vpa2tmc studio practice
STUDIO: PRACTICE & THEORY C
VPA2TMC
2014
Credit points: 30
Subject outline
In this subject students will engage in and examine current issues in visual arts practice and theory. This will form a context for the production of creative works, enabling the student to recognize approaches to contemporary themes in art practice. The critical analysis of contemporary art provides the framework for the students' own developing practice and in-depth of knowledge of visual media. This application is explored through their studio practice leading to a personal expressive use of media in the students' chosen visual arts discipline. The student will demonstrate their approach through the production of artworks and Identify and analyze several artists specific to their practice whose work creates a discourse or response to contemporary ethical and cultural issues in their creative, written and oral assignments.
FacultyFaculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points30
Subject Co-ordinatorElliot Howard
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 2 - UG
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites VPA1TMB
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjectsN/A
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | Camera Lucida: reflections on photography | Preliminary | Barthes R 1993 | LONDON: VINTAGE |
| Readings | Conceptual Art: a critical anthropology | Preliminary | Alberro A & Stimson B 1999 | CAMBRIDGE, MASS MIT |
| Readings | Illuminations | Preliminary | Walter B 1999 | LONDON PIMLICO |
| Readings | Inside the white cube: the ideology of the gallery space | Preliminary | O'Doherty B 1999 | BERKERLEY: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS |
| Readings | Making Do | Preliminary | Dominic Eichler | FRIEZE |
| Readings | Postproduction: Culture as Screenplay: How Art Reprograms the world | Preliminary | Bourriaud N 2002 | LUKAS & STERNBERG NY |
| Readings | Protest and Survive | Preliminary | Metzger & Godfrey 2007 | FRIEZE |
| Readings | Relational Aesthetics | Preliminary | Bourriaud, N 2002 | DIJON: LES PRESSES DU REL |
| Readings | Simulations | Preliminary | Baudrillard J 1983 | NY: SEMIOTEXT |
| Readings | The Beauty of distance: songs of survival in a precarious age: 17th Biennale of sydney | Preliminary | David E 2010 | BIENNALE OF SYDNEY, THAES & HUDSON |
| Readings | The Originality of the Avant-Garde and other modernist myths | Preliminary | Rosalind K E 1985 | CAMBRIDGE: MASS MIT |
| Readings | The Thames and Hudson dictionary of art terms | Preliminary | Lucie Smith E. 1984 | LONDON |
| Readings | The Three ecologies | Preliminary | Guatarri F 2000 | NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ: ATHLONE PRESS |
| Readings | Visual Methodologies | Preliminary | Rose, Gillian | THOUSAND OAKS: NEW DELHI |
| Readings | Vitamin P: new perspective in painting | Preliminary | Tomma Abts, Franz Ackermann, Nader Ahriman 2002 | PHAIDON, NY |
| Readings | Ways of Seeing | Preliminary | Berger J 1972 | NY: THE VIKING PRESS |
Subject options
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Bendigo, 2014, Semester 1, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment size45
Enrolment information OH&S risk management of max. number in studios groups where specific equipment is in use. Through selection by folio interview process
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorElliot Howard
Class requirements
WorkShopWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.0 hours workshop 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.
LectureWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.0 hours lecture other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % |
|---|---|---|
| Contemporary art essay (1600 word equivalent) | 20 | |
| Group discussions, present through digital images (800 word equivalent) | 10 | |
| Practical studio component (1600 word equivalent) | 20 | |
| Presentation of a coherent folio of artwork in your discipline (1600 word equivalent) | 20 | |
| Presentation of a developmental artworks (400 word equivalent) | 5 | |
| Presentation of artworks in a specific visual arts discipline (800 word equivalent) | 10 | |
| Seminar presentation and participation (800 word equivalent) | 10 | |
| Studio research journal (400 word equivalent) | 5 |
Mildura, 2014, Semester 1, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment size45
Enrolment information OH&S risk management of max. number in studios groups where specific equipment is in use. Through selection by folio interview process
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorKristian Haggblom
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.0 hours lecture other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
TutorialWeek: 15 - 22
One 1.0 hours tutorial other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 15 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
WorkShopWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.0 hours workshop other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % |
|---|---|---|
| Contemporary art essay (1600 word equivalent) | 20 | |
| Group discussions, present through digital images (800 word equivalent) | 10 | |
| Practical studio component (1600 word equivalent) | 20 | |
| Presentation of a coherent folio of artwork in your discipline (1600 word equivalent) | 20 | |
| Presentation of a developmental artworks (400 word equivalent) | 5 | |
| Presentation of artworks in a specific visual arts discipline (800 word equivalent) | 10 | |
| Seminar presentation and participation (800 word equivalent) | 10 | |
| Studio research journal (400 word equivalent) | 5 |