Photographic Studies 5

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2011:

This subject sees the further extension of intensive studio and workshop practice. In consultation with staff, students are encouraged to expand their own program through a critical evaluation of conceptual, aesthetic and technical considerations in their work. Students are required to articulate, discuss and analyse their work in regular individual and group tutorials and to be familiar with the historical precedents and contemporary influences that inform their work. Professional practice lectures introduce the students to the formal aspects of studio management and exhibiting. It includes applications for grants, gallery proposals, formal documentation and presentation, catalogues and publications.

Assessment is based on a substantial body of work demonstrating the range of the student's activities during the semester, including any group of finished works, support work. An ideas book developed throughout the semester. A selection of assigned work (100%).

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This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

At the completion of the course or subject students should be able to:

• demonstrate capacities for artistic imagination, creativity, transformation and interpretation;
• demonstrate practical skills in respect of critical analysis, problem solving, report writing, team work and oral and written communication;
• demonstrate a flexible and innovative approach to the national and international challenges for the professional visual artist in the 21st century;
• work at various levels, both as an individual and as a team member, in a wide variety of visual artistic environments;
• demonstrate an open, independent and inquiring attitude towards contemporary cultural developments and new ideas;
• understand their relationship with and responsibility to their cultural environment and society.