vpa3tmf studio practice and theory f
STUDIO: PRACTICE AND THEORY F
VPA3TMF
2015
Credit points: 30
Subject outline
In this subject students will demonstrate a strong research methodology within Visual Arts, an established context for their ideas and concepts that form the basis of their focus in art practice. The conclusions drawn will provide the impetus to create a contemporary body of artwork utilizing the various modalities in technologies that are available within the studios and supported by a critical relationship with contemporary arts practice.
SchoolSchool of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points30
Subject Co-ordinatorStephen Turpie
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 3 - UG
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites VPA3TME
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 | Conceptual Art: a Critical Anthropology | Preliminary | Alberro, A & Stimson B 1999 | MASS MIT PRESS |
| Readings | Illuminations | Preliminary | Benjamin Walter 1999 | PIMLICO, LONDON |
| Readings | Inside the white cube: the Ideology of the Gallery Space | Preliminary | O'Doherty B 1999 | BERKERLEY: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS |
| Readings | Little Glass House of Horrors: high art lite, the culture industry and Damien Hirst | Preliminary | Ray G 2004 | THIRD TEXT |
| Readings | Making Do | Preliminary | Eichler D 2007 | FRIEZE |
| Readings | Postproduction: Culture as Screenplay: How Art Reprograms the World | Preliminary | Bourriaud, N 2002 | LUKAS & STERNBERG, NY |
| Readings | Protest and Survive | Preliminary | Metzger G & Godfrey M 2007 | FRIEZE |
| Readings | Sticky Sublime | Preliminary | Beckley, B 2001 | ALLWORTH PRESS, NY |
| Readings | The Artificial Infinite: on special effects and the sublime. Visual display: culture beyond appearance | Preliminary | Bukatman, S. 1995 | BAY PRESS, SEATTLE |
| Readings | The beauty of distance: songs of survival in a precarious age: 17th Biennale of Sydney | Preliminary | Elliot D. 2010 | THAMES AND HUDSON |
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Construct an approach of your own to your artwork, critically reflecting on historic or traditional approaches in your 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)
02. Demonstrate the ability to analyze and contextualize either individually or collaboratively in an arts project.
- Activities:
- Presentation of artworks in either group or individual exihibition.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Teamwork(Teamwork)
03. Demonstrate the ways that your visual expression synthesizes ideas and concepts developed in contemporary art practice in your art folio through exhibition,
- 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:
- Developmental artwork, artist journals, personal writing on contemporary exhibitions viewed in different contexts.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
05. Produce a coherent thematic innovative folio of artwork
- Activities:
- Peer group discusions centred around presentations of student centred proposals developed within specific studios.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
06. Reflect critically on contemporary art theoretical positions and their relationship with art practice.
- 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:
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
07. Synthesize and respond to a range of cultural, cross cultural and ethical issues that present problems for visual artists in the creative arts.
- Activities:
- Extend on cultural and ethical postions adopted in art practice in your artwork and oral presentations.
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:
- Speaking(Speaking)
Subject options
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Bendigo, 2015, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorStephen Turpie
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 | 01 | |
| Group discussions, present through digital images (800 word equivalent) | 10 | 08 | |
| Practical studio component (1600 word equivalent) | 20 | 07 | |
| Presentation of a coherent folio of artwork in your discipline (1600 word equivalent) | 20 | 03 | |
| Presentation of a developmental artworks (400 word equivalent) | 5 | 04 | |
| Presentation of artworks in a specific visual arts discipline (800 word equivalent) | 10 | 06 | |
| Seminar presentation and participation (800 word equivalent) | 10 | 02 | |
| Studio research journal (400 word equivalent) | 5 | 05 |
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 | 01 | |
| Group discussions, present through digital images (800 word equivalent) | 10 | 08 | |
| Practical studio component (1600 word equivalent) | 20 | 07 | |
| Presentation of a coherent folio of artwork in your discipline (1600 word equivalent) | 20 | 03 | |
| Presentation of a developmental artworks (400 word equivalent) | 5 | 04 | |
| Presentation of artworks in a specific visual arts discipline (800 word equivalent) | 10 | 06 | |
| Seminar presentation and participation (800 word equivalent) | 10 | 02 | |
| Studio research journal (400 word equivalent) | 5 | 05 |