ART: History+Theory+Cultures 2023

Please ensure you have enrolled in the ART: History+Theory+Cultures course in Enrolment Online before proceeding with preferencing.

ART: History+Theory+Cultures are for both first and second year students. They will be offered under the following course codes:

ART2: History+Theory+Cultures HUSO2401 (1st year)
ART3: History+Theory+Cultures HUSO2403 (2nd year)

Please find link to the course guide HUSO2401 or HUSO2403.

Preferencing is done through RMIT MyTimetable.

MyTimetable Important Dates

10am Monday 22 May 2023 myTimetable available in read-only mode
10am Friday 9 June 2023 Preference entry opens
5pm Friday 23 June 2023 Preference entry closes
10am Monday 3 July 2023 Review and allocation adjustment opens (based on availability)
5pm Monday 31 July 2023 Allocation adjustment closes

Important Notes:

  • 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.
  • You must not repeat a class you have already completed.
  • To graduate from the  BP201 program you must successfully complete four Art: History+Theory+Cultures courses
  • Year 2 students: if you would like to take one of these classes, you would need to have completed your university elective course in Semester 1.

Course Information

  • Course Coordinator
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Blak Douglas, Moby Dickens

Blak Douglas, Moby Dickens, 2022 Archibald prize-winning portrait of Karla Dickens. Synthetic polymer paint on linen 300 x 200cm. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2022/30418/

Eco-Visionaries: making art on a changing planet

  • Clare McCracken
  • TBC
  • Mondays 1hr lecture followed by a 2hr tutorial (Times TBC)
  • TBC
  • Open to art & photography students
This course introduces you to a wide range of contemporary art practices that are responding to the climate emergency and the interconnected impacts of global economics, histories of contamination and colonisation with a focus on First Nations, Asia-Pacific and Australian artists. It also takes a close and critical look at how artist visions of the world, historically and contemporarily, have contributed to, legitimised and shaped process of ecological damage and colonisation. In doing so the course provides you with a critical foundation and specialised context for your studio practice, expanding your experience, thinking, research and discussion of art. Further, the course aims to develop or refine your art writing skills, with the opportunity to publish your work in collaboration with CLIMARTE.
Contempory Asian Art

KAWITA VATANAJYANKUR, THE SCALE 2 (2015), VIDEO STILL. SOURCE: NEXUS ARTS

Re-shaping worlds: histories, connections and global futures   

  • Kristen Sharp
  • TBC
  • Mondays 1hr lecture followed by a 2hr tutorial (Times TBC)
  • TBC
  • Open to art & photography students
This course introduces you to a wide range of contemporary art practices and curatorial approaches in the Asia-Pacific region, with a focus on China, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Australia. It focuses on key themes that are merging through artistic and curatorial practices including: material histories, ecological futures, interfaces of art, design and architecture, re-imagining traditions and histories, decolonialism, feminism and art publics. It aims to give you an expanded perspective on art that will help you situate your own work and position in critical conversations in contemporary practice. Further, the course aims to develop or refine your art writing skills, with the opportunity to publish your work online via the Reshaping Worlds website