Experimental Writing Studio
CAEL2037
The manifestation of text has appeared across a multiplicity of art forms. The Experimental Writing Studio: From Street Art to the White Cube unit investigates text and language in art, via self-directed projects that are unbounded by medium and yet use writing as the genesis or as primary material for the production of a work of art. This subject encompasses a terrain that potentially goes from street art to high culture. Students are able to work in an open ended way with text, either as starting point or as a finished work. From a screenplay or work of fiction to a body of paintings or sculptures. From artists books, zines, net art and editions the ultimate form that the work takes is determined by the needs of the idea proposed. The subject can also encompass time based art forms such as video, sound, and performance art. This open studio interdisciplinary subject investigates text and writing as a generator of potential new art forms and hybrids. Students will work by way of a self-directed project and on one short in class project. The subject will be taught by way of tutorials, group critique, workshops, lectures and guest lectures.
Unit of study details
Unit of study level: Intermediate
Credit points: 3
Commencing semesters: 1, 2
Further unit of study information
Unit of study handbook: CAEL2037
Costs and scholarships information: Costs and Scholarships
Final dates to withdraw from units of study: Census Dates
Available for study abroad and exchange: Yes