Undergraduate - UnitVIS2103 - Visual arts studio 3

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Offered	Gippsland First semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Tony Hanning

Synopsis

The interrelationship of the visual arts with art forms such as film, theatre, dance, performance, poetry, literature, popular culture and the mass media. Individual exploration of themes, subject matter, techniques and materials. Students complete a folio of art work and keep a journal in relation to the set projects. Studio practice may be undertaken in complementary areas such as painting, photography and sculpture.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will:

be critically aware of their own work in terms of formal, technical and conceptual aspects and be able to discuss this verbally and in written form
have an understanding of the value of source material which is other than visual, and have extended and broadened their research abilities
be able to establish an appropriate working procedure and momentum
through experimentation and investigation, be able to focus on specific subject matter, themes, philosophies and beliefs which are of importance to them
have some ability to speak about the concerns and issues in their work in relation to the wider social culture
have a clear understanding of health and safety procedures within the studio.

Assessment

Folio: 80%
Journal: 20%

Workload requirements

8 studio hours and 16 independent study hours per week

Chief examiner(s)

Tony Hanning

Prerequisites

VIS1102 OR VIS1112