of wine will be looked upon favourably.
Diploma in Artwank
1 year part time
Description: Go see some exhibitions, read some art magazines, flick through some glossy art publications. Photocopy and/or photograph and highlight any examples of overblown, pointless, dishonest, artwank prose. The stuff that rubs you up the wrong way.
Entry Requirements: A perceptive eye, a discerning ear (fine tooth comb optional)
Application Process: Completion of the enrollment form
Assessment Process: Submit to your tutor for consideration: Bob Milner (Course Leader), Studio A6, Westgate Studio, 55 Westgate, WAKEFIELD, WF1 1BW, UK. It will be graded accordingly. Students who pass the course will receive a diploma and a unique and very limited artwank badge. The information supplied will be added to a continuously expanding paper volume and website dedicated to unmasking the spurious and deceitful purveyors of artwank.
Course Leader: Bob Milner
Fee: None
University of Incidental Knowledge are delighted to annouce the 2011/12 Course Programme.
Courses 2011/12
* Diploma in Artwank
* BA (Hons) Avant Garde
* BA (Hons) Comedy
* BA (Hons) Cut ‘n’ Paste
* BA (Hons) Film
* BA (Hons) Foreign Language
* MPhil Mistakes
* NVQ Pedantics
* Bsc Social Media
2011-12 Academic Year
Enrollment: 15th September – 1st October 2011
Meet the Tutors: 28th September 2011
Autumn Term: October – December 2011
Spring Term: January – March 2012
Summer Term: April – June 2012
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Enrollment for the 2011-12 Year is scheduled for 15th September – 1st October 2011.
In person: The University of Incidental Knowledge launches enrollment for the first intake at the Black Dogs exhibition Next to Nothing in The Light (Balcony Level), The Headrow, Leeds LS1 8TL.
Preview: Thursday 15th September, 5-8pm, followed by gig at Wharfe Chambers, 23-25 Wharf Street, Leeds, LS2 7EQ.
Open: Mondays – Fridays 4-7pm and Saturdays 12-6pm.
Closing: Saturday 1st October.
Online: Email the University Staff: [email protected] for an enrollment form.
Open Days 2011
The University of Incidental Knowledge will hold Open Days in September prior to Enrollment to answer any questions.
Use the comment function here or email questions to: [email protected]
Open Days: 6th – 12th September 2011
Enrollment: 15th September – 1st October 2011
Autumn Term: October – December 2011
Spring Term: January – March 2012
Summer Term: April – June 2012
