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ARHT3683: Sensation: Encountering Contemporary Art
2023 unit information
Today transformations in how art is made, networked, theorised and curated is indelibly tied to new and expanded ways of encountering contemporary art. From political imperatives of decolonisation, globalisation and the environment, indigeneity, to feminist and queer art, or art as spectacle, new impetuses for artmaking and curating are dynamically changing the cultural landscape. Social media and the digital turn offer new modes of engaging with contemporary visual culture. This unit addresses these recent transformations to explore the expanded field of contemporary art in the digital sphere and in the physical encounter with art in local art spaces, galleries, biennales and beyond.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Art History |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 2000 level in Art History, or (6 credit points at 2000 level in Art History and CASF1001 and CASF1002) |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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ARHT2024 |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Understand and articulate key issues in contemporary art through critical analysis of objects, media, texts, and exhibition practice
- LO2. Demonstrate appropriate skills of critical analysis and persuasive writing and speaking on works of contemporary art
- LO3. Encounter art ‘in situ’ in sustained ways, interacting with objects and sites of study directly through fieldwork, gallery-based learning and exhibition experience.
- LO4. Engage with confidence in current critical debates and discussions in the field of Contemporary art and encounter a range of methods of art historical enquiry.
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