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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.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Site Specific Production and Presentation

  • Unit Code

    PMA3001

  • Year

    2020

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    4

  • Credit Points

    30

  • Full Year Unit

     Y

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Alexa Meredith TAYLOR

Description

This unit focuses on the creation and presentation of site-specific, immersive and promenade styles of performance that take place outside of a traditional theatre venue. Students are introduced to the theory and history of this approach to making work and use that knowledge to conceive, develop and present their ideas for original performance works in site-specific or immersive contexts. Students are made aware of the creative and practical opportunities and challenges of this kind of work. They have the experience of developing ideas for a hypothetical project of their own, and a group project executed with staff or guest artists.

Co-Requisite Rule

Students must be enrollled in Y97

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Perform at a high standard in the particular skills required in the context of site-specific or immersive work.
  2. Effectively communicate creative ideas.
  3. Contribute to the creative process for site-specific performance through collaboration, research and experimentation with devising technqiues.
  4. Conceive and devleop a concept for site-specific performance applying historical and contextual knowledge.
  5. Collaborate on the execution of a site-specific, immersive or participatory performance in the role/s required by the project.
  6. Generate performance ideas through conducting improvisations or devising tasks in response to a given site or location.
  7. Communicate creative ideas for site-based work in industry relevant formats.
  8. Research a particular site or location as the basis for creating site-specific performance.
  9. Apply historical and theoretical knowledge of site-specific, immersive or participatory performance to the development of new project ideas.

Unit Content

  1. Managing groups including community stakeholder relations.
  2. Opportunities and challenges of rehearsing/performing in public spaces.
  3. Collaboration and the relationship between performer, audience and space/site.
  4. Performing and dealing with audience/spectator/participant reactions in site-specific, immersive or participatory work.
  5. Research for site-specific performance including taking into account history, story, architecture, current use, and community or other stakeholders.

Learning Experience

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

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Full YearNot Offered17 x 3 hour ensemblesNot Offered
Full YearNot Offered15 x 2 hour seminarNot 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%
AssignmentResearch Assignment20%
PerformancePreparation and Performance 50%

^ 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. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/29634834?databaseList=638
  • Machon, J. (2013). Immersive theatre: Intimacy and immediacy in contemporary performance. Hampshire & New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/849721989?databaseList=638
  • Hill, L., & Paris, H. (2006). Performance and place. Hampshire & New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/62331008?databaseList=638
  • (2012). Performing site-specific theatre : politics, place, practice. Hampshire & New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/815767225
  • Pearson, M. (2010). Site specfic performance. Hampshire & New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/651486812?databaseList=638
  • Kaye, N. (2000). Site specific art : performance, place, and documentation. New York: Routledge. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/49851819?databaseList=638

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.

PMA3001|4|1

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.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Site Specific Production and Presentation

  • Unit Code

    PMA3001

  • Year

    2020

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    4

  • Credit Points

    30

  • Full Year Unit

     Y

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Alexa Meredith TAYLOR

Description

This unit focuses on the creation and presentation of site-specific, immersive and promenade styles of performance that take place outside of a traditional theatre venue. Students are introduced to the theory and history of this approach to making work and use that knowledge to conceive, develop and present their ideas for original performance works in site-specific or immersive contexts. Students are made aware of the creative and practical opportunities and challenges of this kind of work. They have the experience of developing ideas for a hypothetical project of their own, and a group project executed with staff or guest artists.

Co-Requisite Rule

Students must be enrollled in Y97

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Perform at a high standard in the particular skills required in the context of site-specific or immersive work.
  2. Effectively communicate creative ideas.
  3. Contribute to the creative process for site-specific performance through collaboration, research and experimentation with devising technqiues.
  4. Conceive and devleop a concept for site-specific performance applying historical and contextual knowledge.
  5. Collaborate on the execution of a site-specific, immersive or participatory performance in the role/s required by the project.
  6. Generate performance ideas through conducting improvisations or devising tasks in response to a given site or location.
  7. Communicate creative ideas for site-based work in industry relevant formats.
  8. Research a particular site or location as the basis for creating site-specific performance.
  9. Apply historical and theoretical knowledge of site-specific, immersive or participatory performance to the development of new project ideas.

Unit Content

  1. Managing groups including community stakeholder relations.
  2. Opportunities and challenges of rehearsing/performing in public spaces.
  3. Collaboration and the relationship between performer, audience and space/site.
  4. Performing and dealing with audience/spectator/participant reactions in site-specific, immersive or participatory work.
  5. Research for site-specific performance including taking into account history, story, architecture, current use, and community or other stakeholders.

Learning Experience

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

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Full YearNot Offered17 x 3 hour ensemblesNot Offered
Full YearNot Offered15 x 2 hour seminarNot 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%
AssignmentResearch Assignment20%
PerformancePreparation and Performance 50%

^ 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. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/29634834?databaseList=638
  • Machon, J. (2013). Immersive theatre: Intimacy and immediacy in contemporary performance. Hampshire & New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/849721989?databaseList=638
  • Hill, L., & Paris, H. (2006). Performance and place. Hampshire & New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/62331008?databaseList=638
  • (2012). Performing site-specific theatre : politics, place, practice. Hampshire & New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/815767225
  • Pearson, M. (2010). Site specfic performance. Hampshire & New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/651486812?databaseList=638
  • Kaye, N. (2000). Site specific art : performance, place, and documentation. New York: Routledge. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/49851819?databaseList=638

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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