Unit Outline

This unit invites you to find your way through the field of contemporary art. You will unpick moments of change and transition within a broader context of local, national, and global histories of art, and to see yourself as an active participant in creating change. Using place-based, cartographic, and visual strategies, this unit introduces you to key contemporary, historical, philosophical and cultural debates in the visual arts and the continued connectivity art practices share with the past.

You will take a critical stance in relation to the role of critical and professional writing, understanding how writing can articulate, define and challenge our thinking about art and its histories. You will be guided through the interrelationship between ideas, discussion, making and writing, enabling you to establish and articular arguments vital to understanding the place of contemporary visual art in a global context. A variety of assessment tasks will bring together reading, writing and making to facilitate the productive links between these modes of creative communication.

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	Locate and express the critical, historical, cultural, and technological contexts relevant to contemporary creative practice.
2	Identify and employ processes of discourse and research methodologies in a range of critical and expressive forms
3	Construct critical arguments using appropriate forms of writings and making
4	Work collaboratively, constructively, and respectfully within group and individual learning contexts.

Requisites


REQUISITE TYPE	REQUISITES
Pre-requisite	25 credit points of any Level 100 Critical Practice in Art Core
Anti-requisite (mutual excl)	FSA223

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:	Critical Review	Week 4	20 %	LO1, LO2, LO3
Assessment Task 2:	Creative Intervention	Week 11	40 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
Assessment Task 3:	Poster Presentation	Week 13	40 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Critical Review

Task Description:

Identify and evaluate an example of creative intervention within a public institution, collection or space.

Task Length:

1000 words

Due Date:

Week 4

Weight:

20 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Identify a creative work in accordance with task requirements and evaluate the theoretical and applied aspects of the work	LO1, LO2, LO3
2	Present a variety of written and visual material sourced through research methods to support your position	LO1, LO2, LO3
3	Demonstrate awareness of contextual references relating to your chosen creative work	LO1, LO2, LO3

Assessment Task 2: Creative Intervention

Task Description:

Employ a range of strategies from banner, protest, placard, poster, or billboard, or public, participatory or performative artwork, that intervenes in public space.

Task Length:

Variable

Due Date:

Week 11

Weight:

40 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Identify an issue, theme or opportunity and leverage a creative platform to communicate your position.	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
2	Propose, plan and execute a creative project.	LO2, LO3
3	Evidence experimentation and iterative development of your outcome.	LO2, LO3, LO4

Assessment Task 3: Poster Presentation

Task Description:

Research, visually communicate, and evaluate a contextual exemplar through a Poster Presentation

Task Length:

A1 poster (three imagines and 500 words)

Due Date:

Week 13

Weight:

40 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Identify and rationalise the exemplar chosen using related contextual references	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
2	Provide insight to your identified exemplar and communicate your understanding through written and visual expression	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
3	Evidence the use of research methods including referencing.	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.

Academic progress review

The results for this unit may be included in a review of your academic progress. For information about progress reviews and what they mean for all students, see Academic Progress Review in the Student Portal.

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.