VIS 4003 Studio Project, Exhibition and Dissertation A

SubjectCat-NbrClassTermModeDescriptionUnitsCampus
VIS4003110981, 2002ONCStudio Project, Exhibition and Dissertation A1.00TWMBA
Academic Group:FOART
Academic Org:FOA007
HECS Band:1
ASCED Code:100300

Contents


STAFFING:

Examiner: Robyn Stewart
Moderator: Stephen Spurrier



SYNOPSIS:

The Studio Project constitutes a major commitment as it necessitates the production of a body of original work taken through to exhibition status. The mounting of the resulting exhibition in a thoroughly considered, appropriate and approved space is an assessable component of the course. To support the studio project students are required to write a dissertation that articulates their practice. This paper will detail the concept of the work in the context of personal development, supported by appropriate work-in-progress documentation, as well as its placement in a wider national and international context. Reference must be made to an historical and cultural perspective that indicates an understanding of contemporary art theory.


OBJECTIVES:


On successful completion of the Studio Project exhibition and dissertation (part A) students should be able to demonstrate:

  • the increasing ability to produce and analyse a body of work in a selected studio;

  • a maturing ability to document in detail the stages in the process and development of the work supported by research and contextual analysis;

  • the mastering of skills necessary to curate an exhibition of a body of original work in an approved gallery space.



    • TOPICS:


    DescriptionWeighting (%)
    1. See Other Requirements
    		 0.00

    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, NY.

    Burns, I. 1988 Necessity of Australian Art, Power Publications, Sydney.

    Connor, S. 1997 Postmodernist Culture, 2nd edn, Basil Blackwell, Oxford, Oxfordshire.

    De Lauretis, T. 1984 Alice Doesn't: Feminism, Semiotics, Cinema, Indiana University Press, Bloomington.

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

    Foster, H. 1985 Recodings, Art Spectacle, Cultural Politics, Bay Press, Port Townsend, Wash.

    Harvey, D. 1989 The Condition of Postmodernity: an enquiry into the origins of cultural change, Basil Blackwell, Oxford, England.

    Hutcheon, L. 1988 The Poetics of Postmodernism, Routledge, NY.

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

    Marcuse, H. 1978 The Aesthetic Dimension, Beacon Press, Boston.

    McEvilley, T. 1993 Art and Discontent: Theory at the Millennium, McPherson & Co. Kingston, NY.

    Nicholson, L. 1990 Feminism/Postmodernism, Routledge, NY.

    Pefanis, J. 1991 Heterology and the Post-Modern, Allen & Unwin, Sydney.

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

    Willis, P. 1996 Common Culture, Open University Press, Philadelphia.

    Wolff, J. 1993 The Social Production of Art, 2nd edn, New York University Press.

    Wolff, J. 1993 Aesthetics and the Sociology of Art, 2nd edn, University of Michigan Press, Michigan, USA.




    STUDENT WORKLOAD REQUIREMENTS:

    ACTIVITYHOURS
    Private Study100
    Tutorial55


    ASSESSMENT DETAILS:

    DescriptionMarks Out ofWtg(%)RequiredDue Date
    ASSIGNMENT100.00100.00Y01 Jun 2002

    OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

    1. TOPICS note: Students will complete a practical body of work to trial exhibition standard in consultation with their supervisor. Students will research imagery and process in a personal and cultural context and will be expected to demonstrate an increasing conceptual understanding appropriate to their field of study both in theory and practice.
    2. Presentation of draft dissertation.
    3. Work-in-progress exhibition of a body of work.
    4. Assessment will be by a panel of staff.
    5. The grade RN will be used and the final grade for the exhibition- dissertation component of the Honours degree will be awarded for the cumulation of work completed in the subsequent course, VIS4004.