PROJECT 1 - MAQUETTE: 30%

Create a maquette (or maquettes) that concretely reflect your ideal exhibition scenario. To do this you might want to create a model of an ideal gallery or other exhibition space. You do not need to be ‘realistic’ in this project, you can be as ambitious or outlandish as you like: want to exhibit on Mars? At the bottom of the ocean? Go for it. You want to create an entire complex of interrelated spaces that you and your community can exhibit, perform, speak and lecture in? Forget monetary restrictions, this is an exercise in projective thinking. Of course, you can pitch to a known venue but don’t feel restricted by the usual material constraints when imagining this scenario. Remember, to change a system of opportunities means envisioning what those changes might entail. NB: You’ll need to bring in whatever materials you need to realise this project.

PROJECT 2: ARTIST STATEMENT/CRITICAL WRITING: 20%

A) - Write a considered artist statement about the aims of the above project. Consider your overall ‘vision’, what were you trying to communicate/achieve and how did you go about it? Remember, a good artist statement is a type of critical argument that positions your work in relation to ideas.

B) - Write an interpretative critique of another work in the class. The point here is to draw out and critically discuss in a focused way what you interpret as the main themes or ideas you perceive in the work. (Submit to CANVAS).

PROJECT 3: FINAL CREATIVE WORK: 50%

Locate and research a contemporary artwork exhibited locally or internationally that specifically addresses current political or social themes. Consider what you believe to be successful (and/or unsuccessful) about this work. From this consideration, develop your own ‘version’ of the work you have chosen. Approaches could include honing-in on one aspect of the work and elaborating it further (eg. In addressing their subject matter has the artist overlooked anything you could develop independently?) or, it could involve ‘re-ordering’ and physically reworking various dimensions of the nominated work. The form this work takes is up to you and could involve either singular or multiple media. The challenge is to develop a new work that speaks to the specific work you have selected. The success of the work will depend both on its innovation and its clear discursive relation to the ‘original’. NB: You’ll need to bring in whatever materials you need to realise this project.