ART AND VISUAL CULTURE A

VPA1VCA

2014

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

Visual cultures may span art works, design works and film and TV, as well as other visual forms including advertising and the internet. In the process of analysing visual culture we turn to a wide range of criticism and theory including cultural theory, art/design history as well as philosophy. Students present a seminar, write an essay and produce an assessable journal that records process, development and outcomes. In the lectures we look at key themes relating to contemporary art and design practice through examining works by practitioners. Assessment and feedback sessions provide students with the critical skills to evaluate the outcomes.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Elliot Howard

Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 1 - UG

Exchange Students: Yes

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: N/A

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Learning resources

Readings

Resource Type	Title	Resource Requirement	Author and Year	Publisher
Readings	'Death of the Author' in Image Music Text	Prescribed	Barthes, Roland, essays selected and translated by Stephen Heath, 1977	LONDON: FONTANA
Readings	'Interview with Lucienne Roberts', 2005, p100	Prescribed	Experimental Jetset	N/A
Readings	'Of Other Spaces'	Prescribed	Foucault, Michel, translated by Jay Miskowiec	DIACRITICS, VOL. 16, NO. 1. (SPRING, 1986), P22-27
Readings	'Royal College of Art discussion with David Blamey', 2006, p188	Prescribed	M/M (Michael Amzalag, Mathias Augustyniak)	N/A
Readings	'Sculpture in the Expanded Field'	Prescribed	Krauss, Rosalind	OCTOBER, VOL. 8. (SPRING, 1979), P30-44
Readings	'What is Design', 1972, p154	Prescribed	Charles Eames	N/A
Readings	Art in Theory 1900-2000: An Anthology of Changing Ideas	Prescribed	Harrison, Charles and Paul Wood (editors) Claes Oldenburg	OXFORD: BLACKWELL, 2003
Readings	Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography	Prescribed	Barthes, Roland, translated by Richard Howard, 2000	LONDON: VINTAGE(FIRST TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH 1981)
Readings	Design and Art, London	Prescribed	Coles, Alex (editor), c2007	WHITECHAPEL; CAMBRIDGE, MASS: MIT PRESS
Readings	Documents From the Store, 1961, p743 and Statement, 1981, p1038	Prescribed	Sherrie Levine	N/A
Readings	Inside Magazines: Independent Pop Culture Magazines	Prescribed	Andersson, Patrick and Judith Steedman (eds)	THAMES AND HUDSON, LONDON, 2002
Readings	Simulations	Prescribed	Baudrillard, Jean, translated by P. Foss, P. Patton and P. Beitchman , 1983	NEW YORK: SEMIOTEXT(E)

Bendigo, 2014, Semester 1, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information:

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Elliot Howard

Class requirements

LectureWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.0 hours lecture other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
"For detailed timetable see noticeboard outside Visual Arts Admin Office"

TutorialWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.0 hours tutorial other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
"For detailed timetable see noticeboard outside Visual Arts Admin Office"

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	%
Essay		30
Research Journal		30
Seminar Presentation		30
Tutorial Participation		10

Mildura, 2014, Semester 1, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information:

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Kristian Haggblom

Class requirements

LectureWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.0 hours lecture other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.

TutorialWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.0 hours tutorial other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	%
Essay		30
Research Journal		30
Seminar Presentation		30
Tutorial Participation		10