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Unit study package code: FINA1000

Mode of study: Internal

Tuition pattern summary: Note: For any specific variations to this tuition pattern and for precise information refer to the Learning Activities section.

Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly

This unit does not have a fieldwork component.

Credit Value: 25.0

Pre-requisite units: Nil

Co-requisite units: Nil

Anti-requisite units: Nil

Result type: Grade/Mark

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Unit Outline

FINA1000 Art and Creativity Semester 1, 2015

Faculty of Humanities School of Design and Art

FINA1000 Art and Creativity Bentley Campus 23 Feb 2015 School of Design and Art, Faculty of Humanities

Page: 1 of 17CRICOS Provider Code

WA 00301J, NSW 02637BThe only authoritative version of this Unit Outline is to be found online in OASIS

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Learning Management System: Blackboard (lms.curtin.edu.au)





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Acknowledgement of Country We respectfully acknowledge the Indigenous Elders, custodians, their descendants and kin of this land past and present.

Syllabus Engage and challenge practices of creativity, innovation and aesthetic experience in contemporary life. Students investigate contemporary forms of cultural practice in order to articulate and represent new critical ways of thinking.

Introduction Art and Creativity 100 will present an understanding of the relationship between contemporary art and broader social, political and community contexts. This unit provides a hands-on experience and overview of the role that artists have in the community and the impact that they have on contemporary existence.

Art and Creativity aims to enable individuals to extend creative and imaginative intellectual abilities and communication skills. Creative activities including animation, collage, photography, journal gatherings, gallery visits and critical discussion will develop expertise reflecting cultural and aesthetic interests. There is an emphasis on making, presenting, critique, re-making and analysis in the understanding of visual language and individual expression. Students will be encouraged to adopt risk-taking strategies as a way of developing work and ideas. Some classes may require that you complete collaborative projects with your peers.

It is important that students are well prepared for all classes by completing set research and home projects when required. It is essential to allocate additional time beyond the prescribed contact time to complete the program. In the case of this 3-hour unit, the minimum additional weekly time allocation is 3 hours.

Unit Learning Outcomes All graduates of Curtin University achieve a set of nine graduate attributes during their course of study. These tell an employer that, through your studies, you have acquired discipline knowledge and a range of other skills and attributes which employers say would be useful in a professional setting. Each unit in your course addresses the graduate attributes through a clearly identified set of learning outcomes. They form a vital part in the process referred to as assurance of learning. The learning outcomes tell you what you are expected to know, understand or be able to do in order to be successful in this unit. Each assessment for this unit is carefully designed to test your achievement of one or more of the unit learning outcomes. On successfully completing all of the assessments you will have achieved all of these learning outcomes.

Your course has been designed so that on graduating we can say you will have achieved all of Curtin's Graduate Attributes through the assurance of learning process in each unit.

Curtin's Graduate Attributes

On successful completion of this unit students can: Graduate Attributes addressed

1 Develop imaginative ideas and responses from varied sources through self and staff initiated research

2 Work independently and in groups to analyse and interrogate relationships between contemporary art and popular cultural practices and between the artist and the community

3 Document, analyse and represent new ideas in a variety of forms

Apply discipline knowledge Thinking skills (use analytical skills to solve problems)

Information skills (confidence to investigate new ideas)

Communication skills Technology skillsLearning how to learn (apply principles learnt to new situations) (confidence to tackle unfamiliar problems)

International perspective (value the perspectives of others)

Cultural understanding (value the perspectives of others)

Professional Skills (work independently and as a team) (plan own work)

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Learning Activities Lectures

Lectures are intended to introduce the ideas and set a context for the seminar workshop related activity. The will vary from traditional lectures to short artists talks and expert speakers. The learning activities for this unit allow a variety of approaches to be used by students to achieve the unit learning outcomes. This allows for creativity and individuality as well as the ability for students to use and expand on their own skills and expertise. Shortly after each lecture a recording will be provided as an i-lecture available in the Echocentre in Blackboard.

The lectures will look at Art and Creativity within popular culture, the role of the artist as social agent, the practical experiences of cultivating an idea (from the original inspiration through to a resolved work), the gallery as concept and the role of the curator. A broad range of creative practices will be presented, each using different methods of effectively engaging ideas, challenging boundaries and questioning contemporary ideas.

