(Fully Online Postgraduate by Coursework Elective)

Today's contemporary art practice includes temporary and site-specific projects, screen-based and interactive art. The role of the curator has changed dramatically with the emergence of these new art practices and a proliferation of major exhibition opportunities around the globe. This course investigates key international exhibitions and art projects, examining different approaches to curating art today. It focuses on new models of exhibition-making both in traditional and alternative art venues.

You will learn of the curator's role historically and how it has been adapted to contemporary cultural and socio-political contexts. Throughout the course, exhibitions and art projects in various parts of the world are used as case studies. Though the rationale, scale and location of these projects is vastly different, the role of the curator is pivotal to each. A range of curatorial methodologies will be revealed and examined in the context of these key examples.

Your learning will be supported and enhanced by online learning activities, including group discussions and assessable tasks. You will make a conceptual analysis of the cultural and socio-political contexts of selected art projects (e.g. temporary art projects, public art, biennale exhibitions). Importantly, you will examine how the context has influenced and informed the curatorial methodology.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Students will receive course website location and log in instructions via their UNSW email account prior to the commencement of the course.