UnitLevel 2Undergraduate

FNA2035 Critical interventions: sound, performance, video and socially engaged practices

Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

FNA2035 Critical interventions: sound, performance, video and socially engaged practices is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, offered in 2021 in Semester 1 at Caulfield. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2021
Semester 1
Caulfield
Assessment
Exam 60%
and 1 other task

This is the 2021 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.

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Requisites

Before FNA2035

Corequisites

Pass these before, or take them in the same semester.

Prohibitions

You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.

After FNA2035

No unit lists FNA2035 as a prerequisite in the 2021 handbook.

Enrolment rules

Must have completed at least 48 credit points in a degree program of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, or permission from the Chief Examiner.

Overview

This unit introduces you to critical thinking and its role in contemporary creative practices. The unit contextualises the theories and discourses of critical interventions within the history of conceptual art, feminist practices, the politics of subjectivity and intersectional identifications. These practices are explored through a range of fine art and design methodologies drawing on the history of performance, sound art, video and socially-engaged practices. Particular attention will be paid to developing creative responses that contextualise contemporary cultural politics through an exploration of the sonic imagination, the poetics of movement and movement-based technologies, as well as a variety of subversive material and political strategies.

Offerings in 2021

Teaching periodCampusMode
First semesterCaulfieldOn campus

Assessment

  • Mid-semester assessment
    40%
  • Final folio examination
    60%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    Develop experimental studio processes that integrate a range of critical strategies in a contemporary art context;

  2. 2

    Identify and employ creative skills and practical strategies in a range of media and public platforms appropriate to the concepts you are investigating;

  3. 3

    Demonstrate an understanding of sound, performance and video practices in relation to your creative intervention;

  4. 4

    Critically reflect on the place of feminist, conceptual, socially-engaged and identity based politics to the field of contemporary art, nationally and internationally;

  5. 5

    Communicate the implications of critical interventions within contemporary cultural production;

  6. 6

    Understand and be able to apply the rules of occupational health and safety appropriate to the unit of study.

Workload and teaching

  • Studio activities48 hours

12 hours per week including 4 contact hours plus 8 hours of independent study.

Contacts

Chief Examiners
Dr Stuart Ringholt
Unit Coordinators
Dr Stuart Ringholt

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for FNA2035?

None, but you must take OHS1000 before or alongside it.

When is FNA2035 offered?

In 2021, FNA2035 runs in Semester 1 at Caulfield.

Does FNA2035 have an exam?

Yes. The exam is worth 60% of the final mark, alongside 1 other task.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
2
Study level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Organisational unit
Department of Fine Art
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 2
Study abroad
Not available
Handbook years
2021202220232024202520262027