Class activities

Workshop / Seminar classes following the introductory lectures will examine visual links and meanings inherent in objects and images drawing together often disparate concepts and fields of endeavour. This unit will highlight issues of interpretation; offer new insights and ways of understanding the visual world in the broader social context.

In the class activities students will look at making connections between their personal and social interests and inspirations. These will be interpreted through a visual and conceptual framework with consideration to aesthetics, theoretical concepts and popular culture.

Students will explore the use and effectiveness of such concepts as humour, shock, empathy and shared experience. Methods of remixing, combining and culture jamming will be discussed as part of the methodology of contemporary art.

Practical outcomes from this unit will explore contemporary concepts in a way that encourages risk taking and experimentation. For example students will produce a creative work that focuses on structuring a narrative sequence in the form of stop animation.

Visual Journal

It is essential that all visual and written research including the recording of lectures goes into your visual journal. It is highly important that you provide evidence of your research and development for assessment. The study area in Blackboard demonstrates a number of ways to visually research and create content for the visual journal. All documentation of your work is essential. Please note it is your visual journal that will be assessed. Producing varied, consistent visual research and creative content in the visual journal will provide the greatest opportunity to learn and successfully pass this unit.

Studio work outside of contact time It is essential that the majority of time spent on developing the work for assessments 1, 2 and 3 exists outside of contact hours. Working independently for a minimum of 3 hours a week additional to contact hours is fundamental in producing creative work that has the potential to pass assessment. Your tutor will set weekly tasks and there will be an expectation that the work is completed in your own study time and brought to class the following week for review. This requirement allows for feedback and conversation in class as well as developing an important graduate attribute of working independently.





Learning Resources Other resources

This unit is supplemented through blackboard where you will find links to ilectures, podcasts, websites, e-reserve articles and visual presentations. You MUST visit the blackboard to access the supplementary learning resources for this unit.

Recommended Texts

Regular readings and scanned sections of texts will be available for this unit through blackboard. It is highly recommended that you regularly read and familiarize yourself with current journals pertaining to your area/s of interest; some suggested journals are listed below, many of which can be found in the library. As well as Art and Design journals it is suggested that you familiarize yourself with a broad range of ideas and attitudes in contemporary popular culture. This may include music, film, dance, political theory, comparative religion, sport, the environment, travel, in fact any aspect of contemporary living that makes you more aware of the society of which you are a part.

Art Journals and magazines (Abridged list) Art and Australia, Artlink, Artforum, Art in America , ArtAsiaPacific, Art on paper, Art Monthly, ArtReview, Australian Art Collector, Blueprint, Contemporary, Culture Lounge, frieze, Modern Painters, Parkett.

Online Resources

Take the time to familiarise yourself with useful and interesting websites relevant to your art practice. There are a vast number of sites available to you to visit on the web and it is important that you are able to develop efficient search skills that will enable you to find appropriate information relatively efficiently. A selected list of websites is included in Blackboard. Note that the Curtin University Library offers training sessions for developing effective search skills and essential research strategies.

Art Galleries (Western Australia)

John Curtin Gallery (JCG) http://johncurtingallery.curtin.edu.au/

Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) http://www.pica.org.au/

Fremantle Arts Centre (FAC) http://www.fac.org.au/

Lawrence Wilson Gallery (LWAG) http://www.lwgallery.uwa.edu.au/

Spectrum Project Space https://www.facebook.com/spectrum.ecu

Circuit (Contemporary Western Australian Galleries, Museums, Institutions and Artist-Run Spaces) http://www.circuitonline.com.au

PS Art Space http://www.psas.com.au/

Art Galleries (National)

Artspace Sydney http://www.artspace.org.au/

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art http://www.accaonline.org.au/

Museum of Contemporary Art http://www.mca.com.au/

Contemporary Art Centre of SA http://www.cacsa.org.au/

Institute of Modern Art Brisbane http://ima.org.au

Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) http://www.mona.net.au/

Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA) http://www.artgallery.wa.gov.au/

Art Galleries (International)

