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VIS2101 Visual Storytelling: Building Personal and Cultural Narratives in the 21st Century

Semester 1, 2023 Toowoomba On-campus
Units : 1
School or Department : School of Creative Arts
Grading basis : Graded
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Staffing

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Overview

Storytelling and narrative based works of art offer artists an alternative to theory driven, aesthetic or historical approaches to practice. As such, the aim of this course is to show students how ‘storytelling’ has become a vital strategy for many artists in making a connection with the societies and cultures they live in. This course will explore acts of storytelling across a broad range of media and cultural practices, from dominant culture to sub-cultures and First Nations practices. This will demonstrate how personal and cultural narratives provide opportunities to engage ideas that offer audiences an unfolding engagement with the artist’s intended story.

Students in this class will be researching and viewing different forms of storytelling that are within traditional and non-traditional studio activities such as painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography and ceramics, as well as their expansion into areas such as film and social media. Students undertaking this course should ultimately develop an understanding of how visual narratives are formed, and how the artist's intention intersects with audience reception and expectation.

Course learning outcomes

On successful completion of this course students should be able to:

  1. Interpret and discuss narrative construction across a range of media;
  2. Apply knowledge of audience expectation and how they are challenged through art;
  3. Analyse the intersection of personal and broader cultural narratives in a contemporary context;
  4. Interpret both traditional and non-traditional creative works as a way of developing artists own personal stories;
  5. Present a written argument and analysis that is logical and coherent through relevant research.

Topics

Description Weighting(%)
1. What is narrative based art?

20.00
2. How to interpret narrative in art
20.00
3. Audience expectation of meaning and how to challenge it
20.00
4. The intersection of personal and broader cultural narratives
20.00
5. How to construct narratives across a range of media 20.00

Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed

Robertson, MC 2021, Themes of Contemporary Art: Visual Art after 1980, 5th edn, Oxford ¾«¶«´«Ã½app, United States.

Student workload expectations

To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.

Assessment details

Approach Type Description Group
Assessment
Weighting (%) Course learning outcomes
Assignments Written Reflection (personal/clinical) 1 No 20 1,5
Assignments Written Reflection (personal/clinical) 2 No 30 1,4,5
Assignments Written Essay No 50 2,3,5
Date printed 9 February 2024