NM3505 - Drawing for New Media

Credit points:	03
Year:	2009
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Creative Arts

This subject requires that students analyze, synthesize and apply aesthetics demonstrated and presented by high profile artists working with drawing and new media. The application of new knowledge combines praxis that considers drawing in terms of contemporary issues. Lectures and practical workshops include presentation of investigative and collaborative projects appropriate to New Media and investigation of principles and techniques involving individual and group projects. Exploration into display and presentation online will build on integrating image, line and form with text and sound for new contexts that preference the visual line.

Learning Outcomes

• understand the rigour of practice based research and its application to building new knowledge;
• acquire knowledge of visual art projects produced by contemporary new media visual artists and contemporary application of aesthetics;
• apply experimentation with instances of drawing and new media for portrayal of a concept based project;
• apply issue based topics to new media presentations;
• incorporate collaborative experiences in presenting group drawing installation.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to manage future career and personal development.

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Coordinator:	Dr Gordon Brown
Lecturers:	Dr Gordon Brown, Mr Ron McBurnie.
Contact hours:	13 hours lectures 26 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	practical experiment 1 (25%); research journal (25%); practical experiment 2 (25%); exhibition component (25%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.