Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Capture, Translate and Synthesise

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
VART3505	City Campus	Undergraduate	340H Art	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2014, Sem 1 2015, Sem 1 2016, Sem 1 2017, Sem 1 2025

Flexible Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
VART3505	City Campus	Undergraduate	340H Art	Face-to-Face	UGRDFlex24 (SELC)

Course Coordinator: Greg Creek

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 5386

Course Coordinator Email: greg.creek@rmit.edu.au

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

No pre-requisites

Course Description

This course will introduce you to fundamental principles of capturing, translating and synthesizing your visual perceptions through drawing.
You will experience drawing as a primary means of working with thoughts and perceptions, processes, gestures and experiences without reference to a particular set of media. The course provides strategies and methods for you to transform your thoughts and perceptions into artworks.

Objectives are to gain a foundation in drawing that can be further articulated through individual practice.
You will gain skills in drawing that generate artistic departure points which form the basis for development into more complex and complete art works.

This course is one of six perception and practice courses offered within your Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) degree. Learning in these courses will take place in a studio environment and will be designed to deepen your kinaesthetic, visual and aural perceptions.

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

Capability Development

In this course you will develop the following program capabilities:

• find creative solutions to constraints and challenges in a fine art context
• effectively communicate via artistic production in a range of media and modes with awareness of and sensitivity to a range of local and global contexts and cultures
• develop a critically reflective arts practice, in order to continually develop, change and plan for a future that is both informed and improved by arts practice
• engage in autonomous and continued learning, apply new theories of practice and embrace new developments in cultural/artistic production

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to:

• undertake visual research to capture your impressions and ideas through a variety of media and processes
• translate raw material using a range of strategies and material transformations such as collage, montage, transposition, deconstruction, collaboration with others, and various processes of image interpretation
• synthesise disparate elements formally and/or conceptually into single outcomes and bodies of work
• critically reflect on methods and strategies in relation to your own creative processes

Overview of Learning Activities

You will engage in a range of individual and collaborative learning activities such as making work, experimenting with material, practice based research, workshops, presentations, demonstrations, lectorials, gallery and site visits, reflective writing, group discussions, consultations on your studio work and occupational health and safety demonstrations.

You will also receive verbal and/or written feedback from academic staff and your peers through a variety of consultations and tutorials. This feedback will help you to track how your learning is progressing against the specified learning outcomes and capabilities for this course. In classes you will also engage in critical reflection and reviews.

Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT University will provide you with a range of resources and tools to engage in this course, including studio and workshop facilities, online systems and professional equipment specific to your studio area. A selected range of supplies are available, as well as support from technical staff. You will also have access to a wide range of online and hardcopy resources through RMIT University Library.

RMIT University is in close proximity to a broad range of galleries and cultural venues which you will be expected to visit as part of your course. Professional studio specific workshops, labs and suppliers are also readily accessible.

Overview of Assessment

You will be assessed on how well you meet the learning outcomes of this course and on your development against the program capabilities.
Your work will be assessed progressively throughout the semester and may consist of individual creative works that relate to your studio practice, reflective writing, presentations, practice-based research folios, collaborative creative works, critical reflection on methods and processes, and peer reviews.

If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the Studio Coordinator or the Disability Liaison Unit if you would like to find out more.

An assessment charter summarises your responsibilities as an RMIT student as well as those of your teachers.

Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies and procedures which are described and referenced in a single document.