ART: History+Theory+Cultures

The Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) has a two-stage enrolment process. In stage one, you will enrol via Enrolment Online into our courses for semesters 1 and 2. In stage two, you will select your classes for Fine Art Studio, Workshop and ART: History+Theory+Cultures via a preferencing process.

This page will assist you with preferencing. Here you will find a list of potential semester 2 ART: History+Theory+Cultures classes. (Note: There is a separate page for Fine Art Studio classes and a separate page for Workshop classes.) You will only take one ART: History+Theory+Cultures class in semester 2, but you need to list two (2) preferences. These ART: History+Theory+Cultures classes will be for both first and second year students and will be offered under the following course codes:

ART2: History+Theory+Cultures HUSO 2401 (1st year)
ART3: History+Theory+Cultures HUSO 2403 (2nd year)

These are the course codes you enrolled in the stage one process.

Read the list below carefully and select two ART: History+Theory+Cultures classes you would be happy to enrol in.

Please note that HUSO2405 ART 4: History+Theory+Cultures is only offered in Semester 1, 2019.

The 2019 preferencing process will be communicated to you by email at a later stage.

IMPORTANT – You must not repeat any class in your preference lists. Every effort will be made to place you in your first preference classes. In addition, you must not repeat a class you have already completed.

To graduate from the  BP201P16 program you must successfully complete four Art: History+Theory+Cultures courses

Please note: although we would like to offer all of the Art: History+Theory+Cultures options below, classes are subject to viability and may not run if numbers are too low.

ART: History+Theory+Cultures Classes

The following classes will be offered in Semester 2, 2019.  If you you would like to take one of these classes, you would need to have completed your university elective course in Semester 1.

To take any of the following classes you need to be enrolled in either:

ART2: History+Theory+Cultures HUSO2401 (1st year students)
or
ART3: History+Theory+Cultures HUSO 2403 (2nd year students)

Lens & Screen covers the development of photography, cinema, video and digital technologies from the 19thC to now. You be introduced to the central theories and practices of these lens & screen based technologies, and their relationship with art practice and visual culture. Some of the key topics that will be covered include: originality, reproduction and appropriation, digital and social media, the documentary and questions of truth and immediacy, the politics of representation, formalism, archive and memory, and experimental technologies. The emphasis of the course is on a critical and expansive approach to lens & screen based technologies and understanding their application across diverse art and cultural practices.

Teacher: TBC (Contact Person - Tassia Joannides)

Hours: Mondays, 1hr lecture (am) followed by a 2hr seminar class (am or pm)

The class introduces you to key developments, terms and concepts of Modernism from a variety of historical and cultural perspectives. You will explore how Modernism emerged and transformed across different cultural and historical contexts. You will be introduced to Euroamerican and Australian histories and contexts of art, and offered perspectives that challenge conventional narratives particularly those operating from eurocentric or chronological viewpoints.

Key topics will focus on practices and ides central to contemporary art: the artist as producer, gestures and processes, industrialisation, the avant-garde, abstraction, originality and reproduction, aesthetics and formalism, and representation and identity. Material will be drawn from diverse practices in art, media, design and architecture. You will be encouraged to critically reflect on these practices and ideas in class and in assessment work.

Teacher: TBC (Contact Person - Tassia Joannides)

Hours: Mondays, 1hr lecture (am) followed by a 2hr seminar class (am or pm)

The Modern Object investigates how contemporary craft and design practices are informed by modernist histories, and how ideas of genre and discipline were challenged and expanded throughout the twentieth century. You will explore how key ideas such as function, skill, ornament, the interior and materiality intersect with concepts like environment, philosophy, ideology, technology and politics. You will also examine key debates at the intersection of craft and design and the cultural and historical contexts that inform artists and the artworks they make. You will be introduced to key terms and methods relevant to design and craft practices.

Teacher: TBC (Contact Person - Tassia Joannides)

Hours: Mondays, 1hr lecture (am) followed by a 2hr seminar class (am or pm)