Unit Outline
FSF217
Object and Spatial Practice
Semester 2, 2026
Niklavs Rubenis
Creative and Performing Arts
Arts and Society (Portfolio)
CRICOS Provider Code: 00586B
Unit Coordinator
Niklavs Rubenis
Email: Niklavs.Rubenis@utas.edu.au
What is the Unit About?
Unit Description
 
This unit provides development in experiential objects, installation and immersive contexts. It reflects a commitment to making skills necessary for contemporary studio artists and designers while also exploring the role of creative practice within a world already filled with objects and electronic media. You will develop core knowledge that is further built by the introduction of a range of experimental making processes and skills. You will respond to creative prompts focused on a world in rapid transformation. Collaborative and individual tasks combined with critical observational and presenting activities, further prepare you to engage in speculative discourse and the imagining of alternative futures.   You will engage with the development of critically based work through brief/s, lectures, demonstrations, studios, workshops, tutorials, discussion, or presentations that span historical, traditional, theoretical, technological, and speculative realms combined with current approaches to making and processes. Instruction and compliance to workplace health and safety (WHS) is fundamental to this unit.
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
Explore and utilise a range of media and technical production methods to create an experimental and/or speculative project that responds to a given design brief/s
2
Engage with and transpose theoretical and historical contexts into works capable of speculating or imagining alternative futures
3
Produce resolved works that disrupt or critique conventional and traditional understandings of objects and/or spatial practices
4
Identify and follow WHS practices across techniques, materials, equipment and workspaces.
5
Work collaboratively, constructively, and respectfully within group and individual learning contexts
Requisites
REQUISITE TYPE
REQUISITES
Pre-requisite
FSF113 Object and Furniture 1 or FSF111 3D Design 1
Anti-requisite (mutual excl)
FSF215
Alterations as a result of student feedback
 
 
 
Teaching arrangements
ATTENDANCE MODE
TEACHING TYPE
LEARNING ACTIVITY
CONTACT HOURS
FREQUENCY
Attendance / engagement expectations
If your unit is offered On campus, it is expected that you will attend all on-campus and onsite learning activities. This is to support your own learning and the development of a learning community within the unit. If you are unable to attend regularly, please discuss the situation with your course coordinator and/or our UConnect support team.

If your unit is offered Online or includes online activities, it is expected you will engage in all those activities as indicated in the Unit Outline or MyLO, including any self-directed learning.

If you miss a learning activity for a legitimate reason (e.g., illness, carer responsibilities) teaching staff will attempt to provide alternative activities (e.g., make up readings) where it is possible.
 
 
 
 
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:
Task 1: Presentation
See the MyLO site for the due date
20 %
LO1, LO3, LO5
Assessment Task 2:
Task 2: Work in Progress/Critique
See the MyLO site for the due date
30 %
LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5
Assessment Task 3:
Task 3: Artist statement, 300 words; Journal of context, concept and processes; Folio of final work/s
See the MyLO site for the due date
50 %
LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5
 
Assessment details
Assessment Task 1: Task 1: Presentation
Task Description:
n/a
Task Length:
 
Due Date:
See the MyLO site for the due date
Weight:
20 %
 
CRITERION #
CRITERION
MEASURES INTENDED
LEARNING OUTCOME(S)
1
Presentation
LO1, LO3, LO5
 
Assessment Task 2: Task 2: Work in Progress/Critique
Task Description:
n/a
Task Length:
 
Due Date:
See the MyLO site for the due date
Weight:
30 %
 
CRITERION #
CRITERION
MEASURES INTENDED
LEARNING OUTCOME(S)
1
Work in Progress / Critique
LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5
 
 
Assessment Task 3: Task 3: Artist statement, 300 words; Journal of context, concept and processes; Folio of final work/s
Task Description:
n/a
Task Length:
 
Due Date:
See the MyLO site for the due date
Weight:
50 %
 
CRITERION #
CRITERION
MEASURES INTENDED
LEARNING OUTCOME(S)
1
Artist Statement, Journal, Folio
LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5
 
 
 
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.
 
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.