Units
Photomedia and Artistic Practice
Unit code: KVB104
Contact hours: 3 per week
Credit points: 12
Information about fees and unit costs
This unit aims to provide you with an understanding of the aesthetic aspects of various photomedia concepts and processes and the artistic use of genres. It also aims to give you proficiency in alternative and experimental uses of photographic processes, establishing an understanding of investigative and creative research. By including a range of photographic processes as part of the photographic artist's repertoire, this unit aims to give you a broad range of choices and approaches to creating images. The unit encourages you to engage with photography as a medium for visual and artistic expression in order to extend your own photographic practice.
Availability
| Semester | Available |
|---|---|
| 2013 Semester 1 | Yes |
| 2013 Semester 2 | Yes |
Sample subject outline - Semester 1 2013
Note: Subject outlines often change before the semester begins. Below is a sample outline.
Rationale
In contemporary artistic practice, diverse forms of photo imaging play an increasingly important role. An understanding of how photographic artists creatively deal with issues of representation and photo-imaging will assist you in contextualizing your own photographic practice. Knowledge of aesthetic concepts within photomedia, its potential for innovative processes and the historical relationship between photography and art is important in developing your own dynamic practice.
Aims
The aim of this unit is to provide you with an understanding of photomedia concepts and processes and in the artistic use of genres. It also aims to give you proficiency in alternative and experimental uses of photographic processes, establishing an understanding of creative research. By including a range of photographic processes as part of the photographic artist's repertoire, this unit aims to give you a broad range of choices and approaches to creating images. The unit encourages you to engage with photography as a medium for visual and artistic expression in order to extend your own photographic practice.
Objectives
On completion of this unit you should be able to:
1. Apply technical skills appropriate to artistic photo-imaging;
2. Employ critical reasoning to current and historical concepts in art and photography;
3. Solve conceptual problems in photomedia creatively;
4. Employ artistic inquiry in photomedia through a self-generated body of work.
Content
The unit content covers the following: photographic processes - digital image capture; digital camera operations; computer enhancement of digital photographs; contemporary and international photography, artistic uses of photography; history of photography and art; rights of representation as seen in indigenous, feminist and other cultural histories; personal approaches to photomedia applying art concepts to individual photo work.
Approaches to Teaching and Learning
Lectures, computer-lab workshops, demonstrations, individual practice, Blackboard links.
Assessment
LATE ASSIGNMENTS
An assignment submitted after the due date without an approved extension will not be marked. If you are unable to complete your assignment on time, you should submit on time whatever work you have done.
Faculty Assessment Information
To access the Creative Industries Faculty Assessment Information see the Blackboard site for this unit.FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
Formative assessment is provided through feedback in workshops and through assessment proformas. Weight: 0%
Assessment name:
Practical
Description:
(Formative and Summative). A series of image capture, manipulation analysis and presentation tasks.
Relates to objectives:
1,2,3
Weight:
50%
Internal or external:
Internal
Group or individual:
Individual
Due date:
Mid Semester
Assessment name:
Portfolio
Description:
(Formative and Summative) Personal photographic folio.
Relates to objectives:
1,2,3,4
Weight:
50%
Internal or external:
Internal
Group or individual:
Individual
Due date:
End semester
Academic Honesty
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A breach of academic integrity is regarded as Student Misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties.
Resource materials
Required Texts
There is no required text for this unit.
Recommended References
Clarke, Graham (1997) The photograph. Oxford, U.K: Oxford University Press
Daval, Jean-Luc (1982) Photography, history of an art. Geneva, Switzerland: Skirl
Davis, P. (1995) Photography. New York: Brown
Friday, J. (2002) Aesthetics and Photography. Aldershot, England: Ashgate
Rowell, M. (1997) Objects of Desire: the modern still life. New York: Museum of Modern Art. Distributed by Harry N. Abrams.
Wells, Liz (2002) Photography: a critical introduction. London: Routledge
Risk assessment statement
You will be instructed on safe procedures and the required safety gear for all studio and workshop processes that are demonstrated. Health and Safety files are readily available for all materials and machinery in all studios areas. Technical supervision is provided for workshops and available on a regular basis during the week. Technical supervision is mandatory in 3D workshop and printmaking studios. A minimum of three students is required for after hours access to studios. Risk assessment forms must be completed and submitted before project work starts.
Disclaimer - Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
Last modified: 18-Jul-2012
