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Faculty of Education and Arts

School: Communications and 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

    Sculpture: Art and Environment

  • Unit Code

    VIS3531

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

In this unit students explore art making in relation to natural and built environments. International perspectives on historical and contemporary 3D art forms and art movements (Land Art, Earth Art, eco-art, performance art, ephemeral art, sound sculpture) are analysed and students learn about core concepts and processes for constructing and assembling objects, strategies for articulating space, and collaborative and interdisciplinary projects. Conceptual development skills are combined with technical and materials workshops, which include a focus on sustainable practice. Students develop spatial and sensory analysis skills to propose and then create a unique site-specific project for public exhibition in conjunction with a commercial gallery sculpture park.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded VIS2507

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate and articulate material choices and technical skills development and articulate contexts for their work.
  2. Demonstrate professional and safe working practices within the sculpture studio.
  3. Demonstrate spatial and sensory analyses skills for mapping a site.
  4. Design and create 3D artworks using a range of materials and objects that show evidence of research and informed practice.
  5. Produce a site-specific project proposal, creative project and project report.

Unit Content

  1. Core concepts and language in 3D art.
  2. Spatial and sensory analyses and applications.
  3. Technical, material and professional standards for public exhibition.
  4. The historical and contemporary context of sculptural objects and landscape-based projects: Global case studies for sustainable practice.
  5. Written project proposal and reflexive contextual analysis.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures. Demonstrations. Workshops. Workplace supervision. On-line resource development.

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
Creative WorkSpace, time, form and materials50%
ProjectSite Project 50%

Text References

  • Weintraub, L. (2012). To life! Eco art in pursuit of a sustainable planet. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Note: Seminal Reference.
  • Brown, A. (2014). Art and ecology now. New York, NY: Thames & Hudson.
  • Wu, X. (2013). Patricia Johanson and the re-invention of public environmental art 1958-2010. Ashgate Pub Co.
  • McMahon, E., Monson, A., Weinstein, B. (2013). Ground-water: The art, design and science of a dry river. The University of Arizona Press.
  • Moyer, T., & Harper, D. (Eds.). (2012). The new earthwork: Art, action, agency (perspectives on contemporary sculpture). ISC Press.
  • Malpas, W. (2012). Land art: A complete guide to landscape, environmental, earthworks, nature, sculpture and installation art. Crescent Moon Publisher.
  • Kent, R. (2010). In the balance: Art for a changing world. Sydney, Australia: Museum of Contemporary Art.
  • Phaidon. (2009). Vitamin 3-D: New perspectives in sculpture and installation. London; New York, NY: Phaidon.
  • Beardsley, J. (1998). Earthworks and beyond. New York, NY: Abbeville Press.
  • Bandt, R. (2001). Sound sculpture. Sydney, Australia: Craftsman House.

Journal References

  • Sculpture
  • Art Asia Pacific
  • Artlink
  • Espace Sculpture

Website References

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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Faculty of Education and Arts

School: Communications and 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

    Sculpture: Art and Environment

  • Unit Code

    VIS3531

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

In this unit students explore art making in relation to natural and built environments. International perspectives on historical and contemporary 3D art forms and art movements (Land Art, Earth Art, eco-art, performance art, ephemeral art, sound sculpture) are analysed and students learn about core concepts and processes for constructing and assembling objects, strategies for articulating space, and collaborative and interdisciplinary projects. Conceptual development skills are combined with technical and materials workshops, which include a focus on sustainable practice. Students develop spatial and sensory analysis skills to propose and then create a unique site-specific project for public exhibition in conjunction with a commercial gallery sculpture park.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded VIS2507

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate and articulate material choices and technical skills development and articulate contexts for their work.
  2. Demonstrate professional and safe working practices within the sculpture studio.
  3. Demonstrate spatial and sensory analyses skills for mapping a site.
  4. Design and create 3D artworks using a range of materials and objects that show evidence of research and informed practice.
  5. Produce a site-specific project proposal, creative project and project report.

Unit Content

  1. Core concepts and language in 3D art.
  2. Spatial and sensory analyses and applications.
  3. Technical, material and professional standards for public exhibition.
  4. The historical and contemporary context of sculptural objects and landscape-based projects: Global case studies for sustainable practice.
  5. Written project proposal and reflexive contextual analysis.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures. Demonstrations. Workshops. Workplace supervision. On-line resource development.

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
Creative WorkSpace, time, form and materials50%
ProjectSite Project 50%

Text References

  • Weintraub, L. (2012). To life! Eco art in pursuit of a sustainable planet. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Note: Seminal Reference.
  • Brown, A. (2014). Art and ecology now. New York, NY: Thames & Hudson.
  • Wu, X. (2013). Patricia Johanson and the re-invention of public environmental art 1958-2010. Ashgate Pub Co.
  • McMahon, E., Monson, A., Weinstein, B. (2013). Ground-water: The art, design and science of a dry river. The University of Arizona Press.
  • Moyer, T., & Harper, D. (Eds.). (2012). The new earthwork: Art, action, agency (perspectives on contemporary sculpture). ISC Press.
  • Malpas, W. (2012). Land art: A complete guide to landscape, environmental, earthworks, nature, sculpture and installation art. Crescent Moon Publisher.
  • Kent, R. (2010). In the balance: Art for a changing world. Sydney, Australia: Museum of Contemporary Art.
  • Phaidon. (2009). Vitamin 3-D: New perspectives in sculpture and installation. London; New York, NY: Phaidon.
  • Beardsley, J. (1998). Earthworks and beyond. New York, NY: Abbeville Press.
  • Bandt, R. (2001). Sound sculpture. Sydney, Australia: Craftsman House.

Journal References

  • Sculpture
  • Art Asia Pacific
  • Artlink
  • Espace Sculpture

Website References

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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