Tate Modern www.tate.org.uk

Saatchi Gallery http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/

Baltic https://www.balticmill.com/

Museum of Modern Art http://www.moma.org/





http://johncurtingallery.curtin.edu.au/

http://www.pica.org.au/

http://www.fac.org.au/

http://www.lwgallery.uwa.edu.au/

https://www.facebook.com/spectrum.ecu

http://www.circuitonline.com.au/

http://www.artspace.org.au/

http://www.accaonline.org.au/

http://www.mca.com.au/

http://www.cacsa.org.au/

http://ima.org.au/

http://www.mona.net.au/

http://www.artgallery.wa.gov.au/

http://www.tate.org.uk/

http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/

https://www.balticmill.com/

http://www.moma.org/

Guggenheim http://www.guggenheim.org

Museum of Modern Art MOMA PS1 http://momaps1.org/

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art http://www.sfmoma.org/

New Museum http://www.newmuseum.org/

Museum of Contemporary Art http://www.moca.org/

Walker Art Centre http://www.walkerart.org/

Pompidou Centre http://www.centrepompidou.fr/en

Palais de Tokyo http://palaisdetokyo.com/

Museo Nazionale della Arti del XXI secolo www.fondazionemaxxi.it

Museo d’arte Contemporanea Roma http://www.museomacro.org/

Deichtorhallen Hamburg www.deichtorhallen.de

Museo Guggenheim Bilbao http://www.guggenheim-bilbao.es/

Websites and Blogs

Contemporary Art Daily http://www.contemporaryartdaily.com/

Contemporary Art Bog http://contemporary-art-blog.com/

The Art Life http://theartlife.com.au/

Art-Agenda http://www.art-agenda.com/

Hyperallergic http://hyperallergic.com/

Art 21 http://www.art21.org/

Artsy http://artsy.net/

Magazines

Art and Australia http://www.artaustralia.com/

Art in America http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/

Art Forum http://artforum.com/

Artlink http://www.artlink.com.au/

Art Asia Pacific http://artasiapacific.com/

Frieze http://www.frieze.com/

Mousse http://moussemagazine.it/

Parkett http://www.parkettart.com/

Artist references for Cardboard box art works

Tara Donovan http://www.acegallery.net/artistmenu.php?Artist=8

Rachel Whiteread http://www.gagosian.com/artists/rachel-whiteread

Brian Jungen http://caseykaplangallery.com/cat/exhibitions/brian-jungen/

Tom Friedman http://www.gagosian.com/artists/tom-friedman/

Bruce Slatter http://bruceslatter.com/works.php

Donna Marcus http://www.donnamarcus.com.au/home.html

Tobias Putrih http://www.putrih.net/

El Anatsui http://www.octobergallery.co.uk/artists/anatsui/

Ann Hamilton http://www.annhamiltonstudio.com/objectsMORE.html





http://www.guggenheim.org/

http://momaps1.org/

http://www.sfmoma.org/

http://www.newmuseum.org/

http://www.moca.org/

http://www.walkerart.org/

http://www.centrepompidou.fr/en

http://palaisdetokyo.com/

http://www.fondazionemaxxi.it/

http://www.museomacro.org/

http://www.deichtorhallen.de/

http://www.guggenheim-bilbao.es/

http://www.contemporaryartdaily.com/

http://contemporary-art-blog.com/

http://theartlife.com.au/

http://www.art-agenda.com/

http://hyperallergic.com/

http://www.art21.org/

http://artsy.net/

http://www.artaustralia.com/

http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/

http://artforum.com/

http://www.artlink.com.au/

http://artasiapacific.com/

http://www.frieze.com/

http://moussemagazine.it/

http://www.parkettart.com/

http://www.acegallery.net/artistmenu.php?Artist=8

http://www.gagosian.com/artists/rachel-whiteread

http://caseykaplangallery.com/cat/exhibitions/brian-jungen/

http://www.gagosian.com/artists/tom-friedman/

http://bruceslatter.com/works.php

http://www.donnamarcus.com.au/home.html

http://www.putrih.net/

http://www.octobergallery.co.uk/artists/anatsui/

http://www.annhamiltonstudio.com/objectsMORE.html

http://www.jessicastockholder.info/index.php?gallery=12

Jessica Stockholder http://www.jessicastockholder.info/index.php?gallery=12

Artist references for site based art works

Robert Smithson http://www.robertsmithson.com/

Christo and Jean Claude http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/

