VIS 4003 Studio Project, Exhibition and Dissertation A

VIS	4003	21096	1, 2003	ONC	Studio Project, Exhibition and Dissertation A	1.00	TWMBA
Subject	Cat-Nbr	Class	Term	Mode	Description	Units	Campus

Academic Group:	FOART
Academic Org:	FOA007
HECS Band:	1
ASCED Code:	100300

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STAFFING:

Examiner: Robyn Stewart
Moderator: Stephen Spurrier

PRE-REQUISITES:

Pre-requisite: VIS4000

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.

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, New York.

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

Connor, S 1997, Postmodernist Culture, 2nd edition, 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, Washington.

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, New York.

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, New York.

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, New York.

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

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

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

STUDENT WORKLOAD REQUIREMENTS:

ACTIVITY	HOURS
Private Study	100
Tutorial	55

ASSESSMENT DETAILS:

Description		Marks Out of	Wtg(%)	Required	Due Date
DRAFT DISSERTATION PRES.		1.00	0.00	Y	13 Jun 2003	(see note )
WORK-IN-PROGRESS EXHIBITION		1.00	0.00	Y	13 Jun 2003	(see note )

NOTES:

.: 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.
.: Work-in-progress exhibition of a body of work.

ASSESSMENT NOTES

1.	Assessment will be by a panel of staff.
2.	The grade IIP 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.