VIS 4000 Studio Practice and Project Development

SubjectCat-NbrClassTermModeDescriptionUnitsCampus
VIS4000109441, 2002ONCStudio Practice and Project Development2.00TWMBA
Academic Group:FOART
Academic Org:FOA007
HECS Band:1
ASCED Code:100300

Contents


STAFFING:

Examiner: Robyn Stewart
Moderator: Ann-Maree Reaney



SYNOPSIS:

Students undertaking the Honours program in Visual Arts will normally explore studio-based practice. Studio selection will be based on proven expertise in one or more of the seven areas offering specialization: ceramics, painting printmaking, sculpture, textiles, drawing, curatorial studies provided suitable supervision and studio space is available. Studio practice should indicate a clear emergence of an individual visual language as well as a high level of technical and artistic competence. Students will submit a comprehensive project proposal outlining both the concept and practice of their particular visual field. The context of their research is a significant factor. This should take into account personal and studio positions in relation to Australian and international concerns. Appropriate historical underpinnings should be linked to concepts of contemporary theoretical thinking. The Project Development proposal should also include a selection of comprehensive supportive drawings, photographs, marquettes, folios, etcetera of the work in progress as well as an indication of the final exhibition format.


OBJECTIVES:


On successful completion of the Studio Practice and Projects Development course students should be able to demonstrate:

  • an advanced level of creative practice which predicts the eventual Project resolution;

  • an ability to document the various stages in the research and development of the work;

  • a knowledge of the integration of theory and practice in their studio practice in both a specific and general context.



    • TOPICS:


    DescriptionWeighting (%)
    1. In consultation with their supervisor, students will complete research and practical work in their studio area and present at least two discussion papers associated with the research and preparation of the project development.
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    REFERENCE MATERIALS:

    Reference materials are materials that, if accessed by students, may improve their knowledge and understanding of the material in the course and enrich their learning experience.

    Abbs, P, 1989 The Symbolic Order: A Contemporary Reader of the Arts Debate, Falmer Press, 700.7 SYM.

    Butler, R, (ed.) 1997 What is Appropriation, Power, Sydney, 701.180994 WHA.

    Connor, S, 1997 PostModernist Culture, 2nd ed, Basil Blackwell, 306.0904 CON.

    De Lauretis, T, 1984 Alice Doesn't, Indiana University Press, 791. 430141 DEL.

    Derrida, J, 1987 The Truth in Painting, University of Chicago Press, 701.17 DER.

    Foster, H, 1985 Recodings, Bay Press, Seattle, 700.103 FOS.

    Harrison, C, Wood, P, 1993 Art in Theory 1900-1990, Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 709.04 ART.

    Harvey, D, 1989 The Condition of Postmodernity, Basil Blackwell, 909.82 HAR.

    Hutcheon, L, 1988 The Poetics of Postmodernism, Routledge, 809.391 HUT.

    Isaak, J, 1996 Feminism and Contemporary Art, Routledge, London, 701.03 ISA.

    Langer, S, 1957 Philosophy in a New Key, Harvard University Press, 153 LAN.

    Marcuse, H, c.1978 The Aesthetic Dimension, Macmillan, 335.411 MAR.

    McEvilley, T, c.1993 Art and Discontent, , McPherson & Cowper, 701.1 MACE.

    Nicholson, L, 1990 Feminism/Postmodernism, Routledge, 305.42 FEM.

    Pefanis, J, 1991 Heterology and the Postmodern, Allen & Unwin, 194 BAT/PEF.

    Sheppard, A, 1987 Aesthetics: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art, Oxford University Press. 700.1 SHE.

    Williams, P & Chrisman, L, 1994 Colonial Discourse and Post-Colonial Theory, Columbia Uni. Press, 809.93358 COL.

    Willis, P, 1996 Common Culture, Open University Press. 305.2350941 WIL.

    Wolff, J, 1993 The Social Production of Art, 2nd ed, Macmillan, London, 700.103 WOL.

    Wolff, J, 1993 Aesthetics and the Sociology of Art, 2nd ed, University of Michigan Press, Michigan Ill., 701.1.




    STUDENT WORKLOAD REQUIREMENTS:

    ACTIVITYHOURS
    Private Study218
    Tutorial89


    ASSESSMENT DETAILS:

    DescriptionMarks Out ofWtg(%)RequiredDue Date
    STUDIO PRACTICE AS CONTRACTED999.0050.00Y04 Mar 2002 (see note 1)
    PROJECT DEVELOPMENT999.0050.00Y04 Mar 2002 (see note 2)
    NOTES:
    1.
    Further details about the due dates are detailed in the assessment section of the Course Specifications.
    2.
    Further details about the due dates are detailed in the assessment section of the Course Specifications.

    OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

    1. Continuous assessment with supervision and relevant invited advisers.
    2. Final assessment of the studio practice and the project proposal will be by submission of the work to a relevant panel of assessors.
    3. If students submit assignments after the due date without extenuating circumstances, then a penalty up to a maximum of 20% of the assigned mark shall normally apply for each working day late.
    4. In order to pass the course students must have progressed satisfactorily in both the theory and practice components. Failure in one area will result in an F. The Faculty grading system will apply. The Final grade is determined on the basis of accumulated points across all items of assessment.