THE METHOD FILES
Art · visual culture · your own creative work

Art, magic
and undergroundculture.

Explore how images, stories and publications build worlds and play a part in contemporary artistic and magical practices.

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Reading · creating · your own project

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Ink · images · imagination
06 blocks12 lessons01 supplementary dossierFrom analysis to an edition of your own
01

Read in context

Analyse works using sources and compare their contexts.

02

Explore the creative process

Study creators and their works, and explore creative decisions.

03

Give shape to a work

Develop and revise an edition of your own, with clear decisions and sources.

Start with a complete reading

Come in and read.
Try it for yourself.

The first lesson brings together works, a fully developed case study, exercises and suggested answers. You can read it here or download the complete PDF.

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Cover of the Images, pulp and comics block
The course

Six ways in.
One project to build.

Two lessons per block. A complete course of reading, analysis and creative work for you to explore.

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Supplementary dossier

Manga, symbols and fictions of power

Case studies: Death Note and Hellsing. Recommended after lesson 6; it does not interrupt the course sequence.

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Working materials

Six workbooks and two tools for practice, printing or writing on screen.

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How you will work

Time to read.
Space to create.

Extended readings, examples, exercises and suggested answers. The work in each block supports the development of your final project.

  1. 01
    Read and compareThe complete text, figures and sources in a continuous reading.
  2. 02
    Try and reviseTasks and suggested answers to consult when you need them.
  3. 03
    Create an edition of your ownDraw on your earlier work and present a clearly identifiable piece.
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A complete course.
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Twelve lessons, a dossier and eight working materials. Readings, exercises and a project to develop through your own decisions.

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