Walter De Maria http://www.gagosian.com/artists/walter-de-maria

Agnes Denis http://agnesdenesstudio.com/

The High Line http://www.thehighline.org/

Hamish Fulton http://www.hamish-fulton.com/

Ian Hamilton Finlay (Little Sparta) http://www.littlesparta.org.uk/

Nancy Holt http://nancyholt.org/

Mel Chin http://melchin.org/oeuvre/revival-field

Daniel Burin http://www.danielburen.com/

Cai Guo Qiang http://www.caiguoqiang.com/projects/transient-rainbow

Artist references for collage art works

Hannah Hoch http://artsy.net/artist/hannah-hoch

Pablo Picasso http://facweb.cs.depaul.edu/sgrais/collage.htm

Richard Hamilton http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/artists/richard-hamilton

Bill Zindel http://www.billzindel.com/

John Stezaker http://www.richardgraygallery.com/artists/john-stezaker/#artists

Mark Bradford http://whitecube.com/artists/mark_bradford/

Kurt Schwitters http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=5293

Guy Debord http://imaginarymuseum.org/LPG/Mapsitu1.htm

Situationist International http://www.cddc.vt.edu/sionline/

Philip Estlund http://phillipestlund.com/files/work_collages_1.html

Anita Celic Cella http://anitaceliccella.blogspot.com.au/

Katherine Streeter

http://www.katherinestreeter.com/KatherineStreeter/Home.html

Jesse Draxler http://www.jessedraxler.com/

Martha Rosler http://www.martharosler.net/photo/

Artist references for animation

William Kentridge On Johannesburg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpamsEdCbX8

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU http://vimeo.com/993998

N’fa Jones – ‘March On’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb8g2hhEY1M

Revamped Graphic Equalizer by Marcelo Costa http://vimeo.com/1105462

The Original Human TETRIS Performance by Guilliaume Raymond http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0LtUX_6IXY

Human Skateboard video by SneauxShoesVideo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtbQ4J3RfQ8

The Best Stop Motion Video EVER http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=-ZtxHOfmhH4

Change http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOMFod_Qnhg





http://www.jessicastockholder.info/index.php?gallery=12

http://www.robertsmithson.com/

http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/

http://www.gagosian.com/artists/walter-de-maria

http://agnesdenesstudio.com/

http://www.thehighline.org/

http://www.hamish-fulton.com/

http://www.littlesparta.org.uk/

http://nancyholt.org/

http://melchin.org/oeuvre/revival-field

http://www.danielburen.com/

http://www.caiguoqiang.com/projects/transient-rainbow

http://artsy.net/artist/hannah-hoch

http://facweb.cs.depaul.edu/sgrais/collage.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/artists/richard-hamilton

http://www.billzindel.com/

http://www.richardgraygallery.com/artists/john-stezaker/%23artists

http://whitecube.com/artists/mark_bradford/

http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=5293

http://imaginarymuseum.org/LPG/Mapsitu1.htm

http://www.cddc.vt.edu/sionline/

http://phillipestlund.com/files/work_collages_1.html

http://anitaceliccella.blogspot.com.au/

http://www.katherinestreeter.com/KatherineStreeter/Home.html

http://www.jessedraxler.com/

http://www.martharosler.net/photo/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpamsEdCbX8

http://vimeo.com/993998

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb8g2hhEY1M

http://vimeo.com/1105462

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0LtUX_6IXY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtbQ4J3RfQ8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=-ZtxHOfmhH4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOMFod_Qnhg

Assessment Assessment schedule

Detailed information on assessment tasks

1. Assessment 1 Journal (ULO 1,2)

Journal submission documenting research and visualization of project (work from weeks 1 and 2). Task description as follows:

a) Create 5 (min) unexpected things to do with a cardboard box.

b) Gather visual and written research of the cardboard box in your visual journal using a variety of methods such as artist research, drawing, mind maps, photographing and material play.

c) Other research documented in visual journal such as Study Area material plus independent research.

