Become a Fashion Curator!
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COURSE DURATION |
9 Months + 3 Months of Internship |
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START DATE |
January |
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APPLICATION DEADLINE |
15th October |
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ADMISSION EXAMS |
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COSTS |
€. 16000,00 |
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DEPARTMENT |
Design |
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LANGUAGE |
English |
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Notes |
From January 2011 course fees may be subject to variation. Please contact the Information and Orientation Office for details. |
By definition this course aims to help students use their individual skills to undertake a career in the world of Fashion and Culture as a Curator or Trend Researcher. Now that Fashion has entered the museum and exhibition world, the Fashion Curator represents a new professional figure. Fashion garments are archived in the same way as works of art. Specialised and qualified Curators in the field of costume and dress can bring new energy to museum management and exhibition design.
All visual concepts of fashion will be studied during the course, whether a fashion show, a retail presentation, or a museum exhibition. A fashion garment can have many different lives: starting in the design studio it then becomes a consumer object and ultimately an archived artistic item.
The course will analyse the 3 different phases of a Fashion Curator’s work; the first phase is the study of the subject and the content of an exhibition, the second involves environmental and interior design, and the third is the educational aspect and its transmission to a general audience.
We will review fashion museums such as the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum, New York, the MoMu of Antwerp, the FIT of New York, the Museé des Art Décoratifs in Paris and specific exhibitions such as “Looking at Art – Looking at Fashion” held at the Biennale in Florence in 1996.
Faculty is partly academic from the research field and partly practical with a sound background in exhibition design; both have extensive experience in the field.
Fashion Curator
Art Director
Museum Researcher
Researcher for Cultural Institutions related to contemporary fashion
Fashion Archivist
NEW! GENOVANVERSAVICEVERSA
Linda Loppa interviews:
Angelo Figus (Fashion Curator)
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FASHION & ART
Linda Loppa interviews:
Alberto Salvadori (curator of "Between art and life”, A.Zittel)
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FORMS BECOMING ATTITUDES
Interview with Linda Loppa
by Dobrila Denegri, cura.artmagazine
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History of Contemporary Fashion: recent developments in Fashion and Society.
History of Contemporary Art: ‘conceptual art’ and a wide range of other art movements.
The Relationship Between Art, Cultural Behaviour and Fashion: fashion designers are inspired by Art and Art takes inspiration in Fashion movements.
Editing: catalogues, brochures, websites are important ways to transmit content of the exhibition to a wide audience.
Spatial Design: the emotional impact spaces have on the audience provides an interesting phenomenon to study.
Sociology of Fashion: a key element to understanding fashion movements and changes in Fashion.
Philosophy: analysis of famous philosophers who wrote about fashion: Georg Simmel, T.S. Eliot, Walter Benjamin.
Archive Management: modern archiving methods for Fashion.
Case Study of a Fashion Designer: a final case study of a Fashion Designer whose collections are inspired by art, politics or sociology, completed with a presentation of a contemporary fashion exhibition.
Eligibility
The Master is open to graduates (or equivalent) holding a degree preferably in History of Art, Literature, Fashion Design or Architectural Design. Other applicants will be considered following interview with and evaluation of aptitude by the course director. Knowledge of English is required. For internships in Italian museums Italian language is desirable.
How to apply
Participants will be selected by:
• presentation of a portfolio and curriculum vitae;
• a motivation letter / essay;
• an interview with the Head of the DesignDepartement.
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