| Effective Term: | 2024/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Education, Arts & Community |
| Unit Title: | Studio Practice 6 |
| Unit ID: | VASAP3006 |
| Credit Points: | 45.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | (VASAP3005) |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 100301 |
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| Brief description of the Unit |
This course builds upon the skills and knowledge attained over the previous five semesters. The course continues to develop aspects of visual art practice and theory with specific but not exclusive regard to contemporary artistic practice. The course provides an opportunity for students to consolidate their independent creative, thinking, and research skills through a deepening awareness of both traditional and experimental modes of practice, philosophical and critical thinking and evaluation. Students will continue to work supervised and in consultation with lecturing staff in pursuing their own unique and individual mode of artistic expression. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: No |
| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | | | | | | | Advanced | | |  | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Express a deep knowledge of the practices, languages, forms, materials, technologies and techniques of creative arts practice. |
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| K2. | Outline a knowledge of the philosophical nature of art. |
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| K3. | Define a considered and engaged knowledge of the experimental and innovative aspects of contemporary art practice and theory. |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Illustrate advanced critical and analytic skills in self-motivation, aesthetic judgement and personal application in developing a body of art-work. |
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| S2. | Exhibit an ability to articulate ideas and concepts both orally and visually. |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Adapt an ability to situate and clarify own work in relation to contemporary visual culture. |
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| A2. | Demonstrate an appreciation and critical awareness of one’s own independence of thought in the context of contemporary art practice |
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| A3. | Exhibit an ability to practice responsible and professional behavior in the workplace. |
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| Unit Content: |
This course builds upon the skills and knowledge learnt over the previous five semesters. The course continues to develop aspects of visual art practice and theory with specific but not exclusive regard to contemporary artistic practice. The course extends and consolidates students’ creative and thinking skills through a deepening awareness of both traditional and experimental modes of practice, philosophical and critical thinking and evaluation. Students will continue to work in consultation with lecturing staff in developing a unique and individual mode of artistic expression As part of the semester’s work, students will consider and revise their first semester project with the aim of presenting a statement to accompany their folio presentation at the end of the year. Students’ projects will be refined in consultation with teaching staff and appropriate adjustments implemented to suit their self-directed program of study. Through this course, students are expected to develop and resolve a mature, professional, investigative body of artwork, with reference to their stated intentions. |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1 K2, K3 S1 A3 | Acquiring and recording investigatory material in artist journals/visual diaries that demonstrate the generation and development of concepts, visual images, working drawings etc | Presentation of artist journal/visual diary | 20% | | 2. | S2 A1 A2 | The development of an original body of artworks. | Presentation of individualised folio. | 80% |
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