FROM THE SUBLIME TO ACTIVISM: ART AND THE ENVIRONMENT
ARH3ENV
2021
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
The landscape tradition has been one of the key artistic genres throughout art history. From its initial close associations with map-making and surveying, through to its association with land ownership, and later to the romantic affinity with landscape and the rise of the sublime and the picturesque, artists have always relied on nature as a guide and an inspiration. More recent contemporary art practice has engaged in a fundamental way with issues of pressing environmental concern, such as climate change, sustainability and environmental protectionism, both didactically and as a form of radical political protest. In this subject students will be exposed to the widest possible definition of landscape in the context of environment, ecology and the natural world throughout history, to create a broader understanding of how land and landscape meet.
SchoolHumanities and Social Sciences
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorVincent Alessi
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 3 - UG
Available as ElectiveYes
Learning ActivitiesWritten assignments and class presentations that focus on objects using the requisite discipline language. Participate in weekly tutorial discussions. Visual art analysis assessment tasks and gallery visits.
Capstone subjectNo
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites 60 credit points of level 2 subjects
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjectsN/A
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Quota Management StrategyN/A
Quota-conditions or rulesN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Minimum credit point requirementN/A
Assumed knowledgeN/A
Career Ready
Career-focusedNo
Work-based learningNo
Self sourced or Uni sourcedN/A
Entire subject or partial subjectN/A
Total hours/days requiredN/A
Location of WBL activity (region)N/A
WBL addtional requirementsN/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
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Intended Learning Outcomes
Subject options
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Bendigo, 2021, Semester 1, Blended
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorVincent Alessi
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.00 hour lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.
TutorialWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.00 hours tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.
Assessments
Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
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2,000 word essay Essay will be linked to the first two assignments and be framed by the student's own interests. | Assignment | Individual | No | 50 | SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5 |
Annotated bibliography (800 words equivalent) This is a site-specific assignment connecting artworks to places of production. Details will be provided in LMS and the SLG. | Other | Individual | No | 20 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4 |
5 minute video presentation (1,200 word equivalent) Video focused on an artwork. Detailed instructions about how to film the video will be provided in class and on the LMS. | Other | Individual | No | 30 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO4 |
Melbourne (Bundoora), 2021, Semester 1, Blended
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorVincent Alessi
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.00 hour lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.
TutorialWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.00 hours tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.
Assessments
Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2,000 word essay Essay will be linked to the first two assignments and be framed by the student's own interests. | Assignment | Individual | No | 50 | SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5 |
Annotated bibliography (800 words equivalent) This is a site-specific assignment connecting artworks to places of production. Details will be provided in LMS and the SLG. | Other | Individual | No | 20 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4 |
5 minute video presentation (1,200 word equivalent) Video focused on an artwork. Detailed instructions about how to film the video will be provided in class and on the LMS. | Other | Individual | No | 30 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO4 |