vpa2tmd studio practice and theory d
STUDIO PRACTICE AND THEORY D
VPA2TMD
2015
Credit points: 30
Subject outline
In this subject students will consolidate their engagement in and examination of current issues in visual arts practice and theory. Through a developing independent research culture, the student will develop their critical understanding of contemporary arts practice through their specific visual arts discipline/s. The production of a folio of artwork will be the major outcome of this subject. The artwork will be supported by the analysis of several relevant contemporary artists' work shaping the context the work. This focus will be demonstrated through class discussion, oral presentations and written assignments.
SchoolSchool 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 VPA2TMC
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: the reflections on photography trans | Preliminary | Roland Barthes 1993 | VINTAGE, LONDON |
Readings | Conceptual Art: A critical anthropology | Preliminary | Alexander Alberro & Blake Stimson 1999 | MASS, MIT PRESS |
Readings | ILLUMINATIONS | Preliminary | Benjamin Walter 1999 | PIMLICO, LONDON |
Readings | Inside the white cube: the ideology of the gallery space | Preliminary | Brian O'Doherty 1999 | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS, BERKERLEY |
Readings | Making Do | Preliminary | Dominic Eichler 2007 | FRIEZE |
Readings | Postproduction: Culture as Screenplay: how art reprograms the world | Preliminary | Nicolas Bourriaud 2002 | N/A |
Readings | Protest & Survive | Preliminary | Metzger & Godfrey 2007 | FRIEZE |
Readings | Relational Aesthetics | Preliminary | Nicolas Bourriaud 2002 | DIJON: LES PRESSES DU REL |
Readings | SIMULATIONS | Preliminary | Jean Baudrillard 1993 | N/A |
Readings | The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms | Preliminary | Edward Lucie Smith 1984 | N/A |
Readings | The beauty of distance: songs of survival in a precarious age: 17th Biennale of Sydney | Preliminary | David Elliot 2010 | THAMES & HUDSON |
Readings | The originality of avande-garde and other modernist myths | Preliminary | Rosalind E Krauss 1985 | N/A |
Readings | The three ecologies | Preliminary | Felix Guatarri 2000 | N/A |
Readings | Visual Methodologies | Preliminary | Gillian Rose | N/A |
Readings | Vitamin P: new perspectives in painting | Preliminary | Tomma Abts, Franz Ackermann, Nader Ahriman | PHAIDON, NY |
Readings | Ways of Seeing | Preliminary | John Berger 1972 | THE VIKING PRESS, NY |
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Apply relevant skills and knowledge to produce and realize works, artefacts and forms of creative expression
- Activities:
- Produce a coherent folio of artwork developed around a them
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
02. Demonstrate the skills and knowledge of the practice, languages, forms. materials. technologies and techniques in the creative arts disciplin
- Activities:
- Conduct research into artists and the materials used through primary and secondary source
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
03. Develop and demonstrate an understanding of visual expression within a specific visual arts medium
- Activities:
- Develop and identify skills within contemporary art practice that relate concepts that the student is exploring in their discipline
04. Develop and evaluate ideas, concepts and processes by thinking creatively, critically and reflectively
- Activities:
- To build an understanding of contemporary visual arts practice and evaluate your practice within this context and your own developing skills
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
05. Interpret, communicate about artworks, concepts, materials and technologies used in specific visual arts discipline
- Activities:
- Use writing skills to show an understanding of art practice specific to a consolidating skills in a specific discipline
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Writing(Writing)
06. Interpret, communicate about artworks, concepts, materials and technologies used in specific visual arts discipline.
- Activities:
- Use oral skills to present an understanding of a contemporary context in which your art practice relates
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Speaking(Speaking)
07. Interpret, communicate and present ideas, problems and arguments in modes suited to a range of audience
- Activities:
- Understand how to critically place artworks in a contemporary contex
08. Work independently or collaboratively in a creative arts discipline in response to project demands
- Activities:
- Peer group critics of studio work
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Teamwork(Teamwork)
Subject options
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Bendigo, 2015, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorElliot Howard
Class requirements
SeminarWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.0 hours seminar other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
TutorialWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours tutorial other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
LectureWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours lecture other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
---|---|---|---|
Contemporary art essay (1600 word equivalent) | 20 | 05 | |
Group discussions, present through digital images (800 word equivalent) | 10 | 08 | |
Practical studio component (1600 word equivalent) | 20 | 03 | |
Presentation of a coherent folio of artwork in your discipline (1600 word equivalent) | 20 | 01 | |
Presentation of a developmental artworks (400 word equivalent) | 5 | 07 | |
Presentation of artworks in a specific visual arts discipline (800 word equivalent) | 10 | 04 | |
Seminar presentation and participation (800 word equivalent) | 10 | 06 | |
Studio research journal (400 word equivalent) | 5 | 02 |
Mildura, 2015, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorKristian Haggblom
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours lecture other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
TutorialWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours tutorial other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
SeminarWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.0 hours seminar other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
---|---|---|---|
Contemporary art essay (1600 word equivalent) | 20 | 05 | |
Group discussions, present through digital images (800 word equivalent) | 10 | 08 | |
Practical studio component (1600 word equivalent) | 20 | 03 | |
Presentation of a coherent folio of artwork in your discipline (1600 word equivalent) | 20 | 01 | |
Presentation of a developmental artworks (400 word equivalent) | 5 | 07 | |
Presentation of artworks in a specific visual arts discipline (800 word equivalent) | 10 | 04 | |
Seminar presentation and participation (800 word equivalent) | 10 | 06 | |
Studio research journal (400 word equivalent) | 5 | 02 |