Unit Outline

We exist as embodied beings: bodies are how we move through the world and how we touch, see, and interact with it. The purpose of the unit is to introduce students to the concept of the body and bodies within art historical and cultural traditions and emerging technological terrains. The unit explores key issues such as gender, representation, and identity with a focus on bodies as sites of transformation. The unit investigates how social and cultural forces shape bodies, influence aesthetics and reveal cultural ideologies. Students are invited to use design strategies to investigate the body as a sensual and dynamic force. Through experimentation with diverse materials, students will develop work that seeks to challenge, disrupt or extend concepts of the body. As part of unit content students test the potential of creative work to convey and evoke embodied sensation and discuss these strategies through reflective and critical writing. This unit introduces students to the creative arts emphasis on praxis, where theory is tested and embodied in making and writing.

Intended Learning Outcomes

As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:


1	Use a variety of oral, written and visual strategies to examine how social and cultural forces shape bodies and influence aesthetics and design approaches.
2	Review artworks in a critical and creative context relevant to unit themes
3	Apply process of material experimentation and reflection to develop artwork that responds to unit themes.
4	Work collaboratively, constructively, and respectfully within group and individual learning contexts

Requisites


REQUISITE TYPE	REQUISITES
Anti-requisite (mutual excl)	FSA122 Critical Practices 1B

Alterations as a result of student feedback

How will I be Assessed?

For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Assessment Task 1:	Three hands in different media and reflective statement	Week 4	15 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
Assessment Task 2:	Exhibition Audio Tour	Week 8	35 %	LO1, LO2
Assessment Task 3:	Folio	Week 13	50 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Three hands in different media and reflective statement

Task Description:

Create a set of three works in different media, representing or recording the hand in some way: three hands. Your reflective statement will focus on the outcome of the task and the decisions that led you there.

Task Length:

Maximum 10 images, 300 words

Due Date:

Week 4

Weight:

15 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Produce combinations of form and media to express embodiment	LO1, LO3
2	Reflect on the contexts and development of creative work	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4

Assessment Task 2: Exhibition Audio Tour

Task Description:

Write an audio tour for an exhibition, linking curatorial concept, creative works and exhibition design with audience experience.

Task Length:

1,500 words

Due Date:

Week 8

Weight:

35 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Analyse an exhibition in terms of concepts, delivery and contexts and audience experience.	LO1, LO2
2	Communicate with clarity, applying appropriate language to develop a structured argument within the word limit	LO1
3	Acknowledge and integrate relevant and authoritative sources, applying Harvard referencing conventions.	LO1, LO2

Assessment Task 3: Folio

Task Description:

Produce a creative work responding to the theme of the “extended body”, accompanied by a reflective statement and journal

Task Length:

Creative work, journal 36 pages, reflective statement 600 words.

Due Date:

Week 13

Weight:

50 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Integrate personal observations and experimentation with research to interpret your chosen theme in your artwork.	LO1, LO3
2	Reflect on the development, context, resolution. and challenges of creating your art work	LO1, LO2, LO3
3	Consistently engage with set tasks, contextual research and formal and conceptual experimentation to demonstrate your understanding of ideas about bodies	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes, achieve a final unit grade of 50% or greater, and pass any hurdle tasks.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.

Academic integrity

Academic integrity is about acting responsibly, honestly, ethically, and collegially when using, producing, and communicating information with other students and staff members.

In written work, you must correctly reference the work of others to maintain academic integrity. To find out the referencing style for this unit, see the assessment information in the MyLO site, or contact your teaching staff. For more detail about Academic Integrity, see Important Guidelines & Support.

Requests for extensions

If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.

A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.

The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.

Late penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.

Review of results and appeals

You are entitled to ask for a review of the marking and grading of your assessment task if there is an irregularity in the marking standards or an error in the process for determining the outcome of an assessment. Details on how to request a review of a mark for an assignment are outlined in the Review and Appeal of Academic Decisions Procedure.