***PLEASE REFER TO BLACKBOARD UNIT INFORMATION FOR ASSESSMENT 1 RUBRIC***

2. Assessment 2 Journal mid semester (ULO 1,3)

Creative Proposal of Site and journal submission (work from weeks 3 to 6). Task description as follows:

a) Creative Proposal of Site: Propose and visualize and artwork for a site using your choice of artistic media.

b) Visual Journal: Your journal will include evidence of 5 (five) types of documentation, documentation of 5 (five) empty sites, 2 (two) collages of site and at least 1 (one) relevant creative link to a contemporary artist and their work.


3. Assessment 3 Project submission (ULO 1,2,3)

Project and journal submission of stop frame animation with visual journal documenting the creative process. Task description as follows:

a) Stop Frame Animation - Create a stop frame motion animation that has a minimum duration of 1minute. (10 frames/second)

b) Visual Journal

i) Gather visual and written research that supports and documents the project using a variety of methods such as artist

Task Value % Date DueUnit Learning Outcome(s)

Assessed

1

Journal 15 percent Week: Week 3 (in class) commencing 16th March 2015 Day: Day as per normal class Time: Time as per normal class

1,2

2

Journal mid semester 35 percent Week: Week 7 (Tuition Free Week) Day: Thursday 24th April 2014 Time: 5pm

1,2,3

3

Project submission 50 percent Week: Week 14 (in class) and 15. 1st Jun & 8th Jun Day: Day as per normal class Time: Day as per normal class

1,2,3





research, drawing, mind maps, photographing and material play.

ii) Other research documented in visual journal such as Study Area material plus independent research.

iii) Documentation of the Gallery Experience.

iv) Self-evaluation of the stop frame animation.


Pass requirements

Pass requirements

Curtin University Grading Scale 80-100 (8, 9) High Distinction 70-79 (7) Distinction 60-69 (6 ) Credit 50-59 (5) Pass Below 50 (F) Fail If appropriate you may be offered a Supplementary Examination. This will be recorded on your Student Record as an X grade. If so you will receive written notification from the Department detailing what you are required to do and a deadline for presentation. If you meet these requirements, the X grade will be replaced by a PX. In other words, you will only receive a pass (5) grade.

Grades and what they mean Each student will receive a numerical grade on completion of the unit. The following is a guide indicating the level of skills and commensurate grades:

9 - The student shows evidence of high level research & literacy skills, independent thinking, the ability to critically evaluate information and ideas. 8 - The student has researched the topic well and has the ability to critically evaluate information and ideas and to present their ideas in an articulate manner. 7 - The student has a good grasp of the topic and has presented their arguments in a clear and concise manner. 6 - The student has adequately researched the topic and shown they understand the major issues and have clearly presented the material in an appropriate essay format. 5 - The student has exhibited a fairly low level of literacy and has not fully come to grips with the issues raised. 4 - The student has not exhibited appropriate levels of literacy, research or evaluation.

Medical certificates are required to substantiate prolonged absence due to ill health etc. Medical certificates should be handed to your coordinator.

Fair assessment through moderation

Moderation describes a quality assurance process to ensure that assessments are appropriate to the learning outcomes, and that student work is evaluated consistently by assessors. Minimum standards for the moderation of assessment are described in the Assessment and Student Progression Manual, available from policies.curtin.edu.au/policies/teachingandlearning.cfm

Late assessment policy

This ensures that the requirements for submission of assignments and other work to be assessed are fair, transparent, equitable, and that penalties are consistently applied.

1. All assessments students are required to submit will have a due date and time specified on this Unit Outline. 2. Students will be penalised by a deduction of ten percent per calendar day for a late assessment submission (eg a mark

equivalent to 10% of the total allocated for the assessment will be deducted from the marked value for every day that the assessment is late). This means that an assessment worth 20 marks will have two marks deducted per calendar day late. Hence if it was handed in three calendar days late and given a mark of 16/20, the student would receive 10/20. An assessment more than seven calendar days overdue will not be marked and will receive a mark of 0.





