Course

Imaging the Urban Landscape - SART2843

Faculty: College of Fine Arts

School: School of Art

Course Outline: Download course outline (PDF format)

Campus: College of Fine Arts Campus

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)

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Description

In this course the student has the opportunity to develop contemporary works of art in all media by direct observation of and engagement with the diverse landscape and cultural legacy of The Centennial Parklands (Centennial Park, Queen’s Park and Moore Park). The class takes place outside (en plein air) and involves fieldwork complemented by time in the studio. In consultation with the lecturers, the student will undertake a body of work that establishes a relationship between their own ideas and those originating in theories and practices related to the history of a man-made landscape. Considerable potential exists for a creative interaction between contemporary responses to culture and nature, both in this instance exemplified by a single location in close proximity to COFA and the UNSW main campus. Students will be encouraged to develop an understanding of the links between contemporary land and water usage and established ways of seeing such as the Picturesque, Classical and Romantic traditions in addition to more recent tendencies such as site-specific interventions in the landscape. Students will be encouraged to experiment with a wide variety of media and strategies in locating this urban landscape within the framework of their own individual creative processes and within a range of conceptual and formal concerns located in this important historical urban landscape.
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