Humanities and Social Sciences

Bachelor of Visual Arts

Comparative Studies in Visual Media

Comparative Studies in Visual Media is studies by all Bachelor of Visual Arts Student in years one and two of the degree. In the third year of the degree you will choose between Comparative Studies in Visual Media and Visual Arts Media Workshop.

Comparative Studies in Visual Media provide opportunities for you to explore new means of combining and hybridising media from another discipline in conjunction with your major.

In the first year you will be introduce to an alternative media, which may be electronic (digital imaging), or `manual' media (painting, drawing, ceramics, chemical-based photography or illustration). You will be encouraged to explore ideas and images developed in your major medium in this alternative. Record keeping in an assessable journal will be an important aspect in the development of your ideas. In subsequent years you will continue to develop your ideas through experimentation and innovation.

The lectures in this unit assist you to develop concepts about working across more than one media by exploring the work of artists who have combined media or worked outside conventional art practice.

Comparative Studies in Visual Media provides an opportunity to collaborate with other students and in later stages of your degree may involve community based projects or other collaborative activities.

Each unit of Comparative Studies in Visual Media comprises one 1-hour lecture, one 1-hour tutorial and one 1-hour workshop per week for the duration of the semester. Assessment is by 5 – two-week assignments per unit.

For further information refer to the Undergraduate Handbook under BACHELOR OF VISUAL ARTS - BENDIGO (RBVA)