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Assessment extension

A student unable to complete an assessment task by/on the original published date/time (eg examinations, tests) or due date/time (eg assignments) must apply for an assessment extension using the Assessment Extension form (available from the Forms page at students.curtin.edu.au/administration/) as prescribed by the Academic Registrar. It is the responsibility of the student to demonstrate and provide evidence for exceptional circumstances beyond the student's control that prevent them from completing/submitting the assessment task.

The student will be expected to lodge the form and supporting documentation with the unit coordinator before the assessment date/time or due date/time. An application may be accepted up to five working days after the date or due date of the assessment task where the student is able to provide an acceptable explanation as to why he or she was not able to submit the application prior to the assessment date. An application for an assessment extension will not be accepted after the date of the Board of Examiners' meeting.

Deferred assessments

If your results show that you have been granted a deferred assessment you should immediately check your OASIS email for details.

Supplementary assessments

Supplementary assessments are not available in this unit.

Referencing style

The referencing style for this unit is Chicago.

More information can be found on this style from the Library web site: library.curtin.edu.au.

Academic Integrity (including plagiarism and cheating)

Any conduct by a student that is dishonest or unfair in connection with any academic work is considered to be academic misconduct. Plagiarism and cheating are serious offences that will be investigated and may result in penalties such as reduced or zero grades, annulled units or even termination from the course.

Plagiarism occurs when work or property of another person is presented as one's own, without appropriate acknowledgement or referencing. Submitting work which has been produced by someone else (e.g. allowing or contracting another person to do the work for which you claim authorship) is also plagiarism. Submitted work is subjected to a plagiarism detection process, which may include the use of text matching systems or interviews with students to determine authorship.

Cheating includes (but is not limited to) asking or paying someone to complete an assessment task for you or any use of unauthorised materials or assistance during an examination or test.

For more information, including student guidelines for avoiding plagiarism, refer to the Academic Integrity tab in Blackboard or academicintegrity.curtin.edu.au.





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Additional information Enrolment

It is your responsibility to ensure that your enrolment is correct - you can check your enrolment through the eStudent option on OASIS, where you can also print an Enrolment Advice.

Student Rights and Responsibilities

It is the responsibility of every student to be aware of all relevant legislation and policies and procedures relating to his or her rights and responsibilities as a student. These include:

l the Student Charter l the University’s Guiding Ethical Principles l the University’s policy and statements on plagiarism and academic integrity l copyright principles and responsibilities l the University’s policies on appropriate use of software and computer facilities

Information on all these things is available through the University’s “Student Rights and Responsibilities” website at: students.curtin.edu.au/rights.

Student appeals: http://students.curtin.edu.au/rights/appeals/index.cfm

Enrolment

It is your responsibility to ensure that your enrolment is correct - you can check your enrolment through the eStudent option on OASIS, where you can also print an Enrolment Advice.

Student Rights and Responsibilities It is the responsibility of every student to be aware of all relevant legislation, policies and procedures relating to their rights and responsibilities as a student. These include:

l the Student Charter l the University's Guiding Ethical Principles l the University's policy and statements on plagiarism and academic integrity l copyright principles and responsibilities l the University's policies on appropriate use of software and computer facilities

Information on all these things is available through the University's "Student Rights and Responsibilities website at: students.curtin.edu.au/rights.

Student Equity There are a number of factors that might disadvantage some students from participating in their studies or assessments to the best of their ability, under standard conditions. These factors may include a disability or medical condition (e.g. mental illness, chronic illness, physical or sensory disability, learning disability), significant family responsibilities, pregnancy, religious practices, living in a remote location or another reason. If you believe you may be unfairly disadvantaged on these or other grounds please contact Student Equity at [email protected] or go to http://eesj.curtin.edu.au/student_equity/index.cfm for more information

You can also contact Counselling and Disability services: http://www.disability.curtin.edu.au or the Multi-faith services: http://life.curtin.edu.au/health-and-wellbeing/about_multifaith_services.htm for further information.

