School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Site Specific Production and Presentation
  • Unit Code

    PMA3001
  • Year

    2018
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    30
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Alexa Meredith TAYLOR

Description

This unit focuses on site-specific work which steers students skills and imagination to create meaning from a sense of place and community. Students will be required to create an original site-specific work from research and conception to preparation and performance. This will require students to undertake the exploration of location suitability, working in the public space and space activation, research of historical and cultural aspects of site/space, writing, dramaturgical and directorial processes, and the role of the producer/arts manager. The unit will result in a public performance season.

Co-Requisite Rule

Students must be enrolled in course Y97

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Confidently demonstrate high level awareness of the machinations of creating and producing work for public consumption.
  2. Demonstrate a clear understanding of creative practice and collaborative process.
  3. Demonstrate strong group management skills.
  4. Perform at a high standard.
  5. Project manage from beginning to end.
  6. Understanding of marketing principles and application to target audiences.

Unit Content

  1. Accounting for space, architecture, landscape in project management.
  2. Collaboration and the relationship between performer, audience and space/site.
  3. Managing groups including community stakeholder relations.
  4. Marketing and presenting site specific work.
  5. OH&S, public liability and rehearsing/performing in public spaces.
  6. Performing in the public realm and dealing with public reactions.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Full YearNot Offered31 x 2 hour ensemblesNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshops, rehearsals

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Portfolio ^Concept Proposal for a Site-Specific Performance *30%
PerformancePreparation and Performance 50%
AssignmentWritten reflection on Performance and Preparation 20%

^ Mandatory to Pass
* Assessment item identified for English language proficiency

Core Reading(s)

  • Oddey, A. (1994). Devising theatre : a practical and theoretical handbook. London; New York: Routledge.
  • Machon, J. (2013). Immersive theatre: Intimacy and immediacy in contemporary performance. Hampshire & New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Hill, L., & Paris, H. (2006). Performance and place. Hampshire & New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • (2012). Performing site-specific theatre : politics, place, practice. Hampshire & New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Pearson, M. (2010). Site specfic performance. Hampshire & New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Kaye, N. (2000). Site specific art : performance, place, and documentation. New York: Routledge.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Site Specific Production and Presentation
  • Unit Code

    PMA3001
  • Year

    2018
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    30
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Alexa Meredith TAYLOR

Description

This unit focuses on site-specific work which steers students skills and imagination to create meaning from a sense of place and community. Students will be required to create an original site-specific work from research and conception to preparation and performance. This will require students to undertake the exploration of location suitability, working in the public space and space activation, research of historical and cultural aspects of site/space, writing, dramaturgical and directorial processes, and the role of the producer/arts manager. The unit will result in a public performance season.

Co-Requisite Rule

Students must be enrolled in course Y97

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Confidently demonstrate high level awareness of the machinations of creating and producing work for public consumption.
  2. Demonstrate a clear understanding of creative practice and collaborative process.
  3. Demonstrate strong group management skills.
  4. Perform at a high standard.
  5. Project manage from beginning to end.
  6. Understanding of marketing principles and application to target audiences.

Unit Content

  1. Accounting for space, architecture, landscape in project management.
  2. Collaboration and the relationship between performer, audience and space/site.
  3. Managing groups including community stakeholder relations.
  4. Marketing and presenting site specific work.
  5. OH&S, public liability and rehearsing/performing in public spaces.
  6. Performing in the public realm and dealing with public reactions.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Full YearNot Offered31 x 2 hour ensemblesNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshops, rehearsals

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Portfolio ^Concept Proposal for a Site-Specific Performance *30%
PerformancePreparation and Performance 50%
AssignmentWritten reflection on Performance and Preparation 20%

^ Mandatory to Pass
* Assessment item identified for English language proficiency

Core Reading(s)

  • Oddey, A. (1994). Devising theatre : a practical and theoretical handbook. London; New York: Routledge.
  • Machon, J. (2013). Immersive theatre: Intimacy and immediacy in contemporary performance. Hampshire & New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Hill, L., & Paris, H. (2006). Performance and place. Hampshire & New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • (2012). Performing site-specific theatre : politics, place, practice. Hampshire & New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Pearson, M. (2010). Site specfic performance. Hampshire & New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Kaye, N. (2000). Site specific art : performance, place, and documentation. New York: Routledge.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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