Sculpture/Installation
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“Sculpture is the silent key to the world we encounter every second of
every day. You might say that what is not painting, or printmaking, performance
or video, what is not photography or film or cyberspace may be sculpture. You might be right. But you may just as easily be wrong.”
— Ian Carr-Harris, artist and OCAD faculty
Sculpture has always been the projected imagining of ourselves in space and time. In our contemporary context, sculpture is no longer defined as pure form but as the installation of forms and signs in relation to one another.
The paradoxical nature of contemporary sculpture poses intriguing difficulties in knowing how to use it to represent our experience in the world, yet it may be for this very reason that it has become the dominant practice, internationally, over the course of the last several decades. The Sculpture/Installation program at OCAD takes this paradox as the basis for instruction, and graduating students are consequently well placed to contribute to that practice. Our students’ success in entering post-graduate programs in Canada and abroad, as well as their ability to succeed as exhibiting professionals, is proof of the fundamental strength of the program.
Sculpture/Installation Program Guide
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree students must complete the requirements listed below for their program, including the minimum 5.0 liberal studies credits.
Associate of the Ontario College of Art & Design (AOCAD) diploma students must complete the requirements listed below for their program, including the minimum 4.0 liberal studies credits. Diploma students admitted to the College 2002 fall/winter or earlier, may replace up to 1.5 of the 4.0 required liberal studies with studio-seminars.
See the Liberal Studies requirements that pertain to you.
| COURSE CODE | COURSE NAME | DEGREE | DIPLOMA |
|
200 Level Requirements | |||
| SCIN 2B01 |
Intermedia Studio: Body and Object |
0.5 | 0.5 |
| SCIN 2B09 |
Contemporary Issues: Art Today (SEM) |
0.5 | 0.5** |
| SCIN 2B14 |
Intermedia Studio: Site and Time |
0.5 | 0.5 |
| 200 Level | SCIN Option Studio courses | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 200 Level | Faculty of Art electives | 1.5*** | 2.0*** |
| Liberal Studies courses | 1.5* | 0.5* | |
| Total Credits | 5.0 | 5.0 | |
| Recommended: | |||
| FABR 2B01 | Introduction to Fabrication: Bronze Casting | ||
| FABR 2B02 | Introduction to Fabrication: Metal | ||
| FABR 2B03 | Introduction to Fabrication: Mouldmaking | ||
| FABR 2B04 | Introduction to Fabrication: Plastics | ||
| FABR 2B05 | Introduction to Fabrication: Wood | ||
| INTM 2B24 | Electronics for Artists | ||
| INTM 2B25 | Electronics Studio | ||
|
300 Level Requirements | |||
| SCIN 3B01 |
Issues in the History of Sculpture (SEM) |
0.5 | 0.5** |
| SCIN 3B08 |
Intermedia Studio: |
0.5 |
0.5 |
| SCIN 3C02 |
Intermedia Studio: |
1.0 |
1.0 |
| 300 Level | SCIN Option Studio course | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 200 or 300 Level | Faculty of Art electives | 1.5*** | 2.0*** |
|
Liberal Studies courses |
1.0* | 0.5* | |
| Total Credits | 5.0 | 5.0 | |
| Recommended: | |||
| INTM 3B08 | Mechanics for Artists | ||
| INTM 3B40 | Advanced Electronics | ||
| INTR 3B02 | Bright Lights/Big City | ||
| 200 and 300 Level | Fabrication Studio courses | ||
|
400 Level Requirements | |||
| SCIN 4C01 |
SCIN Studio Thesis: Research |
1.0 | 1.0 |
| SCIN 4C02 |
SCIN Studio Thesis: Presentation |
1.0 | 1.0 |
| 400 Level |
SCIN Studio courses or studio-seminars |
1.0 | 1.0 |
| 200, 300 or 400 Level | Faculty of Art electives | 1.0*** | 1.5*** |
| Liberal Studies courses | 1.0* | 0.5* | |
| Total Credits | 5.0 | 5.0 | |
| Recommended: | |||
| FABR 4B01 | Fabrication Studio: Advanced Bronze Casting | ||
| INTM 4B20 | Co-Lab | ||
*See the Liberal Studies requirements for Degree and Diploma Stream.
**1.0 credit of the 2.5 upper-level Liberal Studies credit requirements may be fulfilled by Studio-Seminars (diploma only).
***Electives from Fabrication Studios, Integrated Media, Photography and Criticism & Curatorial Practice are recommended.
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