NM3703 - Performance - Artist

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

Available to all students

Students will focus on the distinction between the performance artist and the actor and examine the idea of alternative space as the artist's stage. Students will work solo or in groups to present the unorthodox and the unexpected. Research work on contemporary performance artists including Annie Sprinkle, Karen Finley, Gilbert and George, Laurie Anderson and others will provide students with contextual frameworks to site their own performances.

Learning Outcomes

• ability to apply performance skills to a substantial event;
• ability to analyse and document the performers contribution to the performance process;
• ability to analyse contemporary performance art within discourses of gender and race the ability to apply theoretical paradigms to developed performance events.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• An understanding of the economic, legal, ethical, social and cultural issues involved in the use of information;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to manage future career and personal development;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 28-Aug-2009
Coord/Lect:	Ms Debra Thomas.
Contact hours:	13 hours lectures 26 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	performance project (40%); essays (20%); seminar research paper (20%); workshop tasks (20%).

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.