• 2012 - 2013
• The Partitio Contusionum is a manuscript found by archaeologists near the ancient city of Petra in 1844. It was originally from 10th century Arabic sources that were copied and translated into latin some time in the 12th century.
• How do you classify different types of bruising? Today doctors and forensic scientists organise bruises by size, colour, texture and associated pain or soreness in 6 degrees of severity. The ancient Arab doctor who compiled this document divides bruising into 4 main categories and 93 different types! His vision of the world is dominated by moral values, religious and hierarchical laws that offer a change in perspective on our present ideas...
• From contusio masturbatione to contusio religiosa to contusio adulterorum and contusio sellae controversae, this will change your view of bruises for ever!!!
• John Wood and Paul Harrison
• Research as much as possible about these two artists. Watch videos of their performances. Follow transcript of interview.
• The Turner Prize 2012
• The Tate Gallery, London has organised this competition for almost 20 years. 4 artists are nominated and their work exhibited for three months before a winner is finally declared.
• Who are the four artists nominated this year? Find out what they do and describe what you think of it. This is the first time a performance artist has been included (coinciding with the opening of a new performance space at the Tate Modern)
• Who was declared the winner in 2012 ?
• The Soothsayer, a performance by Helena Hunter in the guise of a fortuneteller giving advice to young artists at the start of their careers. Follow the transcript and confront her opinions with your own. Is the advice good or bad / helpful or of no use at all ? Is this your idea of performance art ? Tell me about it.
• Discussion led by Christopher on the latest Hobbit film to come out.
• Presentation of Tomás Gabzdil Libertiny and his honeycomb vases. A case study in recruiting insects and animals in making artworks. Web site here.
  • Julia Lohmann also recruits the help of living organisms in her work, but this time in a much more gory sense. Lampshades made of sheep and cow intestines, sofas made to look like the carcasses of the cows that were slaughtered for their skins, moulded spaces inside dead sheep. Especially, take a look at the objects she makes out of black clay, bronze and porcelain colonized by Bryozoans...
• Fallen Books is the name of a project by Melissa Dubbin and Aaron S. Davidson who collected images of library interiors after earthquakes. The result was an artist’s book containing these pictures arranged according to the severity of the earthquakes as measured on the modified Mercalli scale. Copies of the book were given to each library.
• Porcelain Museum:- exhibition of work by post-diploma students and answer questions about pieces elsewhere in the museum. Following MAD’s renovation, it was about time we had a look at the new displays and got to grip with the incredible collections of ceramics and glass. Download your questionnaire here.

Year 2 - End of Year Questions - May 2013