Critical Practices: Writing unit (FSA222)

Introduction

This unit will introduce you to writing as a vehicle to generate and convey ideas and create writing-based artworks. You will focus on the wide range of ways artists have used the written word as part of project development and cross-arts experimentation. By juxtaposing writing with other creative disciplines, you will explore writing in relation to objects, images, history, narrative, time-based media, site, experience, performance, and more. You will engage with key contemporary, historical, philosophical and cultural debates related to writing and the visual arts. 

Supported by lectures and readings, you will be guided through approaches to working creatively with writing as visual art. Workshops explore a variety of writing-with-art strategies and support you to develop a creative work.   

Your outcomes will be shared through writing exercises, making tasks, critique and reflection. 

Summary

Unit name	Critical Practices: Writing
Unit code	FSA222
Credit points	12.5
College/School	Arts and Society Creative and Performing Arts
Discipline	Arts
Coordinator	Doctor Karen Hall
Available as an elective?	Yes
Delivered By	University of Tasmania
Level	Intermediate

Availability

Specific information on 2027 unit availability will be available in August

Learning Outcomes

• Analyse creative works with consideration of form, content, and context.
• Contextualise creative processes and outputs¿with reference to artistic,¿historical,¿philosophical,¿and cultural sources.
• Apply¿writing as a strategy for creative production and critical reflection in the visual arts.
• Work collaboratively, constructively, and respectfully within group and individual learning contexts.

Fee Information

2027 fee information will be available in August.

Requisites

Prerequisites

25 credit points of any Level 100 Critical Practice in Art Core

Teaching

Teaching Pattern	On Campus (Hobart and Launceston)  Weekly Workshops (3 Hours) Plus an additional 7 hours engagement with unit content and self-directed learning per week
Assessment	Journal (20%)|Writing as Art project (20%)|Folio (30%)|Project Proposal (30%)
Timetable	View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required	Required readings will be listed in the unit outline prior to the start of classes.

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