It is important to note that the staff of the university may not be able to meet your needs if they are not informed of your individual circumstances so please get in touch with the appropriate service if you require assistance. For general wellbeing concerns or advice please contact Curtin's Student Wellbeing Advisory Service at: http://life.curtin.edu.au/health-and-wellbeing/student_wellbeing_service.htm





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http://students.curtin.edu.au/rights/appeals/index.cfm

http://students.curtin.edu.au/rights/

mailto:[email protected]

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http://www.disability.curtin.edu.au/

http://life.curtin.edu.au/health-and-wellbeing/about_multifaith_services.htm

http://life.curtin.edu.au/health-and-wellbeing/student_wellbeing_service.htm

Recent unit changes We welcome feedback as one way to keep improving this unit. Students are encouraged to provide unit feedback through eVALUate, Curtin's online student feedback system (see evaluate.curtin.edu.au/info/).

Recent changes to this unit include:

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Program calendar

Week Date Lecture Bring to class Class Activity Independent Research

(Three (3) hours minimum)

23rd Feb Orientation Week

1. Monday 2nd March

ASSESSMENT 1 Lecture 1: Art & Creativity 100 Introductory Lecture with Mark Parfitt (all tutors to attend)

What is this unit about? How do you use a journal? What is critique?

Bring your digital camera and drawing materials to class.

Visual journal and cardboard box supplied.

The Unit Outline and introduction to the unit.

Visual journal entries

Mapping and visualising connections.

Create 5 things to do with a cardboard box.

Blackboard resources:

Tom Friedman article.

2. Monday 9th March

ASSESSMENT 1 Lecture 2: Object Thinking with Shannon Lyons

This lecture investigates the historical, cultural, social, functional and personal information embedded within a commonplace object. Through the examination of a single object, (cardboard box) ideas of resourcefulness, potential usage, shared experience and methods of creative thinking will be discussed.

Bring your 5 cardboard box works to discuss with the class.

Notes on Tom Friedman article.

Review of 5 cardboard box works.

Considering articles Tom Friedman and

13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird

Questioning objects, the language of objects.

Discuss expectations for Assessment 1.

Continue and create another 5 things to do with a cardboard box.

Continue working with journal and variety of entries for Assessment 1.


3. Monday 16th March

ASSESSMENT 2

Lecture 3: Documentation with Kieron Broadhurst

This lecture will look at various methods of recording and visualising that can be applied to your creative tasks. The presentation will look at how artists use various mediums and ideas to document creative practice.

ASSESSMENT 1 (Due in class)

Journal Submission: Documentation of 5 cardboard box art works and visual research (drawing, material play, artist research etc) from weeks 1 to 2.

Studio Activity: Different methods of documentation. Recording and visualising artistic process.

Experiment with 5 different types of documentation.


The Poetics of Noticing: Kabakov’s Night Journey

4. Monday ASSESSMENT 2 Bring your Studio Activity:





23rd March Lecture 3: Site/Place Interaction with David Attwood

This lecture will look at how art is sited and placed from permanent to ephemeral works of art. How do artists deal with the presentation and interaction with the work they make, considering and involving the public?

documentation of empty sites to class to discuss.

Notes on the Poetics of Noticing.

What is an “empty site”?

Working in pairs, document an empty site on campus.

Use your documentation skills to consider site, location and scale and the potential for a site based art work

Considering permanent, long term or ephemeral artworks.

Document 5 different sites/locations. Be creative, think about scale.

Print and collect your own images that can be used for collage next week.

Research an artist and demonstrate a creative link between your site ideas and their artistic practice.


Olafur Elaisson

Public Art Online

5. Monday 30th March

ASSESSMENT 2 Lecture 5: Collage, Combining and remix with Joanne Richardson

The creative act of combining and remixing existing things to invent new knowledge and understandings. Postmodernism: (pastiche and appropriation).

Plus the power of visual persuasion and how this is used in contemporary culture.

Bring a selection of your own imagery to create collage in class. Images need to be printed out!

Studio Activity:

Copy, collage and combining. Using techinques of collage visualise one of your 5 sites.

Discuss authorship, ownership, and collaboration.

Presentation of collage work and artists.

Create 2 collages that convey site. Consider an implied way of visualising them. Play with scale, skill, content.


The Interventionists

Vik Muniz

6. Monday 6th April

Tuition Free Week

7. Monday 13th April

Tuition Free Week


ASSESSMENT 2 Lecture 6: Proposal

ASSESSMENT 2 DUE 24th APR 5pm SODA FRONT OFFICE

Journal Submission: 5 different types of documentation,

Studio Activity:

In class time to complete Assessment 2.

