VCO4107

PROJECT STUDIES (VISUAL COMMUNICATION)

12 points
* 8 studio hours and 4 independent study hours per week
* First semester
* Caulfield
* Prerequisites: One of the following: BFA, BVA, BAppA, BDes (IndDes), BDes(VisComm)

Objectives On successful completion of this subject, students should be keen to perfect their practice with excellence in technique and to perceive a relationship between technical excellence and the visionary aspirations of their discipline; be able to pursue an area of professional practice with a strong sense of direction and commitment and an equally strong curiosity for the possibility of redirecting their practice; feel some confidence defending their chosen direction in studio practice against informed challenge and criticism; be resolved to find the `logical' extension of their practice, whether through higher degrees of technical refinement or refusal of established aesthetic criteria or symbolic critical regimes; seek to extend their practice with reference to the history of the genre, empowering them not only with the knowledge of authoritative precedents but the practical advantage of technical and iconographic cues; be keen to relate critically their chosen direction in studio practice to the terms of contemporary discourse; find an appropriate balance between intuitive processes underlying their practice and critical reason or analytical thought; feel confident negotiating a relationship between the intuitive processes underlying their practice and the logocentric assumptions of critical authority.

Synopsis Studio at honours level is research-oriented and is entirely non-prescriptive in the terms of its content, since there is uncertain scope and little reliability in foreshadowing the intentions and conclusions of artistic research which is contingent upon individual interests and passions. Students are expected to produce a proposal at the beginning of the semester but they are free to carry out their work with any number of deviations from their original plans, provided that students keep their lectures informed and seek their opinions. Both the intentions of students and the results of their work are debated in group discussions and critical sessions.

Assessment Assessment is by folio consisting of finished work, artist journal, supporting research and other documentation: 100%

Prescribed texts

To be advised