VA4021:12
Research Practice
Townsville
Prerequisites: Distinction level in VA3031, VA3032, VA3230 and credit level in VA3131
Inadmissable Subject Combination: VA4001 VA4012 VA4022
Contact hours as negotiated with Head of College. Full year.
Available, at the discretion of the Head of College, to all students with a BVA or equivalent qualification undertaking the BVA Honours (Research) degree.
Staff: Head, College of Music, Visual Arts and Theatre.
The subject will encompass the fostering of individual strategies and work practices appropriate to an individual requiring a high level of creative independence balanced by the maintenance of positive student/supervisor relationships; the application of methodologies which thoroughly integrate practical and theoretical concerns and bring them to fruition; the enhancement of ongoing and appropriate learning strategies to creative practice; the ways and means of applying and consistently developing technical mastery towards a body of work designed for critical review; the provision of sound strategies for independent visual research, its collection, processing applications and destination; the presentation of the processes of art production, the nature of the codes and conventions and key theoretical influences at work in visual images, art works and architecture.
Learning Objectives:
- to engage in and acquire advanced techniques and/or practices within the chosen field of specialisation to a fully professional level;
- to demonstrate these techniques and/or practices;
- to apply a highly focussed perception culminating in a body of work where a strong relationship between theory and practice is demonstrated;
- to locate ideas and working methods within the broader context of contemporary art practice and tradition;
- to bring a body of work to fruition in a professionally documented exhibition installation or presentation where the candidate’s offering adds a greater depth and meaning to the work;
- to demonstrate an ability to synthesise visual and other species of process oriented material and reflect upon the processes which informed or otherwise impacted on the work.
Assessment by presentation of a previously agreed upon body of work leading to a one person exhibition, presentation or installation in an accredited space or site. The body of work should be accompanied by a professional standard of documentation in the form of a catalogue, statement, invitations and identification of works shown.