Critical Practices: Exhibitions and Audience unit (FSA224)

Introduction

Exhibitions are not only a way to present creative works. They are also a way to make meaning, generate ideas and communicate with an audience. This unit will present key contemporary, historical, philosophical and cultural debates and guide you through ways to describe and analyse them using curatorial approaches. The unit will introduce curatorial practice as both a mode of creative expression as well as critique and outline professional practice exemplars and industry guidelines including WHS considerations. You will be asked to explore and define critical cultural contexts that are relevant to creative practice (your own and others) using research, writing, discussion, critique and reflection. Unit activities and assessment tasks integrate different aspects of professional practice including project proposition, planning and management, curatorial strategies and arts writing. You will have the opportunity to test ideas for an exhibition and develop an exhibition catalogue suitable for public dissemination.

Summary

Unit name	Critical Practices: Exhibitions and Audience
Unit code	FSA224
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 the cultural debates and contexts informing exhibition-making and apply curatorial processes as critical discourse.
• Select approaches for audience engagement using design and communication strategies.
• Follow institutional and industry guidelines for professional practice 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

Mutual Exclusions

You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:

FSA221

Teaching

Teaching Pattern	Weekly on-campus 3hr workshops
Assessment	Exhibition Plan (20%)|Exhibition Proposal (20%)|Exhibition Catalogue and Essay (30%)|Project Portfolio (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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