Consultations with tutor.

Work on creative proposal for site based artwork. It does not have to be made, but visualise and plan them, based on consideration of





Recording of 5 empty sites, 2 collages of site, creative proposal for site and creative link to at least 1 artist.

long term v ephemeral.


Detournement: as Negation and Prelude

Read ahead to consider the independent animation project. Create a list of ideas, themes, topics, stories that could be applied to the independent project.


ASSESSMENT 3

Lecture 7: Please refer to Echocentre (Anzac public holiday).

Animation Project 1

This lecture will introduce the animation project with a brief history of stop frame animation and several practical steps to get started.

10. Monday 4th May

ASSESSMENT 3 Lecture 8: Animation Project 2

What makes an animation successful? Using several examples this presentation will focus on medium, process and technique.

Bring your independent project so far including: research, stills, sketches etc. to class to discuss.

BRING YOUR LAPTOP

Studio Activity:

Technical demo in making stop-frame animations.

Pair up and produce an in-class animation.

In class project help time #1

Continue work on the independent project.

11. Monday 11th May

ASSESSMENT 3 Lecture 8: Critique with Francis Russell

Creative work may not necessarily be replicated but can be accessible, communicated, understood and constructed by points of view.

Bring your independent project so far including: research, stills, sketches etc. to class to discuss.

BRING YOUR LAPTOP

Studio Activity:

Presentation of work in progress -visual journal and animation experimentation.

Critical discussion of

Continue work on the independent project.





the project so far.

Suggestions and advice on how to proceed.

12. Monday 18th May

ASSESSMENT 3

Lecture 9: Introduction to the gallery experience with Gemma Weston

Welcome to the new church. How do galleries operate and why? With the advent of Web 2 do we still need them, and hey – why are they always white?

Meet at the gallery. (not at uni). Bring your journal and basic dry drawing mediums.

** MEET AT THE ART GALLERY!**

Curation/Art relationships:

Pick a room and make a diagram/list of as many possible connections between the artworks. What is the curator trying to say?

Add your animation ideas to the mix… which artwork/s have a connection with what you are making?

Continue your independent project.

Record your experiences of the art gallery in your journal. Find images on the internet of a few of the artworks you took a look at in the gallery.

Take note of any connections you notice between those works and your independent project.

Blackboard resources: Any Space Whatever Online Exhibition

13. Monday 25th May

ASSESSMENT 3

Lecture 10: Creative thinking – An artists’ point of view Guest Lecturer

This lecture gives a 'real life' example of how an artist applies indivisual art practice to investigate and communicate their ideas, values and vision.

In-class project help time

#2Exercises in visualising your ideas (in support of your journal submission).

Expectations for Assessment 3 Part 2: Journal submission

Finalize your independent project for Assessment 3 Part 1.

Export the .mov file and save it USING YOUR NAME. Put the file on thumb drive or send via file sharing for submission.

PLEASE SUBMIT THE FILE: Work on Assessment 3 Part 2

14. Monday 1st June

ASSESSMENT 3

Lecture 12: Special Advanced Screening – Student Animations and exhibition of Artist’s Books

This lecture will screen

Bring your art gallery visit work and your animation to

Ceremonial class viewing of animations.

Baked goods are encouraged.

ASSESSMENT 3 PART 1: (Due in class) Independent Project: Animation.

Submit your artist book or animation on DVD or thumb-





some early animation submissions of interest. BYO Popcorn!

class to discuss.

BRING YOUR LAPTOP

drive for viewing next week.

The Journal. Include visualizations of your research, your method of making, the context of your work and some critical reflection on your experience in this unit.

Congratulations on the successful completion of the unit!

15. 8th June Study Week

ASSESSMENT 3 PART 2: (Please submit SODA front office assignment dropbox).

JOURNAL

Independent Project: Visual Journal (including animation research and working in visual journal) and gallery experience from weeks 7 to 13.

Your tutor will email you during the examination weeks with instructions about when/where to pick up your marked journal.

16. 15th June Exams Week 1

17. 22rd June Exams Week 2



