This site – blogs.ed.ac.uk/macat – is now an archive of public facing projects in the MA CAT. It will continue to offer an overview of CAT courses for applicants. General support for current and incoming CAT students has moved to Foundations: https://uoe.sharepoint.com/sites/MACATFoundations/   Foundations introduces some of the key tools and the core philosophy of the […]

Themes in Contemporary Art, MA Contemporary Art Theory, School of Art, ECA Wednesday 22nd November 2023, 3-5pm E22 Lecture Theatre, Edinburgh College of Art, Main Building, Lauriston Place   Audio Only (low-bandwidth) 1hr 51mins CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Adam Benmakhlouf and Gabi Barkess-Kerr, MA Contemporary Art Theory, School of Art, ECA, blogs.ed.ac.uk/macat  Audio & Slide Presentations […]

‘Play: Redux’ is a two-week learning sprint, the third in the 40 Credit Themes Course within the MA Contemporary Art Theory programme. Scenario: The great trouble with art in this country [the United States] at present, and apparently in France also, is that there is no spirit of revolt— no new ideas appearing among the younger […]

  The Mandatory Reading for All MCATs to read for this week is: ‘1. Play is’ (pp1-18) in Play Matters (Sicart, 2014) Each Basho will be also be assigned a Bespoke Reading, the bashos are as follows: Study Groups (‘Basho’): Green 🟢 Purple 🟣  Yellow 🟡   Bespoke Readings for each group are are: Greens Read 🟢 ‘1. Play […]

Welcome to the MA Contemporary Art Theory programme 2-3pm Tuesday 14th September 2021   Programme Director Prof. Neil Mulholland will meet this year’s new cohort of CATs. Room J.03, North East Studios, Edinburgh College of Art, 74 Lauriston Place (link) Work Planner for Semester One (link) CAT Programme Handbook 2021-22 Contemporary Art Theory (MA) Programme […]