Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Arts and Humanities

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Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

• Unit Title

  Printmaking Studio 2: Photographic Processes

• Unit Code

  VIS3140

• Year

  2020

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  2

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  

• Unit Coordinator

  Dr Paul Gerard UHLMANN

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Description

In this unit, students will experiment with translating photographs and drawings into silkscreens as well as other print forms. Lectures will provide critical background for investigation of historical and contemporary artists. Practical workshops will demonstrate silk screen, digital photo-stenciling, digital-printing, photo-etching, monoprint and letterpress. It is expected at this level that students will lead their own self-directed project; however, critical feedback will be given through group/ peer reviews and on-going discussion with the lecturer. The student will investigate the media and produce a body of studio work informed by relevant concepts.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have passed VIS1315

Equivalent Rule

Replaces VIS3535

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Develop and document source material (text, drawings, collages, test prints and photographs) to inform work.
2. Create a series of experimental prints using a range of photo-mechanical processes and techniques.
3. Plan and present a visual proposal for their creative project incorporating historical contexts.
4. Apply a creative and critically informed approach to photographic processes with outcomes being either artists books, print folios or print installations.
5. Employ professional and safe working practices within the printmaking studio.

Unit Content

1. Digital, autographic and photographic processing.
2. Techniques for making positive and negative stencils.
3. Photo screenprinting, photoetching, monoprint, letterpress and digital printmaking.
4. The historical and contemporary context of the mechanised image.
5. Conceptual application of print processes to contemporary concerns.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars are further developed through structured workshops and demonstrations. In combination with advice and guidance from the lecturer, this critical engagement combined with exploration and experimentation through practical workshops informs the artwork that the student will develop.

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.

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students' work is further developed in seminars, structured workshops and demonstrations. In combination with advice and guidance from the lecturer, this critical engagement combined with exploration and experimentation through practical workshops will inform the artwork that